Wednesday, April 29, 1998

• Gambling opponents' petition drive seeks to turn back casinos in Detroit

  by Don Hinkle, posted Wednesday, April 29, 1998 (26 years ago)

  DETROIT (BP)--Southern Baptists in Michigan have joined the struggle to keep Detroit from becoming the nation's largest city with casino gambling.

  Petitions calling for a statewide referendum in November have been circulating for several months through the state's 261 Southern Baptist churches and 56 missions, said Michael Collins, executive director of the Michigan Baptist Convention. There are about 43,000 Southern Baptists in Michigan.

  Officials say 247,127 signatures of registered vote... Read More

• Mobile trustees vote to withdraw from Nicaragua branch campus

  by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, April 29, 1998 (26 years ago)

  MOBILE, Ala. (BP)--The University of Mobile board of trustees voted April 28 to begin a process to withdraw from its five-year-old Latin American branch campus in San Marcos, Nicaragua.

  Board officials said the action was taken to better focus on the university's mission and the goals of new UM President Mark Foley. The Baptist-related school has approximately 2,000 students at its 35-year-old Mobile campus.

  According to school officials, trustees expressed a desire that accredited higher ... Read More

• Campbell Univ. again takes stand against Sunday athletic competition

  by Art Toalston, posted Wednesday, April 29, 1998 (26 years ago)

  BUIES CREEK, N.C. (BP)--A North Carolina Baptist college once again is taking a stand against competing on Sundays.

  Campbell University President Norman A. Wiggins is requesting an override vote of NCAA Proposal 98-32, approved by the NCAA Division 1 board of directors April 23 to eliminate the requirement that NCAA championship schedules be adjusted to accommodate a school's policy against Sunday competition.

  Campbell University, in Buies Creek, N.C., left the Big South Conference several... Read More

• Midwestern honors Jim Hefley with Christian writing emphasis

  by Joni B. Hannigan, posted Wednesday, April 29, 1998 (26 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Writer James C. Hefley, whose works range from his zesty, homespun story of growing up in the Ozarks to his exhaustive account of 70 years of Southern Baptist history, has been honored by a master's-level emphasis in Christian writing at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

  One of the nation's foremost religion writers, Hefley has told stories of modern-day missionary martyrs, Ozark Mountain Christians and denominational personalities and ministries. He also has wri... Read More

• NOBTS center playing key role in Scripture manuscript studies

  by Debbie Moore, posted Wednesday, April 29, 1998 (26 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--What started as a simple "Yes" to a request in 1991 for help on a new edition of the Greek New Testament has grown into the establishment of a Center for New Testament Textual Studies on the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary campus.

  Already internationally recognized for its productive and meticulous work with the International Greek New Testament Project (IGNTP), the Center for New Testament Textual Studies is coordinated by Bill Warren, NOBTS professor of New Test... Read More

• Seminary bikers aim at helping churches get involved in missions

  by Cindy Kerr, posted Wednesday, April 29, 1998 (26 years ago)

  EDITORS' NOTE: Names in the following story have been withheld due to World A security; with most team members expecting to enter vocational service in this area of the world.

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--When the spring semester ends, many Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students will catch planes for home or jump into cars for summer vacation or get in moving trucks headed for new ministries. Few will consider a cross-country trip by bicycle -- except the small group of Southwesterners... Read More

• Hong Kong Baptist University to host U.S., Canadian students

  by (BP), posted Wednesday, April 29, 1998 (26 years ago)

  HONG KONG (BP)--Hong Kong Baptist University will launch a new study-abroad program this fall involving more than 160 Christian college students from the United States and Canada.

  The American students, drawn from 45 church-related colleges in 26 states, will take a full load of credit courses and live in campus dormitories with Chinese roommates, most of whom will be non-Christians.

  HKBU, the only accredited Christian university in the Peoples Republic of China, was founded by the Hong K... Read More

• Latin American Baptists take aim at evangelization

  by Wally Poor, posted Wednesday, April 29, 1998 (26 years ago)

  GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (BP)--Meeting under the theme "Jesus Christ is the Hope of Latin America," 300 Baptists from almost every Latin American nation kicked off a three-year series of crusades as they gathered in Guatemala for the third Congress of Latin American Baptists.

  The campaigns, the first continent-wide Baptist effort since the Campaign of the Americas in 1968, will be held before the next meeting of the group in 2001.

  Only representation from Peru was lacking as the delegates... Read More