Monday, October 03, 2005

• President Bush selects Harriet Miers for Supreme Court, dividing conservatives

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, October 03, 2005 (18 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--President Bush reached Oct. 3 into his inner circle for a second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, declining the opportunity to select from several judges whom pro-life and pro-family conservatives had promoted as candidates. Read More

• Miers gave $150 to pro-life group in '89; leader urges caution

  by Michael Foust, posted Monday, October 03, 2005 (18 years ago)

  DALLAS (BP)--In 1989, the same-year she was elected to a seat on the Dallas City Council, Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers gave $150 to the pro-life organization Texans for Life, a group that favors ending legalized abortion. Read More

• Cooperative Program tops budget by $12.5M; gains to aid Southern Baptists with hurricane disaster recovery needs

  by Staff, posted Monday, October 03, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Cooperative Program giving for national causes in 2004-05 finished above giving for the previous year, the 11th rise in 12 years. Receipts totaled $195,948,422.55, an increase of $6,083,167.70, or 3.20 percent over the 2003-04 amount of $189,865,254.85. Read More

• Texas leaders discover widespread damage from Rita

  by Jerry Pierce, Southern Baptist Texan, posted Monday, October 03, 2005 (18 years ago)

  Rita's destruction When Hurricane Rita hit along the Gulf Coast Sept. 24, it left a trail of destruction, including a badly damaged steeple at First Baptist Church in Silsbee, Texas.Photo courtesy of the Southern Baptist Texan.

  JASPER, Texas (BP)--Fifty miles north of Beaumont, Texas, members of First Baptist Church of Kirbyville were busy passing out water and ice to fellow townspeople who were all in the same predicament: No electricity and no water.

        “We’re living ‘old school,’” said Robert Fuller, a member of FBC. The church building did not suffer serious damage, he said, but winds knocked out power and damaged homes around the town.

        “I’ve got a big pine that should have hit our house,” he added.

        Fuller said he was using his generator, although he said he was expecting to be without power for possibly a month.

        The towns of Jasper, Kirbyville, and Silsbee, in deep Southeast Texas, were hard hit by Hurricane Rita’s winds Sept. 24. Early attempts to reach churches in the area were mostly unsuccessful since phone lines were down and some roads were blocked. Read More

• SBTC, Salvation Army join forces in hurricane relief

  by Norm Miller, posted Monday, October 03, 2005 (18 years ago)

  PORT ARTHUR, Texas (BP)--With a cell phone in one hand and a satellite phone in the other, Bill Davenport left his Dallas area office Sept. 26 for Port Arthur, Texas, while trying to contact officials at the Salvation Army. Read More

• Land: Evangelical support for Israel stronger than ever

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, October 03, 2005 (18 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--American evangelical Christian support for Israel “has never been more widespread than it is today” and can be traced back to the 17th century Puritans, Southern Baptist religious liberty specialist Richard Land told a gathering of Christians and Jews recently in Washington. Read More

• 'Team process': Ind. church has global impact through CP

  by Karen L. Willoughby, posted Monday, October 03, 2005 (18 years ago)

  CONNERSVILLE, Ind. (BP)--Western Avenue Baptist Church in Connersville, Ind., has figured out the best way to get things accomplished for the Lord is through team ministry. Pastor David Pope says the Cooperative Program is one of the best team processes around. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: A good rebirth would be in order in New Orleans

  by Joe McKeever, posted Monday, October 03, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--I spent all day Sept. 29 with three good friends, and it was one of the worst days of my life. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: A creationist watches 'Animal Planet'

  by Russell D. Moore, posted Monday, October 03, 2005 (18 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--There are many tensions between so-called "young earth creationists" and "old earth creationists," those who believe the universe is thousands of years old and those who accept contemporary dating of the universe at billions of years. Read More