Wednesday, November 15, 2006

• Stem cell cloning in Missouri to face reinvigorated opposition

  by Bob Baysinger, posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (17 years ago)

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)--Amendment 2 –- labeled as the “Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative” –- may have a number of hurdles to clear before it becomes a reality in Missouri. Read More

• N.C. Baptists vote to exclude pro-homosexuality churches

  by Jerry Higgins, posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (17 years ago)

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--The Baptist State Convention of North Carolina strengthened its membership criteria Nov. 14 to specify churches that do not support homosexuality and do not allow homosexuals to be members until they repent. Read More

• Canadian churches hope to see 'gay marriage' law reversed

  by Michael Foust, posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (17 years ago)

  OTTAWA, Ontario (BP)--Christians across Canada are being urged to contact their representatives in Parliament and encourage them to support an upcoming motion to reopen the debate over "gay marriage." Read More

• HIV/AIDS ministry in S. Africa buoyed by U.S. partnership

  by Manda Gibson, posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (17 years ago)

  Danielle Schneider (right) of Brentwood (Tenn.) Baptist Church introduces after-school curriculum to teachers who work in wide-ranging Living Hope Community Centre’s ministries in Cape Town, South Africa, launched by Fish Hoek Baptist Church. Photo courtesy of Brentwood Baptist Church

  CAPE TOWN, South Africa (BP)--In 1999, John Thomas, a pastor in Cape Town, South Africa, heard a statistic that changed his life: 44 percent of the people in a community just a mile from his church were HIV-positive.

  percent, he knew that if he did nothing about AIDS, he couldn’t face God on judgment day. Soon Living Hope Community Centre –- the HIV/AIDS ministry of Fish Hoek Baptist Church -– was born. Today, Living Hope employs about 130 people in five ministry locations throughout the southern region of the Cape, including a 22-bed hospice. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Wal-Mart brings back ‘Merry Christmas’; new head of Episcopal Church rejects Jesus as only way to God; ...

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Wal-Mart, which recently upset some Christians over its partnerships with homosexual groups, has announced that it will use “Merry Christmas” in its stores again this year. Read More

• Ind. Baptists continue upward in Cooperative Program giving

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (17 years ago)

  SEYMOUR, Ind. (BP)--Indiana Baptists unanimously approved a motion to begin a financial campaign for a camp facility to honor their first executive director during their Oct. 23-24 annual meeting at Calvary Baptist Church in Seymour. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: What Christmas is all about

  by Howard Dayton, posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (17 years ago)

  GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--Christmas is celebrated today more as a sales frenzy than as the most important birth in history. Unfortunately, Christians are susceptible to this commercial mentality, and too many have compromised the message of giving. Often, we give useless gifts at Christmas, because it’s expected of us, and we feel guilty if we don’t. And the closer we get to Christmas, the pressure to give these unnecessary gifts builds and we feel depressed and unworthy if we can’t give. Read More

• TRUTH IN ART: Common grace and the beauty of work

  by Scott Lamb, posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 (17 years ago)

  ST. LOUIS (BP)--I enjoy working with hand tools. I didn’t say I am skilled with them –- skill and enjoyment are not the same thing. Jacob Lawrence, one of the great American painters of the 20th century, loved to paint pictures of skilled craftsmen who took joy in what they did. One such painting is Builders #1. Read More