Wednesday, December 13, 2006

• Baptist medical workers in Ghana persevere amid daily influx of needs

  by Shawn Hendricks, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 (17 years ago)

  General practitioner George Faile, an IMB missionary, makes his rounds seeing patients at the Baptist Medical Centre in Nalerigu, Ghana.

  NALERIGU, Ghana (BP)--All eyes focus on missionary surgeon Danny Crawley as he navigates an obstacle course of beds and sick children at the Baptist Medical Center in Nalerigu, Ghana.

        With only one other doctor and a handful of assistants and volunteers working that day, a “doctor sighting” is a significant moment to those desperate for medical attention. While making his rounds, Crawley tends to as many patients as possible before prepping for surgery. The others will have to wait.

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• CULTURE DIGEST: Conservative Jews give in to homosexuals; La. board grants freedom to teach evolution controversy

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Displaying indecisiveness amid the growing influence of the homosexual movement, the highest panel of leaders in Conservative Judaism voted Dec. 6 to allow the ordination of homosexual rabbis and the recognition of “gay marriage” in synagogues while simultaneously advising against it. Read More

• Physician: Place a boundary at embryonic stem cell research

  by Samuel Smith, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Christians must draw clear lines in the stem cell research debate, an expert told state convention staffers at a conference sponsored by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

• Speaker: Citizens must spearhead battle against pornography

  by Samuel Smith, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The influx of pornography and strip bars into American society can be stopped, a community values activist told a conference for state convention workers at the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission in Nashville, Tenn. Read More

• U.S. ‘staggering’ from pornography, organizer says

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 (17 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--“Society is staggering from the effects of over-promiscuity,” Philip Cosby of the National Coalition for the Protection of Children and Families told a chapel audience at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Read More

• What is a woman to do if her husband is using pornography?

  by Erin Roach, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 (17 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Resources to help men deal with pornography addictions are common, but how should a woman deal with the devastating pain of knowing her husband has been ensnared in one of Satan’s most lethal traps? Read More

• Wyo. Baptists share testimony of God’s work in frontier state

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 (17 years ago)

  WORLAND, Wyo. (BP)--Baptists in Wyoming gathered for their 23rd annual meeting to celebrate “The Works of God” in the frontier state Nov. 9-10 at First Baptist Church in Worland, and several messengers described it as a time of revival. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: We are sabotaging ourselves

  by Tamara Quintana, posted Wednesday, December 13, 2006 (17 years ago)

  DALLAS (BP)--Webster defines “sabotage” as “destructive or obstructive action carried on by a civilian or enemy agent to hinder a nation’s war effort.” In America, we are fighting a battle against the many destructive “lifestyle diseases” like diabetes that plague our nation. Read More