Thursday, March 11, 1999

• Southwestern trustees add 4 profs, elect new officers

  by Matt Sanders, posted Thursday, March 11, 1999 (25 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's trustees approved the addition of four professors, elected new officers and approved the largest budget in the seminary’s history during the board's spring meeting March 8-10 in Fort Worth, Texas.

  The school of theology added George Klein as an associate professor of Old Testament and Michael Barnett as an associate professor of missions. The school of educational ministries added Margaret Lawson as an assistant profess... Read More

• Accreditation notations resolved, Midwestern Seminary announces

  by , posted Thursday, March 11, 1999 (25 years ago)

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has received word from the Association of Theological Schools that two notations which had been in place since before 1996 have been removed from Midwestern’s accreditation.

  “All notations by ATS have now been lifted,” said Jim Cogdill, academic dean at the Kansas City, Mo., seminary. “We are thankful for the report so that our students can know their degree is fully accredited.”

  The notations were... Read More

• New NAMB conference offers tools for developing ‘on-mission’ ch

  by James Dotson, posted Thursday, March 11, 1999 (25 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--The North American Mission Board’s recent emphasis on developing “on-mission” individuals and churches will continue this summer with the revamped “On Mission ’99” conference at Ridgecrest (N.C.) Conference Center June 26-July 2.

  The conference builds on last year’s inaugural “On Mission ’98” event, with separate tracks directly targeting the needs of local churches and their leaders.

  “The power and pot... Read More

• Discovery of son’s homosexuality leads parents to support group effor

  by Carl M. White, posted Thursday, March 11, 1999 (25 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Miss. (BP)--It all began when a church friend stopped Jane Doe in a store and said, “We're praying for you and your family.” Jane was taken aback, because she wasn't aware of the friend's genuine concern.

  It turned out Jane's son had called the friend's daughter to tell her that he was in the homosexual lifestyle.

  That was May 1998. In the months since then, Jane and John Doe (the names of the people involved have been withheld for reasons of privacy) have searched ... Read More

• 'Wounded Heroes' told God can restart the music in their lives

  by Toby Druin, posted Thursday, March 11, 1999 (25 years ago)

  RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)--Divorce, death and disappointments along the way can rob a minister of his song, but God can start the music again, more than 100 beleaguered ministers and their wives were told.

  Greg Kirksey, president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention, used the song and music analogy while speaking at the final session of the fourth Wounded Heroes Retreat at Ridgecrest (N.C.) Conference Center.

  Kirksey, who now serves at the Alexander Youth Services Center in Little Rock, lo... Read More

• Pastor & wife buoyed by church, community after son takes his life

  by Connie Davis, posted Thursday, March 11, 1999 (25 years ago)

  FRIENDSHIP, Tenn. (BP)--The fact it was Good Friday when it happened was even more difficult for Mike and Sandra Melton. Their only child, Jeff, 22, took his life on the day when God allowed his own son to die.

  The couple doesn't think Jeff chose the day. In fact, they realize now Jeff was so depressed he wasn't aware of the date and its significance.

  But they are sure he was a good son, although he didn't believe it according to his farewell note and conversations just prior to his death.... Read More

• Speaker challenges Calvinism as not reflecting God’s grace

  by Robyn Little, posted Thursday, March 11, 1999 (25 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Looking at God's grace through a Calvinistic view is missing what God means by grace, said Frank Page, pastor of Warren Baptist Church in Augusta, Ga., during a March 4 chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

  "Calvinism presents a God who arbitrarily selects some to be saved and some to be lost," Page said, adding grace is not a term of selection but an expression of love and acceptance.

  A Calvinistic perspective on grace mi... Read More