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Thursday, April 08, 2004

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  • Mo. judge clarifies ruling against convention over entities
    by Staff, posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 (20 years ago)

    JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP)--A Missouri judge entered an order on April 7 refusing to reconsider his March 11 ruling against the Missouri Baptist Convention in its legal effort to return Missouri Baptist College to the convention along with four other breakaway entities. Read More

  • When revival came, God placed passion in their lives
    by Ken Walker, posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 (20 years ago)

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    The Brownwood revival


    Beginning in Brownwood, Texas, and stretching from Massachusetts to Alabama to Illinois, a 1995 revival made the headlines -– and a lasting impact on countless lives.

    BROWNWOOD, Texas (BP)--A spiritual wave that touched more than 100 college campuses has largely faded into the annals of history, but key participants in what became known as “the Brownwood revival” say it left a lasting impression.

          John Avant, former pastor of Coggin Avenue Baptist Church in Brownwood, Texas -- where the revival originated -- said it stimulated his passion for missions. Previously, he had only been overseas once, but now travels abroad regularly.

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    John Avant

          “I can’t explain why, but that seems to be one of the hallmarks of revival,” said Avant, now pastor at New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Ga. “When I went overseas I saw a passion for God I rarely see in the Western world, except when revival breaks out.”

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          Rick Cavitt, minister to students at Coggin Avenue for the past 15 years, sees more students going to the mission field than when the revival broke out in 1995.

          They include 15 collegians who were among 66 church members who traveled to Mexico in mid-March.

          “Our students are a little different today,” Cavitt said of the long-term impact. “They’re wanting to be challenged more. If we said we needed 20 students to go to China, we’d have 20 students ready to go to China.” Read More

  • Moral conditions, fervent prayer called sparks of revival
    by Ken Walker, posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 (20 years ago)

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (BP)--One of the leaders from the Brownwood revival in 1995 believes the United States is ripe for another great spiritual awakening like those that have stirred America in the past. Read More

  • ‘The Passion’ has ‘focused the world on the cross’
    by Ken Walker, posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 (20 years ago)

    FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (BP)--In the first month after its Feb. 25 release, “The Passion of The Christ” generated an estimated $305 million in domestic ticket sales and $32 million overseas, according to an industry website, boxofficemojo.com. Read More

  • Revival may take root in today’s youth, prof says
    by Ken Walker, posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 (20 years ago)

    WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Alvin Reid has written multiple books, holds the Bailey Smith Chair of Evangelism at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and is a mentor to future pastors. Read More

  • ‘The Passion’ is topic of 2-day seminary workshop
    by Philip Redmond, posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 (20 years ago)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Never before have Christians experienced greater challenges and opposition simultaneously with unprecedented opportunities to reach the world for Christ. The Mel Gibson film, “The Passion of The Christ,” has generated much controversy, as a case in point, yet many Christians believe it has given them a window of opportunity they have never seen before and may never see again. To discuss the implication of the film as well as its effectiveness for evangelization, an April 2-3 workshop was held Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: 10 years after Kurt Cobain’s death
    by Kelly Boggs, posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 (20 years ago)

    McMINNVILLE, Ore. (BP)--Ten years ago one of the poster boys of postmodernism died. Kurt Cobain, front man for the grunge band Nirvana, killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head. He was found dead at his Seattle home on April 8, 1994. He was only 27 years old. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Contradictions of liberal moral philosophy
    by Mark Kelly, posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 (20 years ago)

    RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Did you watch the three-hour Peter Jennings special on April 5 that explained why no intelligent, right-thinking person would think Jesus was anything more than a misguided do-gooder with political aspirations? Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Much too high a price
    by Charlie Warren, posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 (20 years ago)

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP)--“Were you there when they crucified my Lord?” Truly, all of us were there, because our sins nailed Him to the cross. But during the Easter season of 2004, many of us who have seen the movie, “The Passion of The Christ,” have visual images to reinforce the “old, old story of Jesus and His love.” We feel we stepped back into history and saw the whole thing. Read More