Tuesday, April 08, 2008

• 20th annual Crossover enlisting volunteers

  by Mickey Noah, posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 (16 years ago)

  INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--For the 20th consecutive year, Southern Baptists' "Crossover" will relay the Gospel throughout the host city for June's SBC annual meeting.

        "Crossover'08" -- June 6-7 in Indianapolis -– will add to the spiritual results amassed since the inaugural outreach prior to 1989's SBC annual meeting in Las Vegas. Nearly 40,000 persons have prayed to receive Christ as result of the annual evangelistic effort. Dozens of new Southern Baptist churches have been planted. And thousands have participated as Crossover volunteers from churches across North America.

        This year's Crossover, prior to the SBC's June 10-11 annual meeting at Indiana Convention Center, will be jointly sponsored by the SBC's North American Mission Board, the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana and the Crossroads Baptist Association in Indianapolis. Read More

• Students drawn to worship at 'Paradise'

  by Erin Roach, posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 (16 years ago)

  

  LA CYGNE, Kan. (BP)--In the fast-paced world of youth culture, student ministers are eager for their high school and college students to experience worship free of distractions -– something they're expecting at "Paradise," May 25 ... Read More

• AFA refutes McDonald's e-mails to citizens

  by Erin Roach, posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 (16 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Concerned citizens who e-mail McDonald's to protest the restaurant chain's support of the homosexual agenda are receiving an e-mail response from McDonald's defending their actions. Read More

• National Right to Life endorses McCain

  by Michael Foust, posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 (16 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--National Right to Life has endorsed presumptive Republican nominee John McCain for president ... Read More

• Abortion ban urged for Indian health bill

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 (16 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--Southern Baptist pro-life leader Richard Land is calling for passage of a measure to codify a ban on federal funding for abortion as part of an Indian health care bill.

  The president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission expressed his support for a proposal sponsored by Rep. Joseph Pitts, R.-Pa., whose amendment to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, H.R. 1328, would establish a long-term ban that has been missing from the legislation. The Senate approved such an... Read More

• Lawsuit dismissed against Ky. entity

  by Drew Nichter, posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 (16 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--After an eight-year legal battle, a federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Sunrise Children's Services (formerly Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children) challenging the constitutionality of the entity's state funding.

  U.S. District Court Judge Charles Simpson III ruled that the lawsuit, brought about by the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, "fails to demonstrate taxpayer standing" to challenge the funding.

  ... Read More

• Silent witnesses stymie the Gospel

  by Keith Manuel, posted Tuesday, April 08, 2008 (16 years ago)

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--A recent USA TODAY article described the problem law enforcement agencies have with uncooperative witnesses to murders and other violent crime. Read More