Thursday, April 13, 2000

• Constitutional amendment debate heads to Vermont Senate to uphold marriage

  by Art Toalston, posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 (24 years ago)

  MONTPELIER, Vt. (BP)--A proposed amendment to the Vermont constitution to uphold marriage between one man and one woman has been forwarded to the state Senate by its Judiciary Committee. Read More

• Cuban Baptist leader corrects report about stance on Elian Gonzalez crisis

  by Art Toalston, posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 (24 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Reuniting Elian Gonzalez with his father should be a family matter, not a political crisis, Eliezer Veguilla reported concerning the opinion of his father, Leoncio Veguilla, president of the Western Baptist Convention of Cuba. Read More

• Southern Seminary trustees mark new era by eliminating Covenant Renewal document

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 (24 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Trustees of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary eliminated the Covenant Renewal, a document intended for a time of transition implemented by the school in 1991, during their April 10-11 meeting at the Louisville, Ky., campus. Read More

• 2 bills on sex trafficking set for Senate consideration

  by Staff, posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 (24 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will consider two bills designed to contend with the growing problem of international sexual trafficking in women and children.

  Sens. Sam Brownback, R.-Kan., and Paul Wellstone, D.-Minn., announced April 12 their intention to introduce separate bills, saying, however, they would both support whichever bill is approved by the committee.

  Their bills are similar, with one significant exception. Brownback's legislation calls for mandat... Read More

• SBC, BGCT leaders have 'helpful' meeting after Wade chapel message

  by Matt Sanders, posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 (24 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--An undisclosed number of leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist General Convention of Texas met at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary April 6 to discuss relations between the two groups.

  An agreed-upon statement was released after the meeting at the Fort Worth campus. The statement did not report who attended the luncheon.

  The statement reported: "Participants said the informal luncheon was a friendly and helpful conversation concerning ways... Read More

• Training center preps missionaries for life & witness at the 'uttermost'

  by Russell Rankin, posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 (24 years ago)

  ROCKVILLE, Va. (BP)--Southern Baptists expect the International Mission Board to prepare their newly appointed missionaries for overseas ministry and service.

  And just as the IMB seeks to find the most innovative methods for reaching a lost world with the gospel, the training and orientation new missionaries go through also require employing cutting-edge techniques, says Greg Holden, who directs missionary orientation for the board.

  Images of classrooms and daily lectures, however, don't com... Read More

• Christians are the only ones left in the closet, Kennedy says

  by Michael Foust, posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 (24 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--America is in moral decline, but Christians still have many reasons to be optimistic about the future, D. James Kennedy said April 11.

  "In 1980, I couldn't have been more pessimistic about the future of this country than I was," Kennedy said at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. "There were no bright signs that I could see. But since 1980, in the last 20 years we have been in the greatest spiritual awakening in the history of the world -- if you describe that as a new... Read More

• Ouachita offers financial plan to maintain costs over 8 semesters

  by Staff, posted Thursday, April 13, 2000 (24 years ago)

  ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (BP)--Ouachita Baptist University is offering a financial plan aimed at eliminating student concern over annual cost increases in tuition, fees, room and board.

  Under the Baptist-related university's "guaranteed fixed cost plan," all incoming students, including freshmen and transfers beginning this fall, will pay $7,050 per semester for tuition, regular fees, room and board. This cost will be guaranteed for eight semesters.

  A new monthly installment plan also is being intr... Read More