Baptist Press Archive

Monday, April 16, 2007

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  • Virginia Tech massacre
    by Staff, posted Monday, April 16, 2007 (17 years ago)

    BLACKSBURG, Va. (BP)--At least 32 people were killed and 29 wounded in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history April 16 at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Southern Baptists began mobilizing during the day to help the community cope with the tragedy.

          An unidentified gunman opened fire in a dormitory around 7:15 a.m. Monday, killing at least one person. Two hours later, shots were fired in multiple classrooms in the school's engineering building before the gunman either killed himself or was shot by police, law enforcement officials said. Read More

  • Page says '20/20' segment one-sided
    by Staff, posted Monday, April 16, 2007 (17 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Much is being done and more can be done to protect children from sexual predators within Southern Baptist churches, but an ABC News "20/20" segment on the issue April 13 amounted to "yellow journalism," SBC President Frank Page says. Read More

  • STATEMENT: Response to ABC 20/20 segment on sexual predators in ministry
    by D. August Boto, posted Monday, April 16, 2007 (17 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Unfortunately, the "20/20" report last Friday had the effect of misleading at least some of its viewers to believe that the Southern Baptist Convention somehow condones, hides or denies sexual offenses committed by ministers in SBC-affiliated churches. The Convention does none of those things. Quite the contrary. Read More

  • Land says Clinton stance is misreported
    by Staff, posted Monday, April 16, 2007 (17 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Richard Land is asking The Washington Times to set the record straight regarding his assessment of 2008's potential presidential nominees. Read More

  • Steeple signifies NOBTS restoration
    by Gary D. Myers, posted Monday, April 16, 2007 (17 years ago)

    Photo by Gary D. Myers
    NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The steeple that served as a beacon of hope in the city of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina once again graces the top of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's Leavell Chapel. Read More

  • Seminarians share Gospel with city's lost
    by David Roach, posted Monday, April 16, 2007 (17 years ago)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--More than 100 students and faculty members at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary took the truths they are learning in the classroom to the streets during "Reaching Out 2007" recently.

    The annual outreach event gives members of the seminary community a chance to share the Gospel with unchurched people in Louisville in coordination with local churches. Activities at the March 17 outreach included door-to-door witnessing, Spanish language ministry, Bible distribution a... Read More

  • Pastor emphasizes need for theology
    by Joy Rancatore, posted Monday, April 16, 2007 (17 years ago)

    WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Too many pastors have forsaken the proper handling of the Word of God, which should be central to their ministries, Bill Curtis told students at a Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary chapel service.

    Curtis, chairman of the North American Mission Board's trustees, noted the popularity of televangelists whose preaching is anything but expositional or exegetical.

    "If we're to be careful handlers of the Word, we must let the Word speak," Curtis said April 11 w... Read More

  • Mission team readies for Uruguay harvest
    by Brent Thompson, posted Monday, April 16, 2007 (17 years ago)

    MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (BP)--Crop farmers know it takes a lot of work and planning before a harvest can be gleaned from a piece of land, and one of the first things to do even before seeds are planted is clear away rocks and brush. In an evangelical sense, that is what a team of 10 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students, professors and their spouses were doing in the South American country of Uruguay in March.

    "Uruguayans are an aggressively unchurched, secular people," said Keith... Read More

  • DOCTRINE: Baptism by the Holy Spirit
    by Jimmy Draper, posted Monday, April 16, 2007 (17 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Great confusion surrounds the doctrine of the baptism of the Holy Spirit. For some it is viewed as a subsequent work of grace in a believer's life and is equated with the filling of the Holy Spirit. Others associate the baptism of the Holy Spirit with the gift of tongues. Read More