Thursday, April 17, 1997

• ITF leaders: New NAMB staff evidence vision, commitment

  by Martin King, posted Thursday, April 17, 1997 (27 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Following two days of meetings, representatives of the task force overseeing the Southern Baptist Convention's restructuring say they are impressed with the caliber, commitment and cooperative spirit of those being offered positions in the new North American Mission Board. Read More

• HMB prepares for NAMB during final meeting

  by Martin King, posted Thursday, April 17, 1997 (27 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Directors of the Southern Baptist Home Mission Board held the agency's final full board meeting April 16, taking several actions in preparation for the new North American Mission Board. Read More

• Rogers voices encouragement for 'journey of transitions'

  by Martin King, posted Thursday, April 17, 1997 (27 years ago)

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Adrian Rogers encouraged Southern Baptist Home Mission Board directors and staff members to stay focused on God when they come to "detours, dead ends and dry holes." Read More

• Put blessings to godly use, Willis challenges Baptists

  by Douglas C. Estes, posted Thursday, April 17, 1997 (27 years ago)

  WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Southern Baptists are called by God to use their innumerable, providential blessings to fulfill their responsibility of the Great Commission, said Avery Willis, senior vice president in the Foreign Mission Board's office of overseas operations. Read More

• of says methodology is key to correct Bible interpretation

  by James A. Smith Sr., posted Thursday, April 17, 1997 (27 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--The 19th-century controversy surrounding Crawford Howell Toy demonstrates that correct methodology when interpreting the Bible is critical to doctrinal soundness, asserted Paul House in an April 15 address at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Read More

• New Japanese missions leader credits Southern Baptists

  by Staff, posted Thursday, April 17, 1997 (27 years ago)

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Seventeen years ago, Virginia Highfill, now a retired Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board missionary, spoke at Hiro Sakamaki's church in Japan. Read More

• Congress approves prohibition on assisted-suicide funding

  by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, April 17, 1997 (27 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--Congress has voted with scant dissent to prohibit federal funding for assisted suicide. Read More

• ANALYSIS Video poker's accessibility exacting toll in Louisiana

  by C. Lacy Thompson, posted Thursday, April 17, 1997 (27 years ago)

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--The mounting fallout of video poker in Louisiana -- the state where it is most accessible -- is evidencing itself in statistics and, moreover, people's lives. Read More

• ANALYSIS It would be hard to surpass video poker's addictiveness

  by C. Lacy Thompson, posted Thursday, April 17, 1997 (27 years ago)

  ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--With the explosion of gambling across the nation, it is to be expected the rush is on to build the "perfect" gambling machine. Read More