Baptist Press Archive

Monday, April 17, 2000

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  • ABC Easter special on Jesus' life draws Jim Henry's support over Disney boycott
    by Art Toalston, posted Monday, April 17, 2000 (24 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention has joined in a call for Southern Baptists to support the ABC-TV animated Easter special on the life of Jesus, "The Miracle Maker" -- publicly breaking with the SBC's boycott of The Disney Company, if only for Easter Sunday. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Walking a dry trail of tears, Columbine students shun spotlight
    by E. Michael Caner, posted Monday, April 17, 2000 (24 years ago)

    LITTLETON, Colo. (BP)--A decidedly nervous and uncomfortable silence hovers in the air. A group of Columbine High School students with whom I prayed one year ago after the shooting are sitting together in the public park in Littleton, Colo., when one brings up a letter he received that day. Read More

  • Social services can't transform needy, hurting hearts, pastor says
    by Jeff Robinson, posted Monday, April 17, 2000 (24 years ago)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Government social programs cannot transform lives in the inner city the way a relationship with Jesus Christ can, a pastor active in urban ministries in Louisville, Ky., said April 13 at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Read More

  • People at work & at home need dedicated chaplains, he says
    by Cindy Kerr, posted Monday, April 17, 2000 (24 years ago)

    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--A $20 bill, even one crumpled and ripped, is still worth $20.

    Gil Stricklin made that point during a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary chapel service April 5. After crumpling, stepping on and almost ripping in half a new $20 bill, Stricklin offered it to a nearby seminary student who accepted it.

    The lesson is not to "sit up front in chapel and you'll get paid" but "live life and you'll feel devalued" even when in reality you are valuable, Stricklin said.

    Pe... Read More

  • Evangelist turned pastor advises seminarians on church planting
    by Tammi Reed Ledbetter, posted Monday, April 17, 2000 (24 years ago)

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--After 20 years in evangelistic ministry, Jerry Johnston believed God was calling him to start a church in south Johnson County, Kansas.

    When he started First Family Church in 1996, Johnston said he didn't know he was supposed to start with a core group, and instead, rented a 1,000-seat auditorium in Overland Park. "I just looked at it like it was a crusade that wouldn't end after a week," he said at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary April 13.

    Although aware of a ... Read More

  • ANALYSIS: Limits -- A parental necessity from generation to generation
    by Ann Sullivan, posted Monday, April 17, 2000 (24 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--After a disagreement between two groups of high school girls from an affluent neighborhood began causing confrontations whenever girls from the groups crossed paths at school, the assistant principal invited the mothers of the young women to meet with her to defuse the bickering that had grown from a neighborhood disagreement into a school disruption issue.

    At the meeting, the mothers disclosed that the conflicts had begun sometime after 2 o'clock the previous Saturday m... Read More

  • EDITORS' NOTES
    by Staff, posted Monday, April 17, 2000 (24 years ago)

    -- A photo to accompany the BP story, "Southern Seminary trustees mark new era by eliminating Covenant Renewal document," dated 4/13/00, has been posted in the BP photos library. The photo is of a groundbreaking ceremony referenced in the story.

    -- The BP story, "Easter cookie recipe provides learning experience for kids," dated 4/11/00, stated that the original author of the recipe is unknown. Steve Gateley, librarian at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, reported... Read More