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Wednesday, April 23, 2003

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  • Kingdom Family Rally to set tone for SBC annual meeting in Phoenix
    by Michael Foust, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    PHOENIX (BP)--The Grand Canyon will be just a short drive away, but Southern Baptists visiting Phoenix this June will be seeking something much more grand -- God's Kingdom.

          The Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, June 17-18 at the Phoenix Civic Plaza, will feature the theme "Kingdom First," drawn from Matthew 6:33, "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."

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          But the SBC's first-ever "Kingdom Family Rally" the evening prior to the convention figures to set the week's tone. On Monday evening, June 16, during the closing session of the SBC Pastors' Conference, messages from family experts on how to strengthen families will culminate nearly three years of planning by the SBC Council of Family Life. Read More

  • Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    June 17-18, 2003

    Phoenix Civic Plaza

    Phoenix, Ariz.

    Theme: "Kingdom First"

    Scripture Text: Matthew 6:33

    "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." Read More

  • Hispanic network's 6-year mark fueled by 315 new church starts
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    PHOENIX (BP)--The launch of 315 new Hispanic Baptist churches last year and the progress of a state Baptist convention in Puerto Rico will be celebrated during the Sixth Annual Celebration of the SBC Hispanic Multiplying Church Network June 16 in Phoenix. Read More

  • Denominational workers to celebrate black Baptist history in Phoenix
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    PHOENIX (BP)--The Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servant's Network will host the first meeting of the African American Southern Baptist History Project June 14 at Bethesda Community Baptist Church in Phoenix. At the seminar, scheduled for 3 p.m., several papers will be presented and the first Journal of African American Southern Baptist History, published by the network, will be distributed. Read More

  • Koehn, Myers to be remembered at Midwestern alumni luncheon
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    PHOENIX (BP)-Baptist hospital workers William Koehn and Martha Myers, who were killed in Yemen last December, will be honored posthumously as Honorary Alumni of the Year during Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's June 18 luncheon in Phoenix. Read More

  • Patterson, alumni award slated for SEBTS luncheon
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    PHOENIX (BP)-Paige Patterson, president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, will address the annual Alumni and Friends Luncheon at noon Wednesday, June 18, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Phoenix. Read More

  • Anne Graham Lotz to address evangelists' Sunday worship
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    PHOENIX (BP)-Anne Graham Lotz will be the first of three speakers during the Sunday morning worship sponsored by the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists prior to this year's Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. Read More

  • 2 FAITH-related events scheduled during SBC
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    PHOENIX (BP)--Two events are scheduled during the 2003 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting to extend appreciation to pastors involved in FAITH and to give pastors of non-FAITH churches more information about the strategy.

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  • Lotz, Cupit to address BWA annual breakfast
    by Staff, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    PHOENIX (BP)-The Baptist World Alliance's Window on the World Breakfast, held annually in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, is scheduled for 7 a.m. Wednesday, June 18, in the Phoenix Civic Plaza, Tucson Rooms 38-39. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Stimulated toward death
    by Ted G. Stone & Philip Barber, posted Wednesday, April 23, 2003 (21 years ago)

    DURHAM, N.C. (BP)--For more than 50 years, stimulants have maintained a considerable measure of popularity, whether available through legal channels or obtained from illegal sources. Read More