Thursday, April 24, 1997

• May 16 day of prayer set for salvation of Libyans

  by Staff, posted Thursday, April 24, 1997 (27 years ago)

  RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--In the gray world of international diplomacy, one thing stands out in black and white to most Americans -- Libya is an "enemy." Read More

• BWA exec urges efforts for religious freedom in Saudi

  by Wendy Ryan, posted Thursday, April 24, 1997 (27 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--The Baptist World Alliance has asked the governments of the United States and United Kingdom to do what they can to help Christians in Saudi Arabia gain religious freedom. Read More

• Mohler: Southern Seminary entering 'season of spring'

  by David Porter, posted Thursday, April 24, 1997 (27 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Signs of newness and expectancy indicate the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has left "a season of definition" and entered "a season of spring," President R. Albert Mohler Jr. told trustees during the seminary board of trustees' spring meeting April 21-22. Read More

• Vines: Cult left men dead; Jesus leaves them alive

  by Rick Mansfield, posted Thursday, April 24, 1997 (27 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Contrasting Jesus to Heavens Gate cult leader Marshall Applewhite, former Southern Baptist Convention President Jerry Vines said Applewhite's solution to man's sin problem was castration and his solution to man's death problem was to catch a spaceship hiding behind the Hale-Bopp Comet. Read More

• Southwestern professor named head U.S. Army Reserve chaplain

  by Rick Mansfield, posted Thursday, April 24, 1997 (27 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--A Southern Baptist seminary professor has been approved for promotion to brigadier general in the U.S. Army Reserves and, following confirmation by the U.S. Senate, will become the senior USAR chaplain. Read More

• Couple describe open adoption as learning, loving experience

  by Scott Collins, posted Thursday, April 24, 1997 (27 years ago)

  BURLESON, Texas (BP)--Emily Tailor Rollins may never hear her parents say how much they love her. And when her daddy tells the congregation at Marystown Baptist Church in rural Texas that God loves them and Jesus died for their sins, Emily may not be listening. Read More