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Thursday, April 30, 1998

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  • SBC Peace Committee minutes, sealed for 10 years, available June 1
    by Herb Hollinger, posted Thursday, April 30, 1998 (26 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The collection of minutes and materials of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Peace Committee, sealed since June 1988, will be available to the public beginning June 1, according to Charles G. Fuller, the committee’s chairman.

    Fuller, pastor of First Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va., said the collection includes minutes of the many meetings of the committee, plus reports, attachments, 366 letters from Southern Baptists and about 135 cassette audio tapes.

    On Ju... Read More

  • Advice offered for interacting with Mormons in Salt Lake City
    by James DotsonJames Dotson, posted Thursday, April 30, 1998 (26 years ago)

    SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--Inside the Salt Palace Convention Center, this year’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting will be familiar to most local church messengers. But outside, in a city rooted in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the clash of belief and culture is almost inevitable.

    How should Southern Baptists approach and interact with their Salt Lake City hosts, many of whom may be Mormons? A courteous and respectful attitude is essential, of course, according to ... Read More

  • Utah leader underscores prayer for SBC thrust in Salt Lake City
    by Art Toalston, posted Thursday, April 30, 1998 (26 years ago)

    DRAPER, Utah (BP)--No, it wasn’t a printing error, but a call to prayer.

    A big blank space comprised much of Jim Harding’s column in the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Witness’ April edition.

    Harding, executive director of the Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention, suggested readers “spend the time praying instead of having to read my article” -- praying for the Southern Baptist Convention’s June 9-11 annual meeting in Salt Lake City and the array of evang... Read More

  • "Faith and Family" worship slated June 7 in Salt Lake City
    by Baptist Press, posted Thursday, April 30, 1998 (26 years ago)

    SALT LAKE CITY (BP)--An 8:30 a.m. ?Faith and Family? worship service Sunday, June 7, will be sponsored by Salt Lake City?s Southeast Baptist Church and the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists in the Salt Palace Convention Center?s Hall 1.

    Preaching will be Jerry Drace, of Memphis, Tenn., vice president of the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists, on ?Refocusing on the Family? and James Merritt, pastor of First Baptist Church, Snellville, Ga., on ?Faith and the Family.?

    The fam... Read More

  • CrossSeekers gaining momentum; registration open for national event
    by Chip Alford, posted Thursday, April 30, 1998 (26 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- What's it going to take to stay faithful?

    Dave Edwards posed the question to a crowd of Christian college students at a recent rally in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The answer, the Oklahoma City-based Christian author and speaker said, is "moving away from cultural Christianity" and becoming "covenantal in our approach to living."

    "We have to begin to seek the will of God in every detail of our lives," Edwards said, adding God's promises "are secured with faithfulness and obedienc... Read More

  • Physically impaired student 'boasts' in his weakness in service of Christ
    by Craig Christina, posted Thursday, April 30, 1998 (26 years ago)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--"You can't be full of pride when you fall out of your wheelchair in the midst of the snow," Scott Blue admitted April 29 to his fellow seminarians at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Following the example of the Apostle Paul, the physically impaired master of divinity in missiology student preached that he "boasts" in his weakness in order to rely more on Christ.

    The first-place winner of the annual Clyde T. Francisco Preaching Award, Blue preached in chapel of the... Read More

  • Injured missionary Watts aiming to return to Peru
    by Lonnie Wilkey , posted Thursday, April 30, 1998 (26 years ago)

    JACKSON, Tenn.(BP)--Southern Baptist missionaries Wade and Nancy Watts can attest God is still in the miracle business.

    Two years ago, the Watts family was involved in a head-on collision in Peru which left Watts and his son, Marcus, comatose with severe head injuries. Watts was not expected to live.

    Watts was hospitalized in a Memphis, Tenn., hospital for more than a year. At first he could only communicate by blinking his eyes, but by last May he was beginning to speak. His condition pro... Read More