Wednesday, August 25, 2010

• Obama administration hid pro-abstinence study while program funding was slashed

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (14 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--In response to public pressure, the Department of Health and Human Services has disclosed a taxpayer-funded study that reflects positively on abstinence education, having first kept the full study under wraps while funding for such programs was slashed.

        The National Survey of Adolescents and Their Parents in 2008 found that about 70 percent of parents agreed with the statement, "It is against your values for your adolescent to have sexual intercourse before marriage," as well as "Having sexual intercourse is something only married people should do." A majority of adolescents in the survey responded similarly.

        Though the survey was presented at two conferences last year, when Lisa Rue, a researcher at the University of Northern Colorado, asked for a copy of the full survey, her request was denied. She tried again, the second time filing under the Freedom of Information Act. That request also was denied. Read More

• Alaska voters OK parental notification

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (14 years ago)

  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (BP)--Alaska pro-lifers tallied a key victory Aug. 24 with voter passage of a parental notification bill and could score another major win if pro-choice Sen. Lisa Murkowski loses to pro-life candidate Joe Miller in what would be a monumental Republican primary upset. Read More

• Former Baptist leader wins GOP runoff

  by Michael Foust, posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (14 years ago)

  OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)--A political newcomer and former Southern Baptist leader continued to surprise the political world Aug. 24 by winning the runoff in a congressional Republican primary to advance to the general election, where he will be the favorite to win a seat in the U.S. House. Read More

• 'Community' revival finds town responsive

  by Philip Timothy, posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (14 years ago)

  

  DEVILLE, La. (BP)--A spur-of-the-moment decision proved to be the catalyst needed to ignite a revival in a town of 1,000 people, and in the process has helped to heal an 87-year-old church. Read More

• WHF helping desperate Pakistani families

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (14 years ago)

  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (BP)--About 600 families in Pakistan's Sindh province are receiving desperately needed food supplies, thanks to the generosity of Christians who have donated to the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund.

  Bags of staple foods are being assembled by teams of disaster relief volunteers trained by Baptist Global Response, an international relief and development organization, with a total of $12,500 from the World Hunger Fund, said Francis Horton, who with his wife Angie directs... Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Creating a generous culture in our churches

  by Todd Deaton, posted Wednesday, August 25, 2010 (14 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Eight months of speculation have come to an end. Last week, when the Kentucky Great Commission Task Force released its report, two things were readily apparent: ... Read More