Wednesday, November 02, 2005

• Samuel Alito shows well in polls; Americans consider ‘judicial activism’ a real crisis

  by Dwayne Hastings, posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Americans seem to be pleased, if not content, with President George W. Bush’s nomination of Samuel Alito to fill the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Sandra Day O’ Connor. Read More

• Baptists’ 10.5 million meals shatters prior disaster relief record

  by Tim Yarbrough, posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (18 years ago)

  One among millions Chricendie Joseph, 7, helps pick up meals for her family from a Southern Baptist feeding unit at First Baptist Church in Belle Glade, Fla., in a region where crops were ravaged by Hurricane Wilma. Southern Baptist Disaster Relief units have served more than 10.5 million meals this year. Photo by Joni B. Hannigan/Florida Baptist Witness

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Southern Baptist Disaster Relief announced Nov. 2 that volunteers have prepared a record 10.5 million meals since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in late August. The meal count shatters the previous record of 3.5 million meals set in 2004. Read More

• Multi-week cleanup of flooded New Orleans Seminary begins

  by Keith Manuel, posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (18 years ago)

  Sorrowful stuff Outside campus housing at New Orleans Seminary, piles of left-behind items and debris underscore the heartache of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding it caused. Photo by Keith Manuel

  NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The first wave of volunteers in a major cleanup initiative at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary arrived Oct. 31, aiming to boost the campus to an even greater place of prominence in the city.

  The first project for the team of volunteers from Alabama and Mississippi was the removal of belongings left behind by students in their apartments and dorm rooms, said Bob Jackson, director of the seminary’s MissionLab program. Read More

• CULTURE DIGEST: Prince of Wales to promote Islam during U.S. visit; National Cathedral hosts ‘homosexual church’

  by Erin Curry, posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, arrived in New York Nov. 1 for a weeklong tour of the United States that will take them to Washington, New Orleans and San Francisco. Read More

• Stone explains single option giving motion to conservatives

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (18 years ago)

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BP)--At the last of four scheduled meetings sponsored by Conservative Carolina Baptists, about 50 pastors and laymen met Oct. 27 at Blackwelder Park Baptist Church in Kannapolis, N.C., and heard Durham-based evangelist Ted Stone defend and explain a motion he will present at the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina's annual meeting that would return the convention to one giving plan. Read More

• Fla. Keys surprised by Wilma, comforted by Baptist relief

  by James A. Smith, posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (18 years ago)

  FLORIDA KEYS (BP)--After the worst of Hurricane Wilma’s winds passed through Key West in the early morning hours Oct. 24, fifth-generation “Conch” (Florida Keys native) Christine Rodriguez ventured out of her home on the highest part of the island only to find a “wall of water coming down the street” toward her. Read More

• In her honesty about drug use, Ashley Smith aims to help others

  by Manda Gibson, posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (18 years ago)

  ATLANTA (BP)--Since the release of her book “Unlikely Angel: The Untold Story of the Atlanta Hostage Hero,” Ashley Smith has done so many media interviews and book signings that they've begun to run together in her mind. But she still remembers a call she received during one radio show. Read More

• 'Ministers’ Getaway' at Ridgecrest: personal retreats & family fun

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The scenery and clean air of the Blue Ridge Mountains does more than clear the head. For Phil Wiggins, his annual personal retreat to LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center refocuses his attention on God and renews his passion for the ministry. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Homosexuality in theological perspective, part 3

  by R. Albert Mohler Jr., posted Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (18 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Few modern concepts have been as influential as the psychosocial construct of sexual orientation. The concept is now firmly rooted in the national consciousness, and many Americans consider the concept to be thoroughly based in credible scientific research. Read More