Resources from 1998

WASHINGTON (BP)–A report that South Korean researchers have cloned a human embryo demonstrates why an international ban on the practice is needed, a Southern Baptist bioethics specialist said. The infertility specialists, working at Kyunghee University Hospital in Seoul, cloned an embryo that was a replica of a 30-year-old woman, one of the researchers announced Dec. […]

WEST UNION, Ill. (BP)–A monthly prayer partner emphasis launched four years ago “has been a miracle and a blessing in this church,” said Donald Russell, pastor of West Union (Ill.) Baptist Church. “It’s got people praying for one another and caring for one another.” At the first Sunday night service of the month, each person […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)–After hearing a performance of the senior adult choir at Oklahoma City’s Village Baptist Church, a listener walked up to director Gary Hook and pointed out a man in the choir. “I’ve never seen a man sing with so much enthusiasm,” the listener said. “Does he ever sing solos?” Hook told the inquirer […]

WASHINGTON (BP)–At the outset of military strikes against Iraq on Dec. 16, Southern Baptist chaplains were alongside U.S. troops while Southern Baptist missionaries in the Middle East were in prayer and taking precautions. Meanwhile in Washington, impeachment proceedings were derailed, if only for a day, against President Clinton for charges of perjury and obstruction of […]

SARAN, Kazakhstan (BP)–Two weeks after a gas explosion destroyed an apartment building in Saran, Kazakhstan, claiming 18 lives, residents of the city responded warmly to outreach efforts sponsored by Baptists in Saran. The explosion, coupled with mounting despair over poverty, unemployment and no heat for the coming winter, set the stage for “Jesus Christ: The […]

LAKE WORTH, Fla. (BP)–Uruguay is a long way from the United States, even from south Florida. It costs a lot to go there as a missions volunteer. So when Floridian Linda Kilby decided she wanted to be part of a group of volunteers going to the South American country, her biggest problem was how to […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–Jennifer Davis Rash has been named news editor of The Alabama Baptist newsjournal, effective Jan. 1. Rash has served as interim news editor since August, following the resignation of Laurie A. Lattimore. Rash had worked for the paper since Jan. 1, 1996, as a newswriter. Bob Terry, editor of The Alabama Baptist, said […]

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (BP)–For the past two years, Iglesia Bautista Central in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, basked in the sun of growth and blessing. The church, located in one of the poorest sections of the nation’s capital and ministering to the poorest of the poor, had become the largest church and the primary giver to missions concerns in […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Doing church work on his native Georgia soil was all Kenneth Murphy had in mind when he enrolled at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1998. Then he met George Martin, associate professor of Christian missions in the Louisville, Ky., seminary’s Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth. Martin, a six-year veteran […]

DALLAS (BP)–Two envelopes received in Texas and a church business meeting in Oklahoma reflect the concern of Baptists worldwide to help the victims of Hurricane Mitch in Central America. In one envelope was $70, an offering from Baptist Men in Cuba. “This is from a country where the average worker’s monthly salary is $20,” said […]