Resources from 1999

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)–Solo Christo, Sola Scriptura, Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Soli Deo Gloria. An eye-catching sign at the entrance to this Florida church’s campus boldly displays these five “foundational stones” of its doctrine. Pastor Bill Haynes of the Orlando-area First Baptist Church of Sweetwater not only wants members to know the meaning of the Latin […]

CALI, Colombia (BP)--Saving souls with soap operas? It's happening. Spanish speakers throughout North and South America are coming to Christ through "En Familia" -- a video series produced and directed by a Southern Baptist missionary.

ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)--"I don't know why anybody would think that I'm doing anything special," said Katie Cox, a teenage soul-winner. "I thought God told everybody to witness."

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (BP)--Don Stricker slowly climbs down from his mammoth John Deere tractor and surveys the dark soil he has been tilling all morning. Looking in all directions, all he can see is land, sky, and more land and sky.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--When several members of a Georgia Baptist church were invited to attend a weekend of spiritual renewal, their pastor, Paul Mason, didn't give it a second thought. After all, "Tres Dias" (Spanish for three days) sounded like it was a normal, weekend getaway sponsored by a mainline religious denomination.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Perhaps in no single place can one find more helmets, Harleys and heathens. Converging on the “Biker Boogie” festival in Bean Blossom, Ind., thousands of motorcyclists from across the country annually transform a simple field into a sea of dirt, beer and exhaust. “It’s like walking into Sodom and Gomorrah. Nothing is not […]

DRAIN, Ore. (BP)--Pastors' wives as well as other vocational ministers' wives across the Northwest Baptist Convention have begun using computer e-mail to shrink distances and stay connected.

WASHINGTON (BP)--Calling President Clinton's press secretary hypocritical, a leading Republican lawmaker said he remains steadfast in his belief that Joe Lockhart should be fired after making derogatory remarks about Southern Baptists.

ST. LOUIS (BP)--Randy Windham knew God wanted someone to share the gospel with people who sport tattoos, ride motorcycles and hang out in "biker" bars. He just didn't know it was him.

WASHINGTON (BP)–Less than a month after Baptist pastor Rahim Tashov was released from prison in Turkmenistan, authorities arrested two pastors and raided four of the five Baptist churches in the west-central Asian country Dec. 16 and 17. Pavel Peychev, president of the Union of Evangelical-Christian Baptists of Uzbekistan and Middle Asia, in a letter to […]