Resources from 2000

CHIMOIO, Mozambique (BP)--Southern Baptist missionaries are praising God for the amazing healing of a child who was hit by their car and presumed dead. The child's remarkable recovery has opened doors to share the gospel with those who saw the accident.

ROCHESTER, Minn. (BP)--The Rev. Billy Graham looks forward to being home for the holidays after being discharged from the Mayo Clinic, the clinic said.

TAMPA, Fla. (BP)--For 18 months, the doors of Wimauma Spanish Baptist Church near Tampa were closed, no pastor available to lead the people. Every week member Domingo Sanchez, 72, would sit on the church porch and cry out for God to send His servant to open the doors.

MEXICO CITY (BP)--Baptists have mobilized to help families driven from their homes by violent eruptions of Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano Dec. 18-19.

WASHINGTON (BP)--A school district that prohibits meetings on campus after hours for religious purposes violates both religion clauses of the Constitution's First Amendment, according to a friend-of-the-court brief signed onto by the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

AUSTIN, Texas (BP)--President-elect George W. Bush took another step toward easing strains from the presidential race, meeting with about 30 ministers and other religious leaders, many of them black, to discuss his plans to expand greatly the role of churches and charities in federal welfare programs.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)--Silent Night," the carol that briefly stopped World War I, is one of the most recognizable Christmas songs and one of the most popular pieces of holiday music. During December it can be heard in malls, churches and concert halls around the planet. Ironically, the world might never have had this piece of music had it not been for a last-minute crisis at a church in the tiny village of Oberndorf, Austria.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–When World War I erupted in 1914 launching the first great European war of the 20th century, soldiers on both sides were assured they would be home by Christmas to celebrate victory. That prediction proved to be false. The men on the fronts did not get home for Christmas as the war dragged […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP)–Every time Air Force veteran Lawson Corley hears the sacred Christmas carol “Silent Night,” he remembers the day 56 years ago when a German soldier spared his life because of Corley’s solo serenade on a snowy Christmas Eve. The year was 1944, World War II was ravaging Europe and Lt. Lawson Corley was […]

PHILADELPHIA (BP)–If the Demon Deacons claim victory tonight over Temple, they will have their best start since the Tim Duncan era. “They beat Kansas into the ground,” Temple coach John Chaney told the Sporting News. “(Wake coach Dave) Odom looks like he has winner this year.” A win would put Wake Forest at 10-0 for […]