Texas children’s home students changing the world
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| World-changing in Cheyenne Jerry Haag, president and CEO of the South Texas Children's Home (center), pauses with several participants from the children's home in a World Changers project in Cheyenne, Wyo -- (right to left) 15-year-old Rebecca, 16-year-old Brian, 18-year-old Ram and 20-year-old Katie. (STCH has a policy of not giving last names of children.) |
One might suppose she was thankful for their company during lunch. She was, after all, an elderly woman, living alone in a small, one-bedroom house. Over homemade tortillas and beans, the group of students had done their best to overcome the language barrier. Eighteen-year-old Reyes had translated quite nicely.
Super Bowl outreach gearing up in Houston
HOUSTON (BP)--In order to equip an anticipated 2,000-3,000 Super Bowl Evangelism Project volunteers, four SBEP training conferences have been slated, with breakout sessions in various areas of outreach.
‘Mrs. Rubye,’ 93, honored for 70 years of WMU service
WARD'S GROVE, Tenn. (BP)--Rubye Williams, 93, has been honored for 70 years of Woman's Missionary Union service at Ward's Grove Baptist Church where she has been a member since 1933.
Pastors give testimony to rural Mt. Moriah’s nurture
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| World-changing in Cheyenne Jerry Haag, president and CEO of the South Texas Children's Home (center), pauses with several participants from the children's home in a World Changers project in Cheyenne, Wyo -- (right to left) 15-year-old Rebecca, 16-year-old Brian, 18-year-old Ram and 20-year-old Katie. (STCH has a policy of not giving last names of children.) |
FIRST-PERSON: Our super-sized lives
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--"Mom's not going to look comfortable in that casket." That's the newest euphemistic phrase of the American funeral industry, according to an article in The New York Times this fall.
FIRST-PERSON: Where to put your expectations
KENNER, La. (BP)--Expectations are relationship-killers. The wife expects her new husband to be the Prince Charming of her dreams. The boss expects the new secretary to read his mind. The congregation expects the new pastor to reverse the declining attendance, preach inspiring sermons and attend every social occasion. The pastor expects the members to support him, keep down dissension and respond to every challenge he throws their way.
Temple Mount in Jerusalem remains potential flash point
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| Calm despite the collapse The Temple Mount, a site topped by a mosque but of historic significance for Christians and Jews as well, suffered the collapse of an interior wall this fall, but tensions remained diverted to other flash points in Jerusalem and other parts of the Holy Land. |
However, two Southern Baptist seminary professors say the tense situation at the sacred site continues to have major implications for world peace and Christ's second coming.
International news organizations reported that a section of wall that is part of the Islamic Museum collapsed in late September, leaving a gaping hole of dirt measuring about 120 square feet.
Prof conveys theology via devotional readings
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| Approaching God |
His latest book, "Approaching God" (Kregel Publications), seeks to bridge the gap.
Enns, an adjunct professor of theology and director of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's extension site in Tampa, Fla., wrote Approaching God in the format of 365 daily devotional readings, each only one page in length, but containing all the rubrics of Christian systematic theology.
Judge dismisses need for witnesses in Schiavo case
CLEARWATER, Fla. (BP)-A circuit court judge has announced that he needs neither testimony from witnesses nor a jury in order to decide the constitutionality of the quick action by the Florida legislature and Gov. Jeb Bush to save the life of Terri Schiavo last October.
Gospel music’s Vestal Goodman dies at age 74
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| Vestal Goodman |
"She had been ill with the flu and turned worse last evening," the Southern Gospel News reported Dec. 28. She was 74.
Goodman's career in gospel music began as part of the popular Happy Goodman Family in the 1940s and, in recent years, became a fixture in the Bill Gaither "Homecoming" concerts and videos.
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