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CORRECTIONS: In the BP story titled “Mixed-race couple ministers to rural Missouri congregation,” dated 1/27/99, please make the following corrections: — In the 7th paragraph, which begins “My jaw dropped … ,” use only the first sentence and then delete the two sentences referring to the search committee interview. — In the 9th paragraph, the […]

UPDATE: (BP) story titled “Earthquake strikes Colombia; IMB plans to mobilize response,” dated 1/26/99, can be updated by inserting the following sentence at the end of the 5th paragraph: The board released $50,000 in emergency relief funds Jan. 27.

In BP story titled “11 state conventions increase portion of CP funds sent to SBC,” dated 1/5/99, please change the number five in the second paragraph to six, and then add West Virginia to the second sentence in the third paragraph.

In BP story titled “11 state conventions increase portion of CP funds sent to SBC,” dated 1/5/99, please change the number five in the second paragraph to six, and then add West Virginia to the second sentence in the third paragraph.

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SALT LAKE CITY (BP)–An 8:30 a.m. ?Faith and Family? worship service Sunday, June 7, will be sponsored by Salt Lake City?s Southeast Baptist Church and the Conference of Southern Baptist Evangelists in the Salt Palace Convention Center?s Hall 1. Preaching will be Jerry Drace, of Memphis, Tenn., vice president of the Conference of Southern Baptist […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Ruth Ford, an emeritus Southern Baptist missionary nurse known in part for her selfless service during the Japanese invasion of China and later in World War II, died March 14 in Nashville, Tenn., of heart failure. She was 90. Ford, of Memphis, Tenn., was appointed a Foreign Mission Board missionary to China in […]

OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)–Greed is a key difference between the nation’s abortion providers and pro-life groups, a Baptist leader told a “Rose Day” rally at the state capitol in Oklahoma City. “If they want abortion available to all women, and it is such a good thing, why don’t they do it for free?” asked Anthony Jordan, […]

EDITORS' NOTE: Please substitute the following corrected obituary for the one in Baptist Press 3/14/97

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Major gifts solicitation for the national campaign for Glorieta (N.M.) and Ridgecrest (N.C.) Baptist Conference centers will be led by Kirk Humphreys, president of Century Investments of Oklahoma City.