SBC Life Articles by Charles Willis

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--One year after the premiere of "Experiencing God ... The Musical," approximately 100,000 copies of the choral book have been ordered, it has received a Dove Award nomination and reports of its use in worship services continue to include significant spiritual results.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Membership in Southern Baptist churches continued to climb toward the 16 million mark in 2000, with an increase of 108,552 bringing the total number of members to an all-time high of 15,960,308.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Readers of Facts & Trends, Baptist Press and state Baptist newspapers have requested personal help with health issues after reading an interview with James T. Draper Jr., president of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Only two months after LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention began offering Web sites for churches, almost 600 congregations have taken advantage of LifeWayLINK.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Adults wiggle, giggle, talk and, yes, even sleep during worship services, a national consultant in children's ministry maintains, so parents should lighten up with children who do not behave perfectly.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Cheryl Green is a soon-to-be-published author and, moreover, a living miracle, having survived disability, emotional and physical abuse, poverty, homelessness, parental mental illness and racism.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Progress reports in ministry areas throughout LifeWay Christian Resources were the focus for trustees of the Southern Baptist agency during their Feb. 12-13 semiannual meeting in Nashville, Tenn.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention has revamped its two Internet sites, one designed to serve churches and their needs and the other designed for individuals and families.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"Experiencing God ... The Musical," published by Genevox Music, an imprint of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, has been nominated for a Dove Award.

   NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Shortness of breath and a dose of old fashioned guilt brought Jimmy Draper to the point of improving his personal fitness.
   Draper, president of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, recalled recently that he had never weighed more than 200 pounds until he left the pastorate to head the SBC publishing agency in Nashville, Tenn.
   The change in his ministry focus in 1991 also resulted in several lifestyle changes, including many more hours sitting at a desk, in meetings, on airplanes and in automobiles. The result was an increase in his weight to 212 pounds.