News Articles by Chip Alford

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–Mention the “C” word in some churches and you’re likely to get an earful. But it doesn’t have to be that way, a leadership and worship consultant from the Arkansas Baptist State Convention said. Glen Ennes believes ministers of music can teach their congregations to love choruses. It’s all in their approach. “One […]

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–Music is universal, but it’s not a universal language, an International Mission Board missionary told participants at a July 14 workshop at LifeWay Conference Center, Glorieta, N.M. Kirk Bullington, who is assigned to the Baptist Spanish Publishing House in El Paso, Texas, explained his claim with the following true story: A missionary to […]

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–Tommy Yessick believes the old saying, “the straw that broke the camel’s back,” is misleading. “It wasn’t the straw that broke it, it’s the load that was there all along … the stress that wasn’t dealt with along the way,” Yessick, wellness specialist for LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, said. […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Forty-one evangelical leaders and Christian book distributors from 11 countries and one U.S. territory attended the first international Hispanic trainers meeting May 27-29 at LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville. According to Luis Lopez, a consultant in LifeWay’s international department, the purpose of the conference was to introduce Christian leaders in Spanish-speaking countries to […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–More than half a million Southern Baptists are developing leadership and ministry skills and growing in their faith through the Christian Growth Study Plan, according to statistics recently released by LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville, Tenn. Morlee Maynard, ministry coordination specialist in the LifeWay church resources division, said 541,966 Southern Baptist men, women, […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Glorieta (N.M.) and Ridgecrest (N.C.) conference centers are changing their names and expanding their conference offerings to better reflect the vision and ministry of their parent agency — LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention. Effective April 1, the new name for the Southern Baptist owned-and-operated facilities will be LifeWay Conference Center […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–“The leader is the lesson.” That’s the philosophy behind an instructional design for Sunday school in the 21st century developed by LifeWay Christian Resources and scheduled for introduction in the fall quarter of the year 2000. “We, as leaders, must model the truth that God transforms lives day by day,” Richard Barnes, director […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources approved Feb. 9 a strategy for Sunday school in the 21st century which includes the launch of a new “flagship” Bible study curriculum. Beginning in September 2000, LifeWay will introduce “Family Bible Study,” a new series containing a core curriculum for all age groups based on a common […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–About a dozen years ago, John Wolf’s wife gave him an ultimatum — choose his pornography or his family. He couldn’t keep both. “The decision was easy for me. I chose my family — but the answer was not so easy to live,” Wolf wrote in an article appearing in the Winter 1998-99 […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Two 12-year-old girls in Alabama used it to lead nine people to faith in Christ. A Houston church used it to increase its Sunday school attendance by more than 200. A North Carolina college student who had never effectively shared his faith used it to win 20 people to Christ during a spring […]