Falls Creek celebration marks end of era, beginning of new one
ARDMORE, Okla. (BP)--For years they came. They sat on hard, wooden benches with no room to stretch their legs. They sweated as the summer Oklahoma heat relentlessly pressed into their bodies. They raised their voices in praise to God. Some tried to sleep. Some listened intently as God's Word was proclaimed beneath the huge, open-air tabernacle. They walked the narrow, uneven aisles, making their way to the altar where they gave their lives to God, where they told Him they would be His for service anywhere in the world. Their lives and their eternities were forever changed.
God’s Mercy …
On 9-11, 2001, Americans experienced an act of terror that forever will change their lives. On 9-27, 2003, Bill and Sharla Merrell experienced their own personal terror, which forever will change their lives. While traveling to a vacation site in Florida, Bill, vice president for convention relations at the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, suffered […]
‘Every’ pregnancy is ‘in God’s hands,’ female doctor says
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (BP)--When women call the office of obstetrician/gynecologist Karen Reisig asking for an abortion, her staff urges them to make an appointment as soon as possible.
As church knocks on doors, baptisms & attendance soar
MADILL, Okla. (BP)--How many church members would be more willing to go out and share the Gospel if they knew people were sitting in their homes just waiting for a visit?
8-year-old Cody’s life & death point family, friends to Jesus
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| Cody & coach Cody Brown, with an autographed football, and University of Oklahoma head football coach Bob Stoops pose for a picture in the Barry Switzer Center where OU's football trophies are displayed. Cody was battling a form of cancer and died on Sept. 13. |
Just a few miles down the road, the University of Oklahoma Sooner football team was putting the finishing touches on its 52-28 victory over Fresno State.
On the sidelines, Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops was leaving the field with his victorious team. He was wearing his signature OU visor, but this week it sported a gold pin in the shape of a looped ribbon -- a childhood cancer awareness pin given to the coach by Cody Brown.
Families Evangelizing Family Members
They've seen you at your worst. They know your weaknesses. They remember most of your sins. They are aware that you are far from perfect. And perhaps that's the reason it's so hard to witness to family members. Because they know all your inconsistencies and will never forget them, you don't feel you have credibility […]
Although some advised abortion, mom-to-be resolute in trusting God
EDMOND, Okla. (BP)--When Robin Fiechtl's second daughter was born, Fiechtl cried for three hours.
It wasn't because she was disappointed her second offspring was also a girl, and it wasn't even post-partum blues.
Fiechtl's cries were tears of happiness and praise because all 7 pounds, 12 ounces and 21 inches of Delaneigh Elizabeth were perfect.
It wasn't supposed to be that way.
If the baby made it to term, she was supposed to be either terribly deformed, brain-dead or born with little chance to take her first breath. And the outlook throughout the pregnancy wasn't bright for her mother, who also faced possible death.
Ushering people to the throne room through worship is MercyMe’s goal
EDMOND, Okla. (BP)--"When my grandmother walks into a room, you can tell just by the look on her face that her heart belongs to Christ," said Bart Millard, spokesman for the five-member MercyMe praise band.
Billy Graham, in Oklahoma City, says ‘never say never’ to next campaign
OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)--Weeks before the Billy Graham Oklahoma City Mission, speculation had been reported in the media that it might be the evangelist's last campaign. However, Graham noted that the same stories had surfaced during his mission in Dallas a year ago and in San Diego earlier this year.
Sunday School class not cow-ardly about aiding Nicaraguan pastors
CLAREMORE, Okla. (BP)--Carl Briggs' Sunday School class is a moo-ving experience. Every week, they take up an offering to buy a cow.
