Linda Lawson

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"The thing that makes Len Sweet tick is that I'm crazy in love with Jesus and I think it's your job and mine to help a whole new generation to say the same thing," Leonard Sweet told 750 workers at the National Preschool-Children's Convention.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Bruce Robinson once asked his preacher father what he would be if he were not a Southern Baptist.

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--A 12- to 15-year plan to revitalize the facilities of LifeWay Glorieta (N.M.) Conference Center was unveiled Sept. 11 to trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--LifeWay Christian Stores personnel, customers and Southern Baptist leaders celebrated the milestone of 100 LifeWay stores Aug. 16 at the grand opening of the Knoxville (Tenn.) west store.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Effective with the 2001 Annual Church Profile process, churches can have access to Southern Baptist Directory Services, a secure Internet application for gaining a wide variety of statistical and leadership information.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Whatever the kind of writing -- news, features, devotional or editorial -- Christians must be guided by ethical principles that reflect their faith, Bob Terry said July 31.

      GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--"God doesn't deliver us for us to keep quiet and not tell anybody," Olivia Cloud believes.
      Cloud, a freelance writer and senior editor at R H. Boyd Publishers of Nashville, Tenn., led daily conferences during Black Church Leadership Week, July 2-6, at LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center, Glorieta, N.M.
      In a session, Testify! Testimonies of the Faithful, she challenged Christians to share their experiences of salvation and ways God has helped them in difficult circumstances. The session also is the title of a book by Cloud released in 2000 by MEGA Corp.

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--Christians experience true freedom in Christ only through a disciplined, lifetime commitment to renouncing whatever holds them in bondage, Elizabeth Luter said.

      GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--The 10th annual Black Southern Baptist Convention Heritage Award was presented July 4 to James W. Culp Sr., who is retiring this year as coordinator of the black church development division of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
      The award was presented at a banquet during Black Church Leadership Week, July 2-6, at LifeWay (N.M.) Glorieta Conference Center.
      Culp joined the BGCT in 1982 as black church relations consultant when the state convention included approximately 80 predominantly African American churches. Today, more than 700 African American churches are affiliated with the BGCT.

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--"If men are going to love their wives as Christ loved the church, they must study the Bible to learn how Christ loved the church," James Richardson told men attending a July 5 conference.