Linda Lawson

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--When it comes to leading a church to change, there is only one word to describe the challenge -- monumental, Lyman Alexander told participants in a conference during Black Church Leadership Week at LifeWay Glorieta (N.M.) Conference Center.

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)--When it comes to handling money, "a church should be a model of financial integrity to the world," Priscilla Rule told participants in a session on sound financial practices for the church office.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--"The key issue for Southern Baptists and every other group that is serious about the Bible is whether the Bible is really our authority," James T. Draper Jr. believes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A visual model to illustrate how a church can reach people for Christ, mature them as disciples and involve them in service and ministry has been introduced by the LifeWay Church Resources Division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--The efforts of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention to better understand and meet the needs of churches have been described in a chapter of a new book, One to One B2B: Customer Relationship Management Strategies for the Real Economy by Don Peppers and Martha Rogers.

MIAMI (BP)--With a growing array of resources available in Spanish, Broadman & Holman International, a division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, welcomed opportunities to talk with hundreds of distributors from Latin America, Spain and the United States during Expolit, May 18-22 in Miami.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--While it is impossible to prevent all accidents on a church playground, leaders must give priority to safety in designing, building and maintaining grounds and equipment, Jim Dempsey said May 19 in a conference.

      NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--An October 1999 diagnosis of stage four brain cancer with a prognosis of 60-90 days to live not only gave Harry Piland an opportunity to demonstrate his faith in God, but also gave him an enlarged ministry to proclaim a message of hope.
      Piland, who from 1978 to 1994 directed the Sunday school division for LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention (then called the Sunday School Board), recalled the chill that went down his spine when a doctor told him he had the worst kind of brain tumor, glioblastoma. Even if the tumor were successfully removed, that type of cancer always returns, he was told.
      "But even in that moment, I gathered my family around me" -- his son David; daughter Vicki Piland Wilson; daughter-in-law Camille; and two granddaughters.
      "We joined hands and gave it all to the Father," Piland said. "He was so tender to me and his presence was so plain and so real to me all of that time.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--In the continuing process of organizing the Church Resources Division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention to better meet the needs of churches, 29 directors were announced March 15.

      NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Jimmy Draper was lauded as friend, father, pastor and statesman during a celebration of his life and ministry Feb. 12 at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
      Draper, president of LifeWay since 1991, was honored for completing 50 years in the ministry in September 2000, celebrating his 65th birthday in October and serving in his 10th year at LifeWay. The celebration, initiated by LifeWay trustees, was held in connection with their Feb. 12-13 semiannual meeting.