10/7/97 The Witness gets new home to communicate the gospel
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (BP)–Although attracting more than 150,000 people over the years for inspiration and entertainment, “The Witness” wasn’t supposed to have a 1997 season. Staged by 200 volunteers from 44 churches in the Hot Springs, Ark., area., The Witness was left without a home last winter when the amphitheater it has used the past […]
Little Rock 40th anniversary puts focus on reconciliation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP)??”I thought it was pretty unique in that it let you realize what is important about that day 40 years ago,” noted Shelly, 18, of North Little Rock, Ark. Shelly was one of thousands who attended a Racial Reconciliation Rally Sept. 21 at Riverfront Amphitheater in Little Rock. The rally was held […]
Priest’s opposition heightens Bible interest among villagers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP)??An Orthodox priest’s effort to drive a volunteer mission team from his Romanian village may not have had the effect he wanted.An American?Romanian team of Baptists was attempting to distribute the Gospel of John ?? known as “the yellow book” to Romanians because of its color ?? to villagers in a field […]
7/31/97 Struggling neighborhood receives 3rd year of World Changers’ care
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. (BP)–Erma Harris had her world changed as college and high school students stripped six layers of shingles from her home in West Memphis, Ark., and replaced them with tar paper and a fresh shingle layer. A group of 120 Baptist students and 57 adult leaders from across the nation replaced and repaired […]
7/14/97 Pastor held up a tract; members asked for more
HOPEWELL, Ark. (BP)–The story of Hopewell Baptist Church’s incredible growth through evangelism is simple: It began with a sermon and a tract. The rural Arkansas congregation, six miles north of Harrison, has recorded 35 baptisms since last June and another 35 have joined the church by letter. The 25 baptized in 1996 put Hopewell near […]
5,000 ‘Celebrate the Call’ of new FMB missionaries
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP)--Arkansas Baptists met at Little Rock's Statehouse Convention Center to "Celebrate the Call" for 63 Southern Baptist missionaries appointed by the Foreign Mission Board.
Brotherhood trustees tap Williams as NAMB consultant through 1999
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BP)--Trustees of the Southern Baptist Brotherhood Commission voted to extend the ministry of President James D. Williams as a consultant of the North American Mission Board through 1999, in action during their Feb. 28-March 1 meeting at Brotherhood's Memphis, Tenn., headquarters.
Pie-in-the-face challenge stirs congregation to grow
CARAWAY, Ark. (BP)--Only 12 members of Rowe's Chapel Baptist Church were in attendance when their new bivocational pastor issued a challenge in one of his first sermons in 1995.
‘Just Kids’ goes worldwide via Armed Forces network
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (BP)--An Arkansas-produced Christian program for children has been picked up by the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, giving it worldwide distribution. The partnership will expose "Just Kids," which has provided children's educational and informational programming primarily for Christian markets, to the world's largest radio and television area.
