Tammi Ledbetter

LIBERTY, Mo. (BP)–For homosexuals to find acceptance on college campuses, schools need to offer support through sanctioned organizations, advocates reason. While the practice has taken root in most secular schools and many religious ones, the idea is new to Southern Baptist colleges. Supporters see it as a sign of encouraging diversity. Critics fear further erosion […]

SALT LAKE CITY (BP)–Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Paige Patterson expects to be preoccupied with a goal of a million people being baptized in the year 2000 through Southern Baptist evangelistic efforts at home and abroad. Patterson, among the most well-known leaders of the conservative resurgence, was elected by acclamation June 9 at the […]

SALT LAKE CITY (BP)–Newly elected Southern Baptist Convention President Paige Patterson wants to motivate Southern Baptists to share their faith more regularly and ultimately baptize a million people in the year 2000. The message has already hit home — with his wife, Dorothy. “One of the things I want to do myself in my own […]

SALT LAKE CITY (BP)–The only hope for the future of the Southern Baptist Convention lies in “charting our course by the unchanging Christ,” proclaimed SBC President Tom Elliff in his message June 9. Giving extensive credit to those who spoke with prophetic force to shake off “barnacles which would debilitate and diminish the power of […]

SALT LAKE CITY (BP)–Just as a ship at sea is constantly subjected to powerful forces that would either drive it or draw it off course, Southern Baptist Convention President Tom Elliff warned June 9 that the Southern Baptist ship is subject to a similar fate. While his president’s address focused on holiness, harvest and hope, […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Mark Coppenger challenged 78 graduates to “distinguish yourself in eternity” by making the Bible a guide through life. Commencement exercises were held May 16 at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty, Mo. Coppenger provided a spiritual parallel to the military custom of “trooping the colors.” While a […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary received a gift of $62,711 from the estate of Hershal B. Lynch of Raymore, Mo. – the largest undesignated gift in the school’s history, according to Development Vice President Harold Poage.Lynch died Feb. 16 at age 92 at a nursing home in the Kansas City, Mo., area.A graduate […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–For the third time in recent years, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees expressed their objection to abortion, dealing specifically with the need for an honest portrayal of partial-birth abortion by government leaders. Consideration of a resolution on the subject prompted an extended discussion Oct. 21 during the regular board meeting in Kansas […]

McLEAN, Va. (BP)??An early October meeting could offer the first indication of the direction the women’s department of the Baptist World Alliance will take in filling key leadership positions following the resignation of Willene Pierce as executive director amidst controversy this summer.As an auxiliary organization to the BWA, the women’s department promotes fellowship and understanding […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)–As husbands initiate family worship through song, Scripture and supplication, they expose family members to God’s instruction, enabling them to withstand ungodly influences, explained Jim Elliff, director of the Midwestern Center for Biblical Revival. Reading from 1 Timothy 3-4 in a message at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 9, […]