Church responds to Sept. 11 by doubling mission gifts to $1.5M
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Members of First Baptist Church of Concord, Tenn., doubled their gifts to the church's annual missions offering Oct. 21, pledging $1.5 million.
Prof ready to take the heat as firefighter & chaplain
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Faculty members at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary wear many different hats, but few wear one hat that John Babler wears.
For six years Babler has served as associate professor of social work and ministry-based evangelism at Southwestern, but for the last two years he has proudly worn the hat of a firefighter.
FIRST-PERSON: Sept. 11 & the debate over paths to racial reconciliation
EVANSTON, Ill. (BP)--Ever see one of those chalk talks with the ultraviolet light? With the flip of a switch, a hidden image appears in the midst of the sketch. Sept. 11 has done a similar thing in America; it's brought some things to light.
He points to ‘simple faith’ as answer to fears of anthrax & war
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--"If we don't deal with fear, it will bring death to our future and to our lives," Claude Thomas told students at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Oct. 24.
Chapman, Merritt call on
Southern Baptists to pray
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Southern Baptists are being urged to pray specifically each week for the United States, its leaders and the nation's military, according to a joint statement issued by the presidents of the Southern Baptist Convention and SBC Executive Committee.
FIRST-PERSON: Coworkers look to believers when tragic days strike
ATLANTA (BP)--Sept. 11 made a deep mark on the minds and hearts and lives of most every American, and upon the world. During those tragic moments, as news came in like an avalanche, many of God's people were in the marketplace where God had placed them.
FIRST-PERSON: Chaplain finds divine appointments aboard Coast Guard cutters in N.Y.
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--For this chaplain, the day began on Sunday, Sept 30, 2001, at approximately 0630am as I entered the operations center, second deck, U.S. Coast Guard Activities New York in order to locate the daily position of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutters keeping watch over New York City.
Americans intent on expressing religion in public, Land says
WASHINGTON (BP)--The restoration of prayer and references to God to places of prominence in American life has occurred since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks despite the protests, though limited, of some civil liberties and church-state organizations.
Detainee Dayna Curry to mark 30th birthday in Afghan prison
WACO, Texas (BP)--Dayna Curry turns 30 on Sunday, Nov. 4, in a prison in Afghanistan, yet according to letters released by their home church, she and Heather Mercer remain in good spirits.
"It is so good to hear that so many people are praying," Curry wrote to Antioch Community Church in Waco, Texas. "I hope they are praying for this country along with us.... We believe that is one of the reasons we are here -- to motivate and awaken people to pray for this nation."
Heather Mercer’s own words in ’97: ‘God has called me’ to missions
TULSA, Okla. (BP)--Four years ago, a young college student sat in international missions training preparing for what she called in 1997 "an exciting journey" -- a mission trip to Budapest, Hungary. Today, 24-year-old Heather Mercer's journey has taken her to Afghanistan where she and seven other foreign workers with Shelter Now Germany await a Taliban trial for allegedly sharing their Christian faith with Muslims.
