Spiritual leadership necessary in a weary time, pastor says
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--"Lord, God! Raise up a new generation of men and women that will be absolutely extraordinary for you!" Dean Register prayed as he led a New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary culmination of a seminary-wide day of prayer and fasting for spiritual awakening.
OBU’s Geiger Center evacuated after delivery of ‘suspicious’ package
SHAWNEE, Okla. (BP)--Dining services, as well as several other university services and building functions, were relocated or temporarily closed Oct. 30 as a precaution at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee after a package bearing a "suspicious, off-white powdery substance" was found in the mailroom in the university's Geiger Center.
Baptist missions volunteer finds bomb threat letter on jetliner
ARLINGTON, Texas (BP)--An American Airlines flight from New York to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport made an unscheduled landing Monday night, Oct. 29, after a passenger found a written bomb threat on board, officials said.
Postal worker remembered for work ethic, sense of humor
WASHINGTON (BP)--A Southern Baptist postal worker who died of inhalation anthrax was remembered for his work ethic and as a friend who possessed a delightful sense of fun when he wasn't on the clock.
FIRST-PERSON: The grip of fear of anthrax can be broken by saving faith
PENSACOLA, Fla. (BP)--"I just can't seem to turn it off." These were the words of a young mom sitting in my medical exam room the other day. She came in complaining of shortness of breath of a few days' duration but it soon became apparent that the cause was not physical in nature.
Matt Brouwer leads worship in NYC, prays with firemen
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (BP)--Reunion recording artist Matt Brouwer visited New York City in early October with a Michigan youth group that had asked him to join in the trip. Brouwer and the youth visited local city schools, prepared and delivered food to firefighters and rescue workers and prayed with firefighters from a Manhattan fire station.
Baptists view ground zero damage with overwhelming sense of loss
NEW YORK CITY (BP)--Nothing could prepare a team of Florida NEW YORK CITY (BP)--Nothing could prepare a team of Florida Baptist disaster relief volunteers stationed two blocks away from ground zero of the World Trade Center disaster for what they would see and feel.
Kitchen for ground zero workers links Fla. Baptists, Salvation Army
NEW YORK CITY (BP)--Nowhere is the tragedy of the World Trade Center revealed with more rawness than in the eyes of a New York City firefighter. The human toll the Sept. 11 terrorist attack has taken is reflected there, in eyes that still have trouble adjusting to the stark reality that the worst has happened in their city and to their own people.
A team of 16 Florida Baptists met the tremendous grief in their eyes the week of Oct. 15-19 with eyes of compassion and hands ready to work around the clock.
Firefighter’s cross stands tall as message of hope amid rubble
NEW YORK CITY (BP)--The rescue worker whose story is being syndicated in newspapers around the world sought out Florida Baptist volunteers to help share what he believes is a miracle amid the rubble of the World Trade Center.
FIRST-PERSON–Idea: The American Muslim Patriot, PR magazine reflecting U.S. heart
EVANSTON, Ill. (BP)--I heard there's talk of enlisting the Ad Council (the same folks who brought you the Indian weeping at roadside trash and the slogans that "A mind is a terrible thing to waste," "Friends don't let friends drive drunk" and "Remember -- only you can prevent forest fires") to develop a campaign to win the hearts and minds of the people of the Middle East -- many of whom cheered the events of Sept. 11 and despise the influence of the Great Satan in their region. What can we possibly do to change their minds?
