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		Issue of February 2 2000

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RU-486: A bitter pill?

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WITH SIGN IN HAND, Barbara Salivar of Kansas participates in the annual D.C. March for Life rally in Washington Jan. 24. Jan. 22 marked the 27th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision, and the rally has been held every year since the Supreme Court's 1973 ruling. The debate over abortion rights could be changing dramatically this year, however, with introduction of the abortion drug RU-486. (RNS/Reuters) Full story

Donna Van Cleve, one
of our four new columnists for
the Online Standard, urges
taking time for family while you
still have family at home.
He Said/ She Said
by Mark and Alison Wingfield
Great Questions
of the Bible
by Mateo Rendon

Great Questions of the Bible

focuses on the Pharisees' question of Jesus: "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" from Luke 5:30, with insight

from Mateo Rendon, pastor of Primera Bautista Iglesia in Corpus Christi.

finds Mark and Alison Wingfield discussing their reaction when their children's Sunday best behavior...isn't.

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This week marks the beginning of Charles Wade's tenure as executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. As he embarked on this new role, the Baptist Standard asked Wade to reflect on his task and what he sees ahead for Texas Baptists. Full Story

Research finds Ozzie & Harriet
family model slipping away fast
___By Bob Allen
___& Sarah Griffith
___Associated Baptist Press
___CHICAGO (ABP)--The American family is moving away from the traditional model of a stay-at-home mother and working father with children, according to a recent survey.
___Dual-income and single-parent families are replacing the "Ozzie-and-Harriet family," said Tom Smith, author of "The Emerging 21st Century American Family," a report by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago.
___Women in the workplace, redefinition of the roles of husbands and wives, smaller families and changing mores about marriage and sex are "fundamental changes" affecting American families, Smith said.
___"Both family structure and family values have been changing, and as a result of these changes, the American family is a much-altered institution," Smith said.
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Conservatives form new
North Texas Baptist Association
___By Mark Wingfield
___Managing Editor
___CARROLLTON--Eleven North Texas churches have formed a new regional association to relate to the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention.
___North Texas Baptist Association should be constituted by the end of February, said Ed Ethridge, pastor of Woodlake Baptist Church in Carrollton and volunteer director of missions for the new association.
___Some churches may retain ties to existing associations that cooperate with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, but others will relate uniquely to the new association and to SBTC, Ethridge said.
___Formation of the new association is the latest development in a movement that already has led to creation of SBTC as an alternative state convention to the BGCT.

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Wanda Lee, 50, of Columbus, Ga., was elected executive director of Woman's Missionary Union Jan 22. In March she will succeed Dellanna O'Brien, who retired last September.
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