SBC ANNUAL MEETING:
What would Jesus do? vs. What does the Bible say?
___By Mark Wingfield
___Managing Editor
___ORLANDO, Fla.--It was Jesus versus the Bible.
___After months of speculation about proposed changes to the Southern Baptist Convention's Baptist Faith & Message statement, debate on the convention floor June 14 focused on the relative authority of Jesus and the Bible.
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James Merritt elected SBC president
___By Bob Allen
___Associated Baptist Press
___ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP)--Southern Baptists elected their first baby boomer president and their first leader in the 21st century June 13 in Orlando, Fla.
___James Merritt, pastor of the 12,000-member First Baptist Church of Snellville, Ga., ran unopposed as president of the 15.8-million-member Southern Baptist Convention.
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SBC resolution supports capital punishment
=___By Trennis Henderson
___Kentucky Western Recorder
___ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP)--For the first time, the Southern Baptist Convention has adopted a resolution supporting capital punishment as "a legitimate form of punishment for those guilty of murder or treasonous acts that result in death."
___The resolution was one of only two proposed resolutions that generated debate among convention messengers June 14. A proposal focusing on the threat of "New Age globalism" was amended twice before gaining final approval.
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Baptist women cover bare souls in strip club witness in Orlando
___By Kristi Hodge
___Florida Baptist Convention
___ORLANDO, Fla.--Pamela Tate almost didn't participate in Crossover 2000. Now she realizes missing the experience would have been one of the biggest mistakes of her life.
___Sharing her faith with "ladies of the night" along Orlando's Orange Blossom Trail as part of the evangelistic emphasis energized Tate with a spiritual burden to reach out with the love of Christ to exploited and neglected women.
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Los Alamos recovery ongoing
___By Dan Martin
___Texas Baptist Communications
___LOS ALAMOS, N.M.--The army of relief workers deployed in the wake of the May wildfire that destroyed a third of Los Alamos has gone home, but the disaster is far from over, two New Mexico pastors said.
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