True Love Waits works, new study confirms
___By Terri Lackey
___LifeWay Christian Resources
___NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Teenagers who pledge to remain sexually abstinent until marriage are 34 percent less likely to have sex than those who do not take virginity vows, according to a study to be published in the American Journal of Sociology.
___"Pledging decreases the risk of intercourse substantially and independently," according to the study's authors, Peter Bearman and Hannah Brueckner. Full Story
Advice for church websites: Think before you create
___By David Winfrey
___Kentucky Western Recorder
___LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP)--As more churches launch websites, too few are reaching their potential because church leaders don't define why they want a site or they fail to develop a strategy for what they hope to accomplish.
___That's the collective opinion of several Web specialists throughout the country.
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Signing of Baptist Faith & Message nearly complete at Southwestern
___By Mark Wingfield
___Managing Editor
___FORT WORTH-- "Almost all" the faculty members at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary have signed the 2000 version of the Baptist Faith & Message, according to Scotty Gray, vice president for academic administration.
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Texas Baptists Committed urges BGCT to divest income from SBC
___By Marv Knox
___Editor
___DALLAS---The Baptist General Convention of Texas should "divest" itself of funds received from Southern Baptist Convention agencies, the state's moderate political organization has urged.
___Texas Baptists Committed's executive board voted overwhelmingly to urge the BGCT to "immediately begin to divest itself of funds from the North American Mission Board and LifeWay Christian Resources" Jan. 9 at its annual winter meeting in Dallas.
___In the 2001 budget, the BGCT is expected to receive $96,076 from LifeWay and $1,303,888 from the mission board.
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