• SBC secures its legal ties to New Orleans seminary_62705

  Posted: 6/25/05

  SBC secures its legal ties to New Orleans seminary

  By Marv Knox
  

  Editor
  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn.—The Southern Baptist Convention has secured its ties to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, concluding years of wrangling over the convention’s legal relationship with the school.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

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  SBC evangelism lags due to lack of effort, Welch insists_62705

  Posted: 6/24/05

  Newly elected officers of the Southern Baptist Convention are, front row from left, Jerry Sutton, pastor of Two Rivers Baptist Church in Nashville, Tenn., first vice president; Bobby Welch, pastor of First Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, Fla., re-elected president; Roy Fish, evangelism professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, second vice president; and, back row from left, Jim Wells, director of missions for the Tri-County Baptist Association, Ozark, Mo., re-elected registration secretary; and John Yeats, editor of the Oklahoma Messenger, re-elected recording secretary. (Photo by Matt Miller/BP)

  SBC evangelism lags due
  to lack of effort, Welch insists

  By Greg Warner

  Associated Baptist Press

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP)–Southern Baptists aren't lagging behind in evangelism due to all the attention they give to issues of public morality, Bobby Welch told reporters after his re-election as Southern Baptist Convention president. Instead, a lack of effort and “unity of purpose” keeps Southern Baptists from realizing their evangelistic potential.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

• Pastors’ conference explores what makes a ‘man of God’_62705

  Posted: 6/24/05

  Pastors' conference explores
  what makes a 'man of God'

  NASHVILLLE, Tenn.– Vision, valor, vigilance, vitality and victory are the five components of a man of God's ministry, Adrian Rogers told those attending the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference.

  “We have so many preachers today who are living lives of quiet desperation, drawing their breath, drawing their salary and waiting for retirement,” said Rogers, pastor emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, Tenn. “They need to get a fresh vision of Almighty God. Never has there been a day, an age or an opportunity to preach the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ like there is today.”

  SBC Annual Meeting • SBC urges investigation of schools, drops Disney boycott • Bush praises Baptists as 'soldiers in the army of compassion' • Move to shift missions money to political action fails • Southern Baptists approve tribute to Billy Graham • Motion to bring WMU under SBC authority introduced • SBC secures its legal ties to New Orleans seminary • SBC evangelism lags due to lack of effort, Welch insists • Pastors' conference explores what makes a 'man of God' • God wants 'deep-water disciples,' Welch tells convention • WMU focuses attention on passion for God's mission • More SBC Updates

  Rogers headlined the two-day Pastors' Conference in Nashville, wrapping up the conference after 10 other speakers. Steve Gaines, pastor of Gardendale's First Baptist Church in Gardendale, Ala., and president of the Pastors' Conference, led a time of prayer for Rogers, who is fighting cancer.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

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  God wants ‘deep-water disciples,’ Welch tells convention_62705

  Posted: 6/24/05

  God wants 'deep-water disciples,'
  Welch tells convention

  By David Winfrey

  Kentucky Western Recorder

  NASHVILLE, Tenn.–Southern Baptists can win and baptize 1 million people if they will be “deep-water disciples,” leaving the safety of the shore to take risks and share Jesus with others, SBC President Bobby Welch told messengers at the convention's annual meeting.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

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  WMU focuses attention on passion for God’s mission_62705

  Posted: 6/25/05

  WMU focuses attention
  on passion for God's mission

  NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Passion for God’s mission filled 1,400 Baptist women gathered at First Baptist Church of Nashville, Tenn., for the annual meeting of Woman’s Missionary Union, June 19-20.
  

  With a theme of “Pass on the Passion,” WMU members heard testimonies and challenges from missionaries, agency heads and WMU leaders during the two-day meeting.
  

  Arkansas missionary Diana Lewis shared her passion for those who live in poverty and for matching people in the pews with mission opportunities in their own back yards.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

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  SBC urges investigation of schools, drops Disney boycott_62705

  Posted: 6/24/05

  SBC urges investigation of
  schools, drops Disney boycott

  By Trennis Henderson

  Kentucky Western Recorder

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP)–Southern Baptist Convention messengers voted “to hold accountable schools, institutions and industries for their moral influence on our children.”

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

• Church receives special blessing_62705

  Posted: 6/24/05

  Church receives special blessing

  By George Henson

  Staff Writer

  DUNCANVILLE–First Baptist Church in Duncanville considers its Special Friends Sunday school class a special blessing, Pastor Keith Brister said.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

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  CBF considers criteria for partner schools_62705

  Posted: 6/26/05

  CBF considers criteria for partner schools

  By Ken Camp
  

  Managing Editor
  

  Leaders at theological schools that have received financial support from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship generally agree the Fellowship needed to reconsider how it relates to “partner” institutions.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

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  Crossover events provide ‘snapshot of heaven’_62705

  Posted: 6/26/05

  Dozens of FAITH Riders — Christian motorcyclists from several states — rode up Broadway in downtown Nashville in conjunction with the Crossover evangelistic outreach preceding this year's June 21-22 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Bob Carey)

  Crossover events provide 'snapshot of heaven'

  By Lee Weeks
  

  Baptist Press
  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—For Tim Hill, the view at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds could be described in one word—heavenly.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

• Kenneth Taylor, Living Bible publisher, dies_62705

  Posted: 6/25/05

  Kenneth Taylor, Living Bible publisher, dies

  WHEATON, Ill. (ABP)—Kenneth Taylor, whose Living Bible made Scripture understandable for millions of people, died June 10 at the age of 88 at his home in Wheaton, Ill.
  

  Taylor based his Living Bible paraphrase, first published in 1971, on existing English Bible translations. But by recasting complex verses and terminology in easy English, he made the Bible accessible to a new and larger audience. Over 40 million copies of the Living Bible have since been sold in North America, and it is available in over 100 languages.
  

  Getting a Bible paraphrase published was no easy task. In fact, every publishing company Taylor approached rejected it. So Tyndale House Publishers was founded, eventually becoming the leading publisher of Christian books. The profits made from the publication of the Living Bible were donated to the Tyndale House Foundation trust fund, which supports mission projects.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

• Land says ERLC will keep helping Americans ‘vote values’_62705

  Posted: 6/26/05

  Land says ERLC will keep
  helping Americans 'vote values'

  By Lisa Watson
  

  Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine
  

  NASHVILLE—Southern Baptists and the Ethics & Religious Liberties Commission are part of a movement for faith-based citizens to vote their values, said commission President Richard Land.

  06/26/2005 - By John Rutledge

• Draper reflects on tenure, says progress made in input from young pastors_62705

  Posted: 6/26/05

  Draper reflects on tenure, says progress
  made in input from young pastors

  By Brian Blackwell
  

  Louisiana Baptist Message
  

  NASHVILLE—Jimmy Draper admits he’s no action hero. But Draper, who is scheduled to retire in February from his post as president of LifeWay Christian Resources, said the past 14 years has been a great adventure indeed.

  06/26/2005 - By Brian Blackwell / Baptist Message