• Methodist ad for Times Square rejected_110303

  Posted: 10/27/03
  

  Methodist ad for Times Square rejected

  By Kevin Eckstrom
  

  Religion News Service
  

  NEW YORK (RNS)–A $30,000 deal to bring a glitzy United Methodist ad campaign to the heart of Times Square has been rejected because of its religious content.
  

  10/27/2003 - By John Rutledge

• Stanley interview suggests he disagrees with SBC position on women_110303

  Posted: 10/27/03
  

  Stanley interview suggests he
  disagrees with SBC position on women

  By Mark Wingfield
  

  Managing Editor
  

  FORT WORTH–For the second time, Charles Stanley has been quoted in the secular press disagreeing with the Southern Baptist Convention's position on women. And for the second time, he contends he was misquoted.
  

  10/27/2003 - By John Rutledge

• New Orleans trustees reject request to name SBC ‘sole member’ of corporation_102003

  Posted: 10/20/03
  

  New Orleans trustees reject request
  to name SBC 'sole member' of corporation

  NEW ORLEANS–Trustees of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary unanimously rejected a request by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee to name the SBC the "sole member" of the seminary's corporation.
  

  All other SBC entities have acceded to the request, which was intended to prevent the possibility of a seminary or mission board ever declaring its independence from the national convention.
  

  New Orleans Seminary President Chuck Kelley voiced strong opposition to the request on grounds of Baptist polity, suggesting such a change would result in a form of Baptist "connectionalism" rather than traditional Baptist autonomy.
  

  10/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

• NAMB trustees OK BGCT cooperative agreement, settling year-long debate_102003

  Posted: 10/17/03
  

  NAMB trustees OK BGCT cooperative
  agreement, settling year-long debate

  By Ken Camp

  Texas Baptist Communications

  Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board has approved a new cooperative agreement with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

• Size of church impacts per capita benevolent giving_102003

  Posted: 10/17/03
  

  Size of church impacts per capita benevolent giving

  By Mark Wingfield

  Managing Editor

  ROCK HILL, S.C.–When churches lose members, giving to benevolent causes usually takes a disproportionate hit in budget cutting, a new study documents.

  10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

• Baylor cuts $9 million from budget due to enrollment_102003

  Posted: 10/17/03
  

  Baylor cuts $9 million from budget due to enrollment

  By Mark Wingfield

  Managing Editor

  WACO–A second year of missed enrollment goals has led to a $9 million cut in operating expenses at Baylor University.

  10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

• Eight from El Dorado church killed in bus crash_102003

  Posted: 10/17/03
  

  Eldorado mourns church bus crash

  By Ken Camp

  Texas Baptist Communications

  ELDORADO–A church bus accident in eastern Louisiana claimed eight lives, left seven passengers hospitalized and broke 2,000 hearts.

  10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

• Uninsured clergy face trials when surgery needed_102003

  Posted: 10/17/03
  

  Uninsured clergy face trials when surgery needed

  By George Henson

  Staff Writer

  CORSICANA–Mark Chadwick loves his wife, but she needs surgery they can't afford. And that hurts them both.

  10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

• Supreme Court will hear ‘under God’ pledge case_102003

  Posted: 10/17/03
  

  Supreme Court will hear 'under God' pledge case

  By Robert Marus

  ABP Washington Bureau

  WASHINGTON (ABP)–In a move that surprised some observers, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Oct. 14 to hear a case involving the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.

  10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

• Mom pens book for 60 seconds_102003

  Posted: 10/17/03
  

  Mom pens book for 60 seconds

  By George Henson

  Staff Writer

  ROUND ROCK–Deborah Knapp has written a book for school children that she prays will give 60 seconds a day eternal consequences.

  10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

• Panel warns of repression in Afghanistan_102003

  Posted: 10/17/03
  

  Panel warns of repression in Afghanistan

  WASHINGTON (ABP)–Members of a federal panel warn that religious freedom and other human rights remain imperiled in Afghanistan–even under a United States-backed government.

  Members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, reporting on an August visit to Kabul, said the U.S.-backed interim government is in danger of allowing the nation to return to the patterns of severe repression of religious freedom that characterized the Taliban's rule there. The Taliban was deposed by U.S.-led forces in 2001 for harboring Osama bin Laden and other members of al-Qaeda.

  Noting that the country was in the “crucial period” of preparing a proposal for a permanent constitution, the report said “there are indications … that the gains for human rights achieved by the U.S.-led coalition's victory over the Taliban are in peril.”

  10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

• New church finds open door in development_102003

  Posted: 10/17/03
  

  New church finds open door in development

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  AMARILLO–Developers often say they want to create “heavenly” communities. Donna Myatt is working to make that a real possibility.

  10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge