Baptists help after tornado

Posted: 5/12/06

Baptists help after tornado

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

WESTMINSTER—Texas Baptists went door-to-door in Westminster, offering help to families hours after a tornado tore through the small North Texas town.

05/11/2006 - By John Rutledge

NAMB cancels Reccord’s PR, Internet, jet contracts

Posted: 5/10/06

NAMB cancels Reccord's PR, Internet, jet contracts

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (ABP)—The North American Mission Board has canceled four controversial contracts initiated by former president Bob Reccord that critics said were wasting Southern Baptist missions money.

The cancellations, which reportedly will save millions of dollars, were among the steps reported to trustees May 2 in an attempt to rebuild the agency’s credibility after Reccord resigned under pressure April 17.

During their recent meeting, trustees canceled consulting contracts with two public relations firms, ended NAMB’s relationship with 316 Networks to sell broadband services to churches, and bought out of the contract for use of a private jet.

05/10/2006 - By John Rutledge

Darfur peace deal still not settled

Posted: 5/10/06

Darfur peace deal still not settled

By Robert Marus

Associated Baptist Press

ABUJA, Nigeria (ABP)—Although the Sudanese government and the main rebel group in the nation’s troubled Darfur region signed a peace treaty May 5, international representatives were still working May 9 to keep the deal from falling apart.

05/10/2006 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for May 21: Momentary delight, lifelong disaster

Posted: 5/10/06

BaptistWay Bible Series for May 21

Momentary delight, lifelong disaster

• 2 Samuel 11:2-15; 12:1-13

By Joseph Matos

05/10/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for May 21: No time like the present to begin serving

Posted: 5/10/06

Family Bible Series for May 21

No time like the present to begin serving

• Acts 16:11-15, 40; Philippians 1:3-11

By Greg Ammons

05/10/2006 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for May 21: Prayer and fasting should be followed by action

Posted: 5/10/06

Explore the Bible Series for May 21

Prayer and fasting should be followed by action

• Isaiah 58:1-66:24; Micah 6:6-8

By James Adair

Baptist University of the Americas, San Antonio

05/10/2006 - By John Rutledge

Ronnie Floyd to be nominated for SBC president

Posted: 5/08/06

Ronnie Floyd to be nominated for SBC president

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (ABP)—Ronnie Floyd, pastor of the largest Southern Baptist church in Arkansas, will be nominated as president of the Southern Baptist Convention next month.

05/08/2006 - By John Rutledge

Cybercolumn by Jeanie Miley: Love’s what it’s all about, after all … and before all

Posted: 5/05/06

CYBER COLUMN:
Love’s what it’s all about,
after all … and before all

By Jeanie Miley

My friend was at the end of her rope. Life had closed in on her in such a way that she felt trapped, and the truth is that suddenly, some options that had been available to her were gone.

“There’s nothing out ahead to look forward to,” she told me, “and I don’t know that I can keep on doing this.”

05/05/2006 - By John Rutledge

Darfur peace talks faltering

Posted: 5/04/06

Darfur peace talks faltering

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)—Peace talks aimed at ending what the United States government and international human-rights groups have labeled “genocide” in Darfur faltered May 2, just days after thousands of protesters rallied in Washington for beefed-up measures to help the people of the Sudanese region.

05/04/2006 - By John Rutledge

Dobbses ‘excited’ to continue work in Guinea

Posted: 5/04/06

Dobbses 'excited' to continue work in Guinea

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP)—Under a new agreement, officials at the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board have reinstated a missionary couple they threatened to fire for establishing a church in the West African nation of Guinea that did not meet the board’s 10-point criteria for being a Baptist church.

05/04/2006 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for May 14: Can right motives lead to wrong actions?

Posted: 5/03/06

BaptistWay Bible Series for May 14

Can right motives lead to wrong actions?

• 2 Samuel 7:1-17

By Joseph Matos

05/03/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for May 14: Hannah offers insight into difficult situations

Posted: 5/03/06

Family Bible Series for May 14

Hannah offers insight into difficult situations

• 1 Samuel 1:1-2, 6-7, 10-13, 15-18, 20, 27-28; 2:1-22

By Greg Ammons

05/03/2006 - By John Rutledge