Spiritual life could slow Alzheimer’s, study shows_50205

Posted: 4/22/05 Spiritual life could slow Alzheimer's, study shows MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (ABP)—A rewarding spiritual life may help slow the devastation of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a preliminary study. “The…

04/22/2005 - By John Rutledge

Conservative Evangelicals hope for ally in new Pope Benedict XVI_50205

Posted: 4/22/05 Conservative Evangelicals hope for ally in new Pope Benedict XVI By Greg Warner Associated Baptist Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP)—The election of the hard-line German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as…

04/22/2005 - By John Rutledge

Erosion of support for First Amendment alarming, Shurden says_50205

Posted: 4/22/05 Erosion of support for First Amendment alarming, Shurden says By Jeff Huett Associated Baptist Press WASHINGTON (ABP)—The erosion of support for the First Amendment among high-school students sounds…

04/22/2005 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for May 1: Examine your life in light of God’s purpose_41805

Posted: 4/19/05

BaptistWay Bible Series for May 1

Examine your life in light of God's purpose

Deuteronomy 4:9-14, 32-40

By Wayne Smith

04/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series for May 1: Take off the blindfold and find God’s purpose_41805

Posted: 4/19/05

LifeWay Family Bible Series for May 1

Take off the blindfold and find God's purpose

Genesis 12:1-20

By Mitch Randall

04/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for May 1: Speak the truth regardless of circumstance_41805

Posted: 4/19/05

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for May 1

Speak the truth regardless of circumstance

Jeremiah 36

By Dennis Tucker

04/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

BGCT governance committee recommends new convention bylaws_41805

Posted: 4/15/05

BGCT governance committee
recommends new convention bylaws

By Ferrell Foster

Texas Baptist Communications

DALLAS–The committee drafting new bylaws for the Baptist General Convention of Texas has voted unanimously to recommend the document after members from across the state agreed to an altered plan regarding makeup of the BGCT Executive Board.

04/18/2005 - By John Rutledge

Vision grows churches, African-American leaders told_41805

Posted: 4/15/05

Vision grows churches,
African-American leaders told

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

WACO–Growing churches have leaders who possess a God-given vision that they cast to the congregation effectively so members can “run with it,” George McCalep, pastor of Greenforest Community Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga., said during the Baptist General Convention of Texas African American Leadership Workshop.

04/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Human failure won’t thwart God’s purpose_41804

Posted: 4/15/05

Human failure won't thwart God's purpose

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

WACO–Despite human best efforts, nothing can stop God's will from taking place, Nehemiah Davis, pastor of Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Worth, told the Baptist General Convention of Texas African American Leadership Conference.

04/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Lady Bears bring national title home to Baylor_41805

Posted: 4/15/05

Lady Bears bring national title home to Baylor

By Ken Camp

Managing Editor

WACO–Baylor University's Lady Bears basketball team won the Texas Baptist school's first NCAA title by a women's squad with a decisive 84-62 victory over the Michigan State Spartans.

04/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

International network hopes to draw Southern Baptists_41805

Posted: 4/15/05

International network hopes
to draw Southern Baptists

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

LYNCHBURG, Va. (ABP)– Fundamentalist Baptists in February formed a new international organization they hope will include Southern Baptists, who last year withdrew from the Baptist World Alliance, an international fellowship Southern Baptist leaders accused of being too “liberal.”

04/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Longview’s LifePoint Church builds relationships with unchurched_41805

Posted: 4/15/05

Longview's LifePoint Church
builds relationships with unchurched

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

LONGVIEW–When Brian Shobert surveyed Longview two years ago, he saw something he didn't like–an unexpectedly large number of people with no connection to a church.

04/15/2005 - By John Rutledge