Anti-conversion law would complicate Sri Lanka relief efforts by Evangelicals_41805

Posted: 4/08/05 Anti-conversion law would complicate Sri Lanka relief efforts by Evangelicals JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP)—The Sri Lankan government appears poised to vote on anti-conversion legislation this month, according to a…

04/08/2005 - By John Rutledge

Storylist for 4/04/05 issue_40405

Storylist for week of 4/04/05 GO TO SECTIONS: • Around Texas       • Baptists       • Faith In Action       • Departments      • Opinion       • Bible Study       •…

04/06/2005 - By John Rutledge

Around the State_40405

Posted: 4/01/05

Around the State

A series of small-church pastors' forums have been set for coming weeks to allow pastors of smaller churches to express their views on a variety of issues, Doug Evans, pastor of First Church in Laguna Park, said. Upcoming meetings are slated for Rochelle Church in Rochelle from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. April 23; Jonesboro Church in Jonesboro, April 28, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.; Granite Mountain Church in Marble Falls, April 29, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.; Williamson Association office, April 29, 6 p.m.-9 p.m.; Wayland Baptist University, May 13, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.; WBU-Amarillo, May 14, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m; and WBU-Lubbock, May 14 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Call Evans at (254) 622-3226 for more information.

Williamson Association will hold a marriage counseling workshop April 28 from 9 a.m. until noon. Bruce Walker, director of Intimate Life Enrichment Center, will be the instructor. The cost is $25.

Students at Dallas Baptist University's Lab School, including kindergartener Brittany Hussey, participated in a Read for Relief Read-a-thon to benefit victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami that struck South Asia. The students were able to earn more than $2,100 through their efforts.

So Help Me God, an addiction ministries conference presented by the Texas Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and the Addiction Ministry Coalition of the Greater Dallas Faith Com-munity, will be held April 29 at Highland Park Methodist Church in Dallas. John Pollard, pastor of Richland Church in Richardson and a board member of Celebrate Recovery, is the keynote speaker for the conference, which will begin at 8:15 a.m. with a breakfast sponsored by Dallas Association and the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Registration is $35 per person prior to April 15 and $40 thereafter. For more information, call (214) 920-1628, ext. 8901.

04/05/2005 - By John Rutledge

Alliance between evangelicals, Catholics among legacies of John Paul II’s papacy_40405

Posted: 4/05/05 Alliance between evangelicals, Catholics among legacies of John Paul II's papacy By Robert Marus WASHINGTON (ABP) — The dynamic bishop from Krakow who became one of the 20th…

04/05/2005 - By John Rutledge

John Paul II: A Baptist reflection by James Leo Garrett Jr._40405

Posted: 4/05/05

John Paul II: A Baptist reflection

By James Leo Garrett Jr.

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) — John Paul’s 26-year pontificate, the third longest in history, we are told, will be remembered for much more than its longevity. Its impact both on the Roman Catholic Church and on the international community will be examined and pondered for decades to come.

Karol Wojtyla of Poland was the first pope to give flesh-and-blood embodiment to the longtime papal title, “universal pastor.” By his travels to more than a hundred nations and by his engagement with audiences and closeness to people, he actualized a global papacy, utilizing as well the various means of the new technological age.

04/05/2005 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for April 17: Disobedience robs Christians of God’s bounty_40405

Posted: 4/05/05

BaptistWay Bible Series for April 17

Disobedience robs Christians of God's bounty

Numbers 20:1-13

By Wayne Smith

First Baptist Church, Lamesa

04/05/2005 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Family Bible Series for April 17: Guard your tongue for the gospel’s sake_40405

Posted: 4/05/05

LifeWay Family Bible Series for April 17

Guard your tongue for the gospel's sake

James 3:1-12; 4:11-12; 5:12

By Mitch Randall

04/05/2005 - By John Rutledge

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for April 17: Leading others to see God is not always easy_40405

Posted: 4/05/05

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for April 17

Leading others to see God is not always easy

Jeremiah 28

By Dennis Tucker

Truett Seminary, Waco

04/05/2005 - By John Rutledge

BWA leaders hear reports of church growth_40405

Posted: 4/01/05

BWA leaders hear reports of church growth

By Wendy Ryan

Baptist World Alliance

WASHINGTON, D.C.–Baptist leaders from around the world gave glowing accounts of church growth during a recent Baptist World Alliance executive committee meeting.

04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge

German Baptists emphasize cooperation_40405

Posted: 4/01/05

German Baptists emphasize cooperation

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

DALLAS–The “richness of God” is shown through the cooperation of his people, German Baptist leaders said during a Baptist General Convention of Texas prayer meeting.

04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge

Teens & Sex_40405

Posted: 4/01/05

By Joe Westbury

Georgia Christian Index

ATLANTA (BP)–Whenever love is in the air, many youth these days are saying “not so fast.”

Photo by Patrick Dennis/The Advocate of Baton Rouge/RNS

04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge

Teens looking for loopholes in all the wrong places_40405

Posted: 4/01/05

Teens looking for loopholes in all the wrong places

By George Henson

Staff Writer

Youth ministers and parents need to close the loophole teenagers have conjured up for themselves in sexual abstinence pledges by speaking frankly about oral sex, counselor Carrie Beaird said.

04/01/2005 - By John Rutledge