Budget Blues: Presbyterians Will Likely Cut Mission Spending
Executive director says belt-tightening was inevitable before church and economic uncertainty
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Christian musicians, athletes share testimonies at hockey game | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--You've probably heard the one about a hockey match breaking out at a fight -- but how about a spiritual revival breaking out at a hockey game? Only in Nashville, Tenn., says Stu Grimson of the city's NHL Predators.
Billy Graham calls thousands to Christ during record-breaking Calif. harvest | Baptist Press
FRESNO, Calif. (BP)--California's agricultural heartland yielded a harvest of souls Oct. 11-14 as evangelist Billy Graham preached on God's love and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ during a record-setting "outreach" in Fresno. Undeterred by a broken foot and unprecedented security precautions, Graham launched the four-day event at Fresno's Bulldog…
Tutor's gift of Scripture later draws Muslim to Christ | Baptist Press
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Afshin Ziafat knows firsthand how even the most gentle exposure to Christianity early in life can bear fruit. In 1980, when he and other Iranian-Americans were experiencing persecution because of the Iran hostage crisis, a Christian tutor gave the young Muslim boy a New Testament.
CP posts near-record total in 2000-01: $176.9 million | Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Giving through the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program reached the second-highest mark in history during the 2000-2001 fiscal year, falling short of the previous year's total by .75 percent, according to a news release from the treasurer of the SBC, Morris H. Chapman.
Taxicab project shares gospel witness, teaches boys an important missions lesson | Baptist Press
FORTALEZA, Brazil (BP)--Taxicab passengers in Fortaleza, Brazil will get a gospel witness thanks to boys in at least 13 Southern Baptist churches who helped Brazilian missionaries Rob and Phyllis Hefner launch an outreach project.
Graham's message is timeless: Jesus is the only way | Baptist Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--He opened by proclaiming the exclusivity of the gospel and closed by stressing the eternality of the soul. During four days of preaching in Louisville, Ky., June 21-24, 82-year-old evangelist Billy Graham made it clear that while his health has changed in…
80-year-old woman finds faith as Houston church gives aid | Baptist Press
HOUSTON (BP)--One poignant story of how God can use any situation for good involved an 80-year-old woman who came to know the Lord because of a rescue from her Houston trailer park home in the midst of Tropical Storm Allison. Because Woodforest Baptist Church was willing to be the hands…
Ariz. Southern Baptist Convention restructures; CP Missions increased | Baptist Press
PHOENIX, Ariz. (BP)--The Arizona Southern Baptist Convention will be restructured, and funding will be increased for Cooperative Program receipts that are forwarded to the Southern Baptist Convention and for the Arizona Regional Campus of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.
Hurricanes, floods, other disasters call SBC relief volunteers to action | Baptist Press
SEVEN SPRINGS, N.C. (BP)--W.A. Weeks was familiar with Southern Baptists, particularly Seven Springs Baptist Church where his wife was a member and he attended sporadically. But it wasn't until he experienced Christianity through Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers from Seven Springs and other churches that he realized his own need…
