A Christian think tank says Canada’s flagship disability benefit falls far short of lifting people with disabilities out of poverty, warning that the program’s size, eligibility rules and provincial clawbacks risk leaving millions no better off than before. In a report released Jan. 6, Cardus, a nonpartisan research organization based in Ontario, said the Canada Disability Benefit is only a fraction of what is needed to close the poverty gap for Canadians with disabilities.
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Sharing God's plan of salvation became a salvation of a different sort for a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary student who had been kidnapped while on spring break. Thinking he was about to be shot and killed by his kidnappers, Lee Robert…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--The best way to reach the family for Christ is to first reach the man of the household for Christ, New Orleans pastor Fred Luter said at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary April 17. Luter, preaching from Mark 2:1-5, told students at the…
MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP)--Contemporary Christian music may not have started in the church, but its profound impact on the church is undeniable, said John Styll, president of Nashville-based CCM Communications and chairman-elect of the Gospel Music Association.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--What do Sunday School classes, church doctrine, clean restrooms and friendly greeters all have in common? They're all factors that have helped attract unchurched people to the church -- and kept them there. That's the conclusion of a seven-year study by dean…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A new director to provide national leadership for the two LifeWay conference centers operated by LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention has been selected.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Readers of Facts & Trends, Baptist Press and state Baptist newspapers have requested personal help with health issues after reading an interview with James T. Draper Jr., president of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--When the Scripture speaks about all of creation groaning, eager for redemption, Chris Friedmann, director of facilities for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, can relate. Though inanimate, the campus facilities are groaning, eager for desperately needed maintenance, he said, and the seminary's trustees have heard the groaning and…
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--In addition to celebrating Chuck Kelley's fifth anniversary as president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, trustees were involved in campus improvement activities, such as the official public inauguration of the seminary's capital campaign, during their March 13-14 meeting.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--LifeWay Christian Stores has named Gabbie Maxner, manager of the national chain's northwest Houston store, as "Manager of the Year" for her effective store management during the 1999-2000 fiscal year. The presentation will be made at the national sales meeting for LifeWay Christian Stores in Nashville, Tenn., in…
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Faye McCombs didn't want seminary students to go through the same financial hardships her parents did. David and Charis Smith had been inspired by a music minister who died too young. And Don and Elizabeth O'Neal wanted to help fulfill the Great Commission and honor a former…
