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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Quoting Scripture after mounting the platform to a sustained standing ovation, R. Phil Roberts was introduced as the fourth president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary during a chapel service on the Kansas City, Mo., campus Feb. 13.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--With 1 billion searchable webpages on the Internet today, 59 percent of Americans say they are overwhelmed with information, and 50 percent say they don't want any more knowledge than they absolutely need.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Thirty-five English-speaking Christian leaders from 15 countries were challenged to make changing lives their top priority during a Jan. 30-Feb. 2 training conference at LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention has revamped its two Internet sites, one designed to serve churches and their needs and the other designed for individuals and families.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Nine books are scheduled for release in February by Broadman & Holman, the trade publishing division of LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP)--A coalition of pro-family groups, concerned that children in California's public school students may be taught that homosexuality is just another lifestyle, have drafted a comprehensive new "opt-out" form that will let parents remove their children from any course where acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle is taught, CNSNews.com…
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--Experts in leadership, pastoral care and student ministry have joined the faculty of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Steven Franklin Echols, pastor of First Baptist Church, Pleasant Grove, Ala., was elected as associate professor of leadership and director of professional doctoral programs during the trustee executive board's December…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees unanimously elected R. Philip Roberts as the fourth president of the Kansas City-based Southern Baptist seminary during a called board meeting Jan. 8-9.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Bobby Eklund, director of the church stewardship department for the Baptist General Convention of Texas since 1991, will become senior church stewardship consultant for LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention on Feb. 1. Eklund, who is retiring from the BGCT position in February, will be based…
WASHINGTON (BP)--President-elect George W. Bush has reiterated his opposition to federal funding of research using destroyed human embryos.
