‘Mother God’ worshipped at group’s gathering for CBF annual meeting
Posted on: Friday, June 29, 2001
ATLANTA (BP)--With songs and prayers to "Mother God," an auxiliary organization of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship opened its annual meeting at the CBF General Assembly Thursday with a clear message -- the current controversy is about more than women pastors.…
Family Friendly Movieguide(R) Airs on Pax-TV Beginning in June
Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2001
HOLLYWOOD, CALIF. (ANS) -- Millions of North American television viewers will be able to become "media-wise" when PaxTV begins airing Dr. Ted Baehr's 60-second movie reviews, in a late night slot starting June 1. It is the start of a…
Shrek and Harry Potter
Posted on: Wednesday, May 30, 2001
In Dream Work's high tech fairy tale, a witch has cast a spell on Princess Fiona. Only a kiss from a "true love" can cancel the curse. Imprisoned in a well-guarded tower, she awaits her hero.
Newsweek cover story on evil lacks biblical view, Mohler points out
Posted on: Tuesday, May 29, 2001
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--What makes a bomber strike, or a mom kill her kids? Newsweek magazine asked that question recently for a cover story analyzing the nature and the root of evil. Its answer, though, fell short of a biblical definition…
‘The Prayer of Jabez’: What does it teach?
Posted on: Friday, May 25, 2001
DALLAS (ABP) -- Does God intend to give his children certain blessings but only if they ask?
Does reciting the same prayer to God every day provide power?
Reaching the Poor in Belarus
Posted on: Tuesday, May 22, 2001
MINSK, BELARUS (ANS) -- Viktor is paralyzed down one side due to a stroke. His wife is dead, so he cares for their 6 and 9-year-old children on his own, doing whatever he can around the house with his one…
Prayer supporters sought for young native missionaries
Posted on: Tuesday, May 22, 2001
A new concept in supporting native missionaries from around the world has just been introduced by XtremeMissionsTM, a division of Christian Aid Mission. Called "The Xtreme Team," this concept enables college-age believers to receive exclusive monthly reports from similar age…
ACLJ To Defend Nebraska City in Ten Commandments Lawsuit
Posted on: Monday, May 21, 2001
(Virginia Beach, VA) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, said today it will defend the City of Plattsmouth, Nebraska which has been sued by the ACLU to remove a monument of the…
BWA remains optimistic about its U.N. status
Posted on: Monday, May 21, 2001
WASHINGTON (BP)--Contrary to a report casting a cloud over its United Nations status as a non-governmental organization (NGO), the Baptist World Alliance remains optimistic that it will be reaccredited as an NGO, a position it has held with the UN…
Peaceful Pro-Life Prayer Vigil Ends In Wrongful Arrests
Posted on: Sunday, May 20, 2001
Rutherford Institute Attorneys Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court Citing Free Speech Violations WASHINGTON - Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute have appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of several residents of the city of Fargo, North Dakota, who were…
Faith’s role in birth of science reviewed at think tank conference
Posted on: Tuesday, May 15, 2001
SEATTLE (BP)--Today's scientific advances owe their genesis to Christianity, and every new discovery of the cosmos is an affirmation of God at work in the universe he created, noted scientists and educators said in addressing a "Cosmos and Creator" conference…
Field Updates Available to Web Users Through ‘Macedonian Call’
Posted on: Friday, May 11, 2001
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA-Cutting edge technology combined with up-to-the-minute reports from indigenous missionaries around the globe is enabling Christians to experience their own "Macedonian Call" via their computer desktops.
Annual report cites nations for religious-freedom abuses
Posted on: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Abuses of religious freedom worsened last year in China and the Sudan, according to the second annual report of a government commission set up to monitor religious persecution abroad.
