Army of mobilized ministers move out for 1st boot camp
RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)--Shouts of "Yes, sir" and "Right now, sir" echoed through LifeWay's Ridgecrest Conference Center near Asheville, N.C., as squadrons scurried to respond to the commands of drill sergeants and company leaders.
For-profit corporations approved for housing at conf. centers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--LifeWay Christian Resources trustees have approved a resolution to establish four for-profit corporations that will develop and manage condominiums and/or townhouses at LifeWay conference centers at Glorieta, N.M., and Ridgecrest, N.C.
Church gives away 5,500 Bibles to be read in the next year
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| Read all about it Pastor Ronnie Floyd presents a Bible to sixth-grader Ryan Hyde as part of a year-long initiative at First Baptist Church in Springdale, Ark., to read through God’s Word. Photo by Alana Damron |
On Nov. 28, First Baptist Church of Springdale, Ark., began asking church attendees to sign a card of commitment to read through the entire Bible during 2005, the year the Southern Baptist Convention has declared the Year of the Bible.
Draper, younger leaders have initial face-to-face dialogue
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| Making note of it Robyn Horton, children's minister at First Baptist Church in Bossier City, La., writes down ideas and comments during a younger leaders dialogue with LifeWay Christian Resources President James T. Draper Jr. At left are D.C. Harris, an associate minister from Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans, and Bossier City preschool minister Brooke Romero. Photo by Gibbs Frazeur |
LifeWay Christian Resources President James T. Draper Jr. visited First Baptist Church in Bossier City near Shreveport to show his support for and discuss the concerns of younger leaders throughout Louisiana. They’d gathered to brainstorm solutions to issues raised on LifeWay’s younger leaders online message board (www.lifeway.com/youngerleaders).
“I know the problems and you do, too,” Draper told the more than 60 men and women gathered in the First Baptist choir room. “But what are we going to do about it?”
‘Religions Next Door’ offers journalist’s look at 4 faiths
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—-In teaching a journalism and religion course at the University of Texas at Austin, Professor Marvin Olasky noticed an alarming trend when it came to studying comparative religion: he couldn’t find a book that accurately and reliably studied Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam.
More churches becoming equipped to meet senior adult needs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--It used to take two vans and a bus to get the 25 members of the Live Longer and Like It band and their equipment to as many as four performances each week. But since August, when Central Baptist Church in Winchester, Ky., purchased a 26-passenger bus through LifeWay Christian Resources, all the band members -- plus their keyboard, guitars, umbrellas, tap shoes and kazoos -- can make the trips together.
LifeWay named 5th best among Tenn. employers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Business Tennessee magazine has named LifeWay Christian Resources as No. 5 in its “Best Employers 2004” ranking.
‘Experiencing God’ extends its reach as online resource
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A nervous Henry Blackaby and his wife, Marilynn, pressed their faces to the front windows of the LifeWay Christian Store at LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center in Asheville, N.C., to see if anyone was buying his new book.
Ministers of education aid Russian Southern Baptists
FRESNO, Calif. (BP)--Bruce Raley knew he was a long way from home when he arrived at Hye Sierra Camp in the mountains outside Fresno, Calif.
‘Fuel’ videos fire up students with edgy, life-changing lessons
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Whether playing games, flipping stations or watching a DVD, teens gladly stare at a TV screen. Jim Johnston notices this when his teenage son and his son’s friends congregate in his family’s bonus room.
