Baptist bikers ‘spy out the land’ for ministry
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (BP) -- Five men from the Missouri Baptist Bikers Fellowship struck up a conversation with a former pastor at a motel in Canada. The former pastor was newly married to an unbeliever and had grown frustrated with the church.
Top minor league manager sees God’s ‘power’
OMAHA, Neb. (BP) -- Minor league manager Brett Butler stood before his players in the visiting clubhouse after the Reno Aces won the Pacific Coast League Championship Series against the Omaha Storm Chasers. He spoke about the importance of character and integrity -- a theme that is familiar to his team.
Top minor league manager sees God’s ‘power’
OMAHA, Neb. (BP) -- Minor league manager Brett Butler stood before his players in the visiting clubhouse after the Reno Aces won the Pacific Coast League Championship Series against the Omaha Storm Chasers. He spoke about the importance of character and integrity -- a theme that is familiar to his team.
SPORTS: NBA’s Jeremy Lin now a Rocket
PALO ALTO, Calif. (BP) -- Jeremy Lin was waived twice last December -- first by the Golden State Warriors and then by the Houston Rockets. This week, the player who had a hard time finding employment in the NBA learned that he was Houston-bound, since the New York Knicks would not match the three-year, $25.1 million contract offered by the Rockets.
At CWS, faith of Ariz.’s Lopez is on display
OMAHA, Neb. (BP) -- Amidst the practices, press conferences, text messages from family and friends back home and College World Series games, participating believers are finding ways to live out their faith.
Adam Petty’s legacy lives on
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP)--When 19-year-old NASCAR driver Adam Petty died after spinning out and hitting a wall during practice at the New Hampshire International Speedway in 2000, he died with a dream.
FBI examines pastor’s sermons on abortion & homosexuality
MOUNT VERNON, Ill. (BP)--Nov. 23, 2004, started out like any other normal morning for Randy Steele, senior pastor at Southwest Christian Church in Mount Vernon, Ill., a town about 80 miles southeast of St. Louis. One of the longtime members of his church was on her deathbed and he planned to spend the day consoling her family. Then the phone rang.