Friday, April 06, 2001

• Arab seminary & Southwestern forge 'fraternal relationship'

  by David Porter, posted Friday, April 06, 2001 (19 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, signed a "historic" agreement April 3 with a seminary in Beirut, Lebanon.

        The Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut is the only Baptist seminary in the Middle East-North Africa region and the only Christian seminary that can openly train converts from other religions.

        "This is a historic agreement," said Ghassan Khalaf, president of the ABTS.

  The "agreement of fraternal relationship" signed by Khalaf and Southwestern Seminary President Kenneth S. Hemphill encourages "faculty enrichment through mutual use and cooperation." Southwestern has similar agreements with educational institutions in Tokyo, Korea and India and is trying to respond to requests from other international institutions.

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• Southern's E.Y. Mullins Award presented to Paige Patterson

  by Michael Foust, posted Friday, April 06, 2001 (19 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--The president of one Southern Baptist seminary was honored by another seminary April 3 for his leadership and sacrifice during the Southern Baptist Convention's return to its historical roots. Read More

• Heed God's alarm over temptation, Bob Reccord counsels seminarians

  by Laurie Elmore Thompson, posted Friday, April 06, 2001 (19 years ago)

  WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Hear and heed the "alarm of God," Robert E. Reccord counseled students at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary March 28. Read More

• Abortion, abandonment of baby girls cited in China's gender imbalance

  by Patrick Goodenough, posted Friday, April 06, 2001 (19 years ago)

  LONDON (BP)--The ratio of baby girls to baby boys in China has dropped further below the international standard -- the result, critics say, of its controversial "one-child policy," which in some cases has led to sex-selective abortion, infanticide and the abandonment of baby girls, CNSNews.com reported April 6. Read More

• Baptist teenagers involved in bus crash; pastor's wife hurt

  by Todd Starnes, posted Friday, April 06, 2001 (19 years ago)

  ST. MARYS, Ga. (BP)--A bus carrying dozens of high school students to a band competition flipped on its side on Interstate 95 on April 6, injuring about 20 students, some of them seriously. Read More

• Croatia joins former communist lands weighing tilt toward majority faiths

  by Staff, posted Friday, April 06, 2001 (19 years ago)

  OXFORD, England (BP)--Croatia is the latest post-communist country in Europe and Central Asia to propose a religion law that gives preferred status to majority religious groups. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: 'Safe Havens for Newborns' law worthy if even one life is saved

  by Kelly Boggs, posted Friday, April 06, 2001 (19 years ago)

  McMINNVILLE, Ore. (BP)--"The laws that are most operative are the laws which protect life," famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher said. In line with that sentiment, Wisconsin Gov. Scott McCallum signed legislation that hopefully will help save the lives of countless newborns. Read More

• Vito Chiaravalloti homers in 5th consecutive game

  by Staff, posted Friday, April 06, 2001 (19 years ago)

  ARLINGTON, Va. (BP)--First baseman Vito Chiaravalloti homered in his fifth consecutive game and knocked in three runs as the Richmond Spiders defeated the George Washington Colonials 10-5. Read More