Tuesday, August 14, 2001

• Terminations of pastors, staff leveling off, survey results show

  by Charles Willis, posted Tuesday, August 14, 2001 (18 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Forced terminations among Southern Baptist pastors and other full-time church staff appear to have leveled off, annual surveys of state Baptist conventions indicate. Read More

• Church's college-age crowd roll to New Mexico each year

  by Polly House, posted Tuesday, August 14, 2001 (18 years ago)

        GLORIETA, N.M.(BP)--Since 1995, students from Shadow Hills Baptist Church in Las Vegas get rolling every August -- on a bus to New Mexico.

        In 1995, Shadow Hills sent its first group of seven students to the annual Collegiate Week at LifeWay Glorieta Conference Center. This year, they brought "95, counting the bus drivers," said Daniel Cassels, a student leader from the Nevada church. "We are the largest group here." Read More

• Cure for 'hurry sickness' is rest in God, he says

  by Polly House, posted Tuesday, August 14, 2001 (18 years ago)

  GLORIETA, N.M.(BP)--John Tadlock says there is an epidemic of "hurry sickness" in today's run-as-fast-as-you-can world. Read More

• Wayland marks 50th anniversary of landmark voluntary integration

  by Teresa Young, posted Tuesday, August 14, 2001 (18 years ago)

  PLAINVIEW, Texas (BP)--It wasn't a matter of breaking new ground or setting a precedent. It wasn't about who was right or wrong.

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• Most Vermont civil unions go out of state, commission finds

  by Lawrence Morahan, posted Tuesday, August 14, 2001 (18 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP)--A year after Vermont became the first state to grant marriage rights to same-sex couples in the form of civil unions, a state review commission found that most unions went to out-of-state residents, CNSNews.com reported Aug. 14. At least one civil union is being used to challenge marriage laws in another state. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: The surveillance camera captures U.S. slide from moral strength

  by Kelly Boggs, posted Tuesday, August 14, 2001 (18 years ago)

  McMINNVILLE, Ore. (BP)--There is an increasing interest among municipal governments throughout the United States in the use of surveillance technology as a crime-fighting tool. Is the acceptance of hidden -- and sometimes not so hidden -- cameras a security solution, or is it just another symptom of a society that has lost its moral compass? Read More

• Furman soaks up practice; Johnson pleased with squad

  by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 14, 2001 (18 years ago)

  GREENVILLE, S.C. (BP)--Furman coach Bobby Johnson praised the physical condition of his team Monday during a rainy practice which featured the full squad for the first time this season. Read More