Friday, September 19, 2003

• SBC joins the 'First wave of Christ's arms'

  by James Dotson, posted Friday, September 19, 2003 (19 years ago)

  CARY, N.C. (BP)--Members of the North Carolina Disaster Relief Region 7 mobile kitchen unit are familiar with being first on the scene, having arrived at the Pentagon less than 24 hours after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack to serve relief workers. This time, as the fringes of Hurricane Isabel raged outside, volunteers waited at the offices of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina Sept. 18 after traveling from the northwestern part of the state earlier in the day. Read More

• Isabel leaves power out, flooding, debris; assessment begins

  by Staff, posted Friday, September 19, 2003 (19 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Hurricane Isabel's path of destruction left more than 4.5 million people without power and at least 17 people dead, according to the Associated Press, as it swept through the East Coast Sept. 18. Much of the damage occurred in Virginia, where nine people were killed and 1.5 million left without power. Additionally, Isabel was blamed for two deaths in Maryland and one each in New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. Read More

• Isabel hits U.S.: Seven SBC state Disaster Relief Units activated

  by Lee Weeks, posted Friday, September 19, 2003 (19 years ago)

  Isabel's reach Hurricane Isabel's punch was felt inland -- in this Richmond-area neighborhood and beyond -- after its landfall Sept. 18 on the East Coast. Photo by Roy Burroughs

  ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Southern Baptist Disaster Relief units from seven states were deployed Sept. 19 to Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland to lead in the cleanup and recovery efforts from the destruction left by Hurricane Isabel.

  At least 17 deaths in seven states have been attributed to the storm which also left behind more than 4.5 million customers without power.

  Disaster Relief teams from South Carolina, Kentucky and Georgia have activated kitchen units and recovery teams to serve throughout eastern Virginia, based in Norfolk, Chesapeake, Petersburg and Gloucester. A kitchen unit from Virginia also has been activated in-state for neighboring Newport News.

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• FIRST-PERSON: A biblical response to unholy gay 'matrimony'

  by Ronnie Floyd, posted Friday, September 19, 2003 (19 years ago)

  SPRINGDALE, Ark. (BP)--Introduction: The events of our nation and the episodes happening in the courts and churches of our land have caused me to stand and speak to you about "The Gay Agenda: A Biblical Response to Unholy Matrimony." Read More

• 63 profess faith in Christ at sportsman's banquets

  by Gregory Tomlin, posted Friday, September 19, 2003 (19 years ago)

  LAVACA, Ark. (BP)--What do muzzleloaders and trophy bucks have to do with evangelism? Everything if you're ministering in Lavaca, Ark. Read More

• New Oliver North novel combines intrigue, unrest in Mid-East

  by Jenny Rogers, posted Friday, September 19, 2003 (19 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Tensions boil among top Middle Eastern powers in former National Security Council staffer Oliver North's new novel, "The Jericho Sanction." Read More

• Christian discipleship encompasses political engagement, Moore says

  by David Roach, posted Friday, September 19, 2003 (19 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--When most Christians think about evangelical political engagement, the first images that come to mind are organizations that assemble a potpourri of people to address a specific issue like abortion, homosexuality or taxes. Read More

• FIRST-PERSON: Media: missing the news

  by Kelly Boggs, posted Friday, September 19, 2003 (19 years ago)

  McMINNVILLE, Ore. (BP)--"When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often," author John B. Bogart observed. "But if a man bites a dog, that is news." If Bogart's assertion is correct and uncommon events at least qualify as newsworthy, then why has most of America not heard about two recent hate crimes, one aimed at a church and the other leveled at a Christian school? Read More