Tuesday, December 16, 1997

• Reccord, Huckabee serve as United Nations 'ambassadors'

  by Martin King, posted Tuesday, December 16, 1997 (24 years ago)

  NEW YORK (BP)--Bob Reccord, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board, told representatives of nearly half the United Nations delegations, "I feel comfortable standing before you because I too am an ambassador ... an ambassador of Jesus Christ. I am honored to represent to you the one I serve: the Lord God Almighty."

  Reccord served as host of a NAMB-sponsored luncheon at the United Nations Dec. 12 attended by 250 U.N. ambassadors and other top officials. The e... Read More

• BSSB leader urges 'generativity' in reaching preschoolers, children

  by Chip Alford, posted Tuesday, December 16, 1997 (24 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Christian adults serious about ministering to young people in the 21st century must recapture a sense of "generativity," a preschool worker for the Southern Baptist Sunday School Board said.

  Defining the term, Mary Ann Bradberry, preschool biblical studies designer in the board's Bible teaching-reaching division, said: "It's time for us to think beyond ourselves and do things for the next generation out of a genuine commitment to their future well-being." Bradberry led t... Read More

• Groups differ on male-female roles & gender-inclusive Bible versions

  by Art Toalston, posted Tuesday, December 16, 1997 (24 years ago)

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Two organizations with opposing views on male leadership in the church are on opposite sides of the debate over gender-inclusive Bible translation.

  The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood has issued a 31-page booklet, "What's Wrong with Gender-Neutral Bible Translations?" by the council's president, Wayne Grudem, professor of biblical and systematic theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Ill.

  The booklet already has been distributed to stude... Read More

• Laypeople tap the Internet for Southwestern courses

  by Matt Sanders, posted Tuesday, December 16, 1997 (24 years ago)

  FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--A pastor in Singapore is receiving an education at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary without ever leaving his country.

  He is joined by a man in New York, a woman in Tennessee, another man in Montana and six other students across the United States, all connected by a desire to further their education and the Fort Worth, Texas, seminary's Lay Theological Studies venture on the information superhighway.

  It's education by e-mail, Southwestern-style. For these stud... Read More

• Mohler charges graduates: Minister as slaves of Christ

  by James A. Smith Sr., posted Tuesday, December 16, 1997 (24 years ago)

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Considering oneself a captive slave of Christ should be the attitude of ministers of the gospel, President R. Albert Mohler Jr. told graduates of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary during its Dec. 12 commencement service. Such ministers will "manifest the sweet aroma of Christ" in their ministry, Mohler preached.

  Observing its 180th commencement, the seminary granted degrees to 122 students from its four graduate schools: theology, Christian education and leadership, c... Read More