Baptist editors announce scholarship honoring Hefley
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004
By Staff
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Southern Baptist state newspapers from across the nation will award for the first time this fall scholarships in honor of legendary Southern Baptist journalist James C. Hefley, who died earlier this year. [Read More]

Calif. pastor Rob Zinn elected Executive Committee chairman
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004
By Staff
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--California pastor Rob Zinn was elected chairman of the Southern Baptist Executive Committee during its meeting June 14 prior to the SBC annual meeting. [Read More]

Homosexual claims offend black Southern Baptists
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004
By Karen L. Willoughby
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--"How dare you?" Brendan Saunders, a church planter at Freedom Church in Baltimore, asked rhetorically to people in the homosexual community. "To take the years of oppression enforced on the black community and trivialize it because you want to justify your sinful actions, how dare you?" [Read More]

African American Fellowship intensifies its involvement
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004
By Karen L. Willoughby
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--Same-sex "marriage" and an upsurge in the release of felons from prison were among the main topics of discussion at the annual meeting of the African American Fellowship June 13 at Gabriel Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis. [Read More]

Messengers defeat proposed study of new name for Southern Baptists
Wednesday, Jun 16, 2004
By Tammi Reed Ledbetter
INDIANAPOLIS (BP)--A proposed study committee to consider changing the name of the Southern Baptist Convention proved controversial when the idea came to the floor of the SBC annual meeting June 15 in Indianapolis.
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