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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–It seems Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is a C.S. Lewis fan. Just as the film version of Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is set for release in theaters, Bush is urging school children to read the book as part of his “Just Read, Florida!” initiative.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story went to press Nov. 10 as news broke a few days before that Dr. Rogers was in the hospital. The Nov. 17 issue of the Witness went to press earlier than normal in order to have the paper available for distribution at the Florida Baptist State Convention meeting in Ocala.
NAPLES (FBW) – The day before leading a preaching conference at First Baptist Church of Naples, Adrian Rogers gave an exclusive interview with Florida Baptist Witness Executive Editor James A. Smith Sr. The Oct. 6, hour-long interview covered a wide array of topics with Rogers, 74, who retired as pastor of the historic Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn. earlier this year.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story went to press Nov. 10 as news broke a few days before that Dr. Rogers was in the hospital. The Nov. 17 issue of the Witness went to press earlier than normal in order to have the paper available for distribution at the Florida Baptist State Convention meeting in Ocala.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (BP)–Adrian Rogers, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has been hospitalized for double pneumonia.
JACKSONVILLE (FBW) – Like the infamous reports of Mark Twain’s death, a Jacksonville television station’s story that Jerry Vines would deliver his final sermon Nov. 2 as pastor of First Baptist Church was inaccurate.
ORLANDO (FBW) – Jim Henry will step-down as co-pastor of First Baptist Church of Orlando March 31, 2006, he has announced in a letter sent to the church members early last month and released to Florida Baptist Witness Nov. 9.
WEIHAI, China (CI)—Lottie would be proud.
WEIHAI, China (CI)—As 90-year-old Stella Tong sat on the front pew, she could hardly believe her eyes. She was born in a China that did not value education for children, much less girls—but a missionary from Georgia changed all that.
SAN FRANCISCO (BP)—Parents have “no constitutional right to prevent the public schools from providing information on [the subject of sex] to their students in any forum or manner they select,” according to a ruling handed down by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Nov. 2.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Children born out of wedlock today are more likely to have mothers in their early 20s than teens, according to new data from the National Center for Health Statistics that prompted leaders of the True Love Waits abstinence movement to point to virginity pledges as a leading factor in the reduction of teen pregnancies.
NEW ORLEANS (BP)—The first wave of volunteers in a major cleanup initiative at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary arrived Oct. 31, aiming to boost the campus to an even greater place of prominence in the city.
WASHINGTON (BP)--The suppression of religious liberty signals that other freedoms are threatened in a country or region, Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land said at a bipartisan conference on human rights.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—The lovable, energetic and endearing cast of characters from the imaginary town of Wildwood as depicted in the weekly children’s radio drama, Paws & Tales, have come alive in a two-part series of animated videos that should delight children of all ages. And, if adults aren’t too careful, they might just enjoy a few laughs themselves along the way.
Wiley Richards is a retired professor of theology and philosophy at The Baptist College of Florida in Graceville.