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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Windermere Baptist Conference Center acted legally when it changed its articles of incorporation, Cole County (Mo.) Circuit Court Judge Richard Callahan ruled March 4.

GREENSBORO - "Jesus didn't get in trouble hanging out with the good people but because he was hanging out with lepers, prostitutes and people like that," said David Wheeler during a workshop at the 61st annual Evangelism & Church Growth Conference at Lawndale Baptist Church in Greensboro.

WINSTON SALEM - North Carolina Baptist Men want to make a Deep Impact with youth in the state.

GREENSBORO - One thing is clear to ministers like John Ridley and Rick Trexler who focus on helping teens and college students. "This generation of students ... is unclear about life," Ridley said.

Opinion

I used to have a vanity plate on my car that read "mtytomb."

Other Voices

The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead remains the most controversial doctrine ever preached by the church. Evidence for this fact can easily be seen from the now infamous Jesus Seminar in 1993 when seminar fellow Thomas Sheehan, stated that "Jesus, regardless of where his corpse ended up, is dead and remains dead." The Jesus Seminar released these conclusions for those who would seek to understand and respond to "modern" Christian doctrine:

Baptist Life

Christian Women’s/Christian Men’s Job Corps of North Carolina’s board president, Jan Cartledge, collects aluminum cans from a dumpster during a poverty simulation exercise in Birmingham, Ala.

Photo by Julie Walters

WMU

Knowing you can advocate better for something you understand Woman's Missionary Union in Birmingham, Ala., hosted a poverty simulation attended by several North Carolina Baptist women.

Regionally reknowned cook Katie Gilbert, 93, signs cookbooks she is donating for contributions to digging wells in India.

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Winning 1,976 ribbons at Stokes County, Dixie Classic and North Carolina State fairs for cooking and canning excellence ought to count for something in the world of cookbooks, thought Katie Gilbert's friends.

Tar Heel Voices

In your (printed) issue of Feb. 16 regarding what you refer to as the "New Baptist Covenant" the tone and content of your articles seem to portray Jimmy Carter as the spokesman for all Baptists. Some time ago the media reported that Jimmy Carter made the statement that Jesus is not the only way to get to heaven, when he was trying to placate and curry favor from certain other world religions. Rather than attempting to portray Jimmy Carter as some kind of a hero, why did you not ask him if he made that statement and if he believes it to be true? If he answers yes to those two questions, and you give him a pass on that, you should read your Bible and ask yourself about your own beliefs.

I could not believe you gave all this coverage to the so-called "New Covenant" Baptist organization. Do you not have the spiritual discernment to see through what was taking place?

After reading the article "Unity blossoms at New Baptist Covenant" (Feb. 16 printed issue of the Recorder. Click here to read a longer version of the article.) I was amazed, yet I am concerned. While this event promoted unity at the same time unity in what? Much was mentioned concerning hurting people which we can see everyday around us. There was much mentioned about the problem but not a clear solution.