Wanda Lee elected top WMU executive
Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) national President Wanda Lee was "pretty emphatic" when she told a search committee last year she wasn't interested in the organization's top executive job. ... (Read the story)

Stone on the road again
Ted Stone has walked across the country twice - first from east to west then from west to east. ... (Read the story)

Study reveals alcohol's dangers
Alcohol-related deaths outnumber deaths from drug use 4-to-1, yet parents are less concerned about their teen-agers using alcohol than drugs, according to a new study. ... (Read the story)

Annie Armstrong Offering sets 7th straight record
Southern Baptists gave a record $43.5 million to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions in 1999, said Robert E. Reccord, president of the North American Mission Board. ... (Read the story)

Religious broadcasters, lawmakers criticize new FCC guidance
House Republicans said they will introduce legislation to reverse new Federal Communications Commission rules that critics charge will restrict religious broadcasting. ... (Read the story)

Commission targets China, Russia, Sudan in statements
In its first months of work, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has issued a series of statements detailing threats to religious liberty in China, Russia and the Sudan. ... (Read the story)

First Baptist Press director dies
C.E. Bryant, the first director of Baptist Press, the Southern Baptist Convention's news service, died Jan. 7 in Belleville, Ill. ... (Read the story)

Broadman & Holman to publish golfer Payne Stewart's biography
Broadman & Holman has secured the rights to publish the authorized biography of popular pro golfer Payne Stewart, who died in a plane crash in late October. ... (Read the story)