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z. Y t f hb Y A S D e et . SfOAoP r Challenge E E P S r N . T Z 2 0 0 6 } duritnhgeprovided ‘ two-day first held attne for- der Splat Jackson facilities of , In, made a Broadmoor rch, which is — oleae: att me, : “Asa youth minister,- I) my students to the? 4 lenge every year. and 1. knewit had the potential to| become a great. erent : = * $ ig ese was i — * Eric Bean, student pastor at First . I appreciate all ‘the Church, Purvis. thi the school does to * Jon Cooper, minister to students at ensure the success of the Highland Church, Meridian. eventeveryyear,” saidLum, e Brad Van Cleave, student and recre- | who also expressed thanks ation minister at First Church, Magee. fo First Church, Clinton, for * Gary Permenter, founder of Gary hosting breakout sessions at Permenter Ministries in Columbus. the church’s facilities across * Wayne Hudson, founderofComplete College Street from in Christ Ministries of Kosciusko and cur- Mississippi College. ¥ rent president of the Conference of “TheClty of Clinton, and Mississippi Baptist Evangelists. especially the city’s police Committee members who planned the department, went out of 2008 Challenge included Lum, Bean, Van their way to help us. The Cleave, ShannonSlover, student minister at adult volunteers io First First Church, Laurel, and Brandon Lewis, Church, Magee, who man- student pau at First Church, Oxford. aged the registration The 2009 Mississippi Baptist Youth rocess, were invaluable;” Evangelism Challenge will be held “um said. “There were so December 28-29 at A.E. Wood Coliseum on : ; many people and organiza- thecampusofMississippi Collegein Clinton. Sie tions who helped us and | For more information, contact the PRAISE — The TomEdwards BandofClintonleadsin praise and worship atthe December odfons'tomwanTthatnoklseatoveevoeurtyoanney BEavpatnisgtelCiosnmvenDteiopnartBomaerndt, P.OM.isBsiosxsi5p3p0i 30morning session ofthe 2008 Mississippi BaptistYouth Evangelism Challenge at Mississippi 1.5 helped make Pom gl lackson, MS 39205-0530 Talephone (601) College in Clinton. The 2008 Challenge marked the 30th anniversary of the statewide event eveSnt reun so smooathley.” 192-3278 tSntided:n t}aacrKbkasnonn ((fOxW?)) sponsored by the pony Department ofthe Mississippi Baptist Convention Board. (Photo Breakout session leac byWilliam H. Perkins in) the 2008 Challenge inch a BAPTIRSET 4 : hep ‘ pie is gett low,” Wells said, VOLUME133 ©NUMBER.« whereas, early church {SSN-0005-5778) toseetheirministriaessoppor- wasconcernedaboutwhatGod Publishedweeklyexceptweelsoffuly4 called them to-do, not what the tunities. for al transfor- and Christmas by the Misisippi Baptist church could do for them.” mation for ives and Cfaocnkweeaend,iMonS3B9o2a0r1d.S5u1b5scrMiepstsiio:np$p1t0.S3t5repeetr. tivBersedaukroiutn.gtsheesstiwoon-sdaayndc-onefleerc-- thei“rSpcilraistsuamlemtbrearnss.formation is year payable in a@eance, Economy plans ence addrepsed such topics as God's work of changing a availableborcooperatingMississippichurches. how to reach teens in a hip-hop believer into the likeness of Perk ficals postage pei’ at Jeckson, MS culture and the development of Jesusbycreatinga newidentity Ae er, Ampeation ofGateBaptist Papers a Growth-Oriented Sunday in Christandby empowering a eo Cearifines: Newsbems — anecalendarweek School class (GOSS). Two GOOSSSS lifelong relationship of love, prio r to feqhueasg tetzd icatio n diaetete.e ttrhaocskesnweewretootfhfeeretdheo—ryoannedfaonr Gtrouds,t”anBdennoebtetdiseanicde: t“oYogulorciafny rReescoeurnctes iNanti onal Blac choo! Co in f eWir yenwcheitaet.LcihfuerWcahyesC hriastt hiaen al heaurmnneid track thfeors only in t athers in©SuDnedianye i" Neca . } rec, ethnic Churches i church plants have skyrocketed: (GPphoto) Mohler count ‘LOUISVIELE, Ky. (BP) — Newsweek's recent cover Miller ed,offer = Lee seeto kmakiean“bibg li - fiveevidence thatScripture = cal ‘case for gay marriage” doesnotcondemn same-sex ins directlycounterto2, Miller admitt_tehadt . * BMIASPS1T5I3S3 TS - Newsweek published the article ee to the THE SECOND FRONT PAGE | | PusuisHep SINCE1877 JaNuary 8, 2009 VoL. 133 No. 2 “You're extremely thin slice of a far- left denominatiocnoarle that December15,2008coverofNewsweekmagazine iseven ipla same- tionofmarriageasaheterosex- weeOnkth.at program,Miller interemstainkg Mee Oe ual institution privileged for said her article was attempt- NewsrTweek decided tso write procreationandtheraisinogf ing to provide from the Bible on therelicgasieoortuotsry childrenhasbeencentraltociv- ~ an affirmative Bhs. a topropose a casefor -odlization,” Mohlersaid,“and I answer” fcr: homosexuals to believeitissimplynoaccident. the question, “Who can get same-sex = lage, and I “LisaMilleris it, socio- “married?” — but ma a logically speaking, mores no .surprise,” Mofleso risnaigede. S denon and Ithinkoneof the rods the Bibleisienposelte, great brakes on mores Mohlersaid. ee into irra- “There is no biblical case i been the institu- for gay marriage,” Mohler YouCanRESPOND tionof marria AiG ag — said. Bible ws what RicutNow! marriage is, and when she oucompromise that,not oabiblical , but pest [Miller] says the issue is who S Se that looking at way the world can get married, you have to wi inyourown Ss: - works, just lookingatthe evi- turn around and say, “You dence of the natural world can’t possibly talk about that 1.Lord, Iadmitthat Ineedyou. around us, then you're really until you talk about what (Ihavesinned.) the Bible and the light of inviting chaos into civilization marriage is,’ and when you navitewhueterrosexeual mar- itself. It's-going to be hard to look at the Bible, you can’t 2..1 want forgiveness for my sive Biblescholars aan as ‘iage asnormative. . prevent anything once you make a case for marriage sinsand omfrometernal uestionable the texts in "Even where Scripture make marriage a malleable, being<a otherthanhet- death. (Irepent.) Scripture _that condemn never reached, even where the plastic, liquid institution.” erosexual, other than by turn- homosexality. Finally, she pecan,ow) Scriptures Mohler and Miller also ing {the Bible] on its head, 3.[believeJesusdied and rose insists that the Old New ve never had a direct influ- appeared together on the which is what Newsweek from the grave to forgive my Testaments provide differing ence, by natural law and by nationally syndicated Laura tried to do in this cover story. sins and to restore my rela- picturesofmarriage. natural reasoning, the institu- Ingraham Show the previous I don’t think it’s working.” tionship with you. (I believe in Jesus.) leLoeokeieng bacokdE 4. By faith, I invite Jesus seeeekt oe Sen Serene Christ into my.life. From this timeon, I want tolivein a lov- Cubacelebrate sits firstChristmas after the Communist government ing relationship with Him. imately10%, eePaige, dollars, according to a officially reinstates the holiday. Theofficial.celebration of Christmas receive Christ as my Savior hadbeenabsent from theisland country forover three decades. and Lord.) identified two cutback areas: suspending|the workak, f “But as many as received him, NeveOxford SuudyProgram Traveling Scholarom spec cnnee Southeastern Seminary fails to meet accreditation standards in to themhegavetheright tobecome study Program /Traveling : ‘ three of four areas, according to a special study comshittee of the children of God, evento those who ‘on-sitestudytrips Southern Association of ary,28 and Schools. The trustees’ move to believe in his name.” (John 1:12) tothe242 mi training in Fish S a. new conservative majority as resulted ir the resignation of the of Evangelism and acolone. aftticipate that othercut- president and seven other administrators If you make a decision for backs in the budget will be necessary to ensure that Jesus Christ today, contact a Southwestern maintains its debt-free operational position local Baptist church for spiritu- and to be certain that revenues cover expenditures,” said Reports state that Mississippi organized 41 new churches and al guidance seminary president Paige Patterson. “This is a most regret- established 24 new missions the previous year. Texas led the states tablecircumstance and notofourown making...” with Southern Baptist work with 165 new churches, followed by California with 120 JANUARY 8, 2009 WHENTHESHEEPTIPOVER Itwas afewweeksbefore Christmas, butmostof the Christmas in place. 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