ronically, production of “The Nativity Story” took about as long as the period of time the movie portrays – from just before Christ’s immaculate conception to just after His miraculous birth. That such a breakneck production schedule actually worked and the movie opens Dec. 1 is its own little miracle, the film’s producers say.

A suggested resolution related to national news stories about Wal-Mart’s support of the homosexual agenda was referred at the recent annual meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention because the state convention’s Committee on Resolutions lacked a quorum and was unable to address the matter.

The need for physical rebuilding remained evident in Lake Charles when the Louisiana Baptist Convention held its Nov. 13-14 annual meeting.

From instruction on the gospel itself, to direction on what a man of God is to do, the 2006 Louisiana Baptist State Pastors’ Conference got back to the basics before it looked toward the “A Time to Rebuild” theme of the annual meeting of the Louisiana Baptist Convention.

With the help of 21 other churches and at least 92 volunteers, East Ridge Baptist Church conducted a day-long block party Saturday, Nov. 11, at Crying Eagle FEMA Park, bringing smiles to hundreds of residents displaced from their homes by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Last week’s midterm elections showed nothing more than that too many Americans vote their feelings rather than the issues, Louisiana Baptist message Editor Kelly Boggs says.

After Team Impact members – body builders affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention Texas – tore 2-inch thick phone books in half, bent steel bars into complicated shapes, broke bats, and smashed 8-inch-high stacks of flaming cinder bricks, 198 people – out of more than 900 in attendance – stepped forward at the invitation to commit their lives to Christ last Wednesday night here at the W.W. Lewis Middle School Auditorium.

Circle Baptist Church here has changed color. Once an Anglican church, the church had been slow to match the changes that surrounded it. Now, that’s changing.

The Marble Slab here will continue to offer Christian music with its trademarked “freshest ice cream on earth.”

The Turning Hearts Tour, scheduled for Dec. 1-2 at Florida Blvd. Baptist Church here, focuses on the relationships between parents and their teenagers.

“There are five ways messengers can be certified to vote at this year’s annual convention” Nov. 13-14 at Trinity Baptist Lake Charles, said Marcell McGee, LBC Credentials Committee Chairman.

Evoking at one point the “kinder and gentler” phrase that identified his presidency, George Herbert Walker Bush spoke Oct. 26 at the centennial celebration of Louisiana College about the things that matter in life.

At press time Bill Robertson was unopposed in his upcoming re-election as president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention.

True Christianity is to be discussed next week at Riverside Baptist here, where Larry Hubbard is pastor.

Hebron Baptist Church here has been praying for a revival for more than 10 years, and last month, God’s first answer to that prayer came in the form perhaps 40 decisions leading to 13 baptisms that stemmed from Hebron’s recent annual revival.