More Baptist Alcohol Talk
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP)—In a sign of continuing turmoil within the Missouri Baptist Convention, the body’s Executive Board has appointed a committee to investigate their embattled executive director.
The group also discussed allegations that a four-year-old church in St. Louis, supported by a convention loan, is encouraging alcohol consumption.
During the board’s Dec. 12 meeting, board member Wesley Hammond made a surprise motion that the board appoint a “committee to investigate rumors affecting the character of some of our members which, if true, would render them unworthy of leadership, and cast doubt on our credibility and our integrity as an Executive Board,†according to an account by Baptist Press, the Southern Baptist Convention’s communications arm.
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Fake Breasts Start in Texas
The recent FDA approval of silicone implants — ending a 14-year virtual ban — has far-reaching ramifications in Texas, home to the nation’s only breast implant manufacturing facility and anecdotally known as one of the augmentation capitals of the United States.
All made-in-the-U.S.A. breast implants start here, at a 145,000-square-foot factory located in an industrial office park near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
I was sooo tempted to post an image with this post.
Liquids make up 22 percent of American diet
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Americans who have made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight should start thinking about more than what they eat, a beverage industry survey said on Monday.
The study, commissioned by the Milk Processor Education Program, found that liquids make up 22 percent of calories in the average American’s diet.
But most Americans only count the calories they get from solid foods.
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