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imb_92203
Posted: 9/19/03
IMB will require career candidates
to serve three-year apprenticeshipsAUSTIN–All new candidates for long-term missionary service with the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board will be required to complete a three-year apprenticeship before achieving career or associate status.
The new policy was enacted by IMB trustees during a Sept. 8-10 meeting in Austin.
Tom Hatley, chairman of the IMB mission personnel committee, told trustees research shows that missionaries who serve short-term overseas assignments before serving as career missionaries suffer fewer transition problems, become effective more quickly and serve longer than workers without previous experience.
Trustees learned the budget that will be recommended for 2004 will reflect a $20 million reduction from the current budget. 09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge
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laity_institute_92203
Posted: 9/19/03
Woodland members Warren Blanchard, Kay Nolan and Martha Morse join in a class discussion. Laity Institute classes 'go deep' at local churches
By Craig Bird
Texas Baptist Communications
SAN ANTONIO–Woodland Baptist Church in San Antonio is as sports-minded as the next congregation. But when folks there talk about “going deep,” it may not have anything to do with football, or even fishing.
09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge
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letters_92203
Posted: 9/19/03
TEXAS BAPTIST FORUM:
Poor strategyThe Baptist General Convention of Texas' decision to conduit funds so fired/resigned International Mission Board personnel can continue in their former places of service has a pleasant ring to traditional Southern Baptists.
But it is poor missions strategy.
E-mail the editor at marvknox@baptiststandard.com
In its early days, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship was swamped with inquiries from missionaries about switching their appointment to CBF. Our early missions leaders (Keith Parks and Harlan Spurgeon) wisely counseled those under FMB appointment they would need to resign from their current appointment, apply to the Fellowship and importantly, if appointed, they would not serve where they had previously. Parks and Spurgeon made wise decisions then. They are wise practices for the BGCT now. The great risk is exporting the Southern Baptist Convention mess to areas of the world where the Baptist witness is fragile at best. It breeds local confusion and prolongs turmoil.
09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge
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palmers_92203
Posted: 9/19/03
Jonathan Palmer prepares for a river crossing in Nicaragua. Visiting family means missions for Mesquite teens
By George Henson
Staff Writer
Some youth spent their summer doing missions, while others visited relatives. Some may have done both. A Mesquite pair, however, accomplished both at the same time.
09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge
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David Boncler to Vista Grande Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., as youth pastor from Parkside Church in Denison.
