Lotz: SBC proposal a ‘triumph of ideology over doctrine’_12222203

Posted: 12/22/03

Lotz: SBC proposal a 'triumph of ideology over doctrine'

12/22/2003 - By John Rutledge

Buckner care continues in Russia even after the shoes are put on feet_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Buckner care continues in Russia
even after the shoes are put on feet

Russ Dilday

Buckner News Service

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia–The shoes Texas Baptists have sent to Russian orphans for the last five years represent only the first steps of ministry there through Buckner Orphan Care International.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

FOOT JOY: Shoes for Russian Souls_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Nancy Plotts of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas helps a girl at Veritsa Orphanage decorate a Polaroid photo.	Donna Wallis of Sulphur Springs plays with a child at Orphanage No. 40 in St. Petersburg.

FOOT JOY: Shoes for Russian Souls

By Russ Dilday

Buckner News Service

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia–Putting shoes on the feet of Russian orphans brought both joy and sorrow to Nancy Plotts, a member of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

Bush comments stir debate anew on whether all worship same God_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Bush comments stir debate anew
on whether all worship same God

By Mark O'Keefe

Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS)–He's the commander in chief, not the theologian in chief. Nonetheless, President Bush stepped into a centuries-old religious controversy when he recently said of Muslims and Christians, “I believe we worship the same God.”

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

Veteran journalist Ken Camp elected managing editor of Baptist Standard_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Veteran journalist Ken Camp
elected managing editor of Baptist Standard

DALLAS–Veteran Texas Baptist journalist Ken Camp has been named managing editor of the Baptist Standard.

Camp, 43, has worked in the Baptist General Convention of Texas news office since 1984. For the past seven years, he has been director of news and information.

His byline has been a regular feature in the Standard for two decades, as he has reported on the ministries of Texas Baptist churches and missions endeavors such as Texas Baptist Men's disaster-relief work.

Ken Camp

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

Endowed position launches CBF emphasis on church starting growth_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Endowed position launches CBF
emphasis on church starting growth

By Krista Carnet

CBF Communications

ATLANTA–Since 1999, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's church-starting ministry has helped launch 54 churches that are either holding services or are in the planning stages.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

As troops fly through DFW Airport, chaplains offer comfort and aid_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

As troops fly through DFW Airport,
chaplains offer comfort and aid

By George Henson

Staff Writer

DFW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT–Schedules for jetliners are not the only ones at DFW Airport. Chaplains there believe God prepares divine appointments for them daily.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

Garland church takes a byte out of unemployment with teaching ministry_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Garland church takes a byte out of
unemployment with teaching ministry

By George Henson

Staff Writer

GARLAND–Spring Creek Baptist Church is doing its bit to take a byte out of unemployment.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

Baptist Building staff breaks the bank to aid Texas hunger offering_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Baptist Building staff breaks
the bank to aid Texas hunger offering

By Ken Camp

Texas Baptist Communications

DALLAS–Baptist Building staff recently offered hope and help to hurting people through bashed banks, bottled water and books bought for children.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

In Africa, youth witness a miracle of loaves and fishes_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

In Africa, youth witness a miracle of loaves & fishes

By Jo Upton

CBF Communications

When Christian teenagers from North America and Kenya visited the Baptist Children's Centre Orphanage in Nairobi, the true spirit of cultural exchange occurred.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

Texas students hit the road on mission during Christmas holidays_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Texas students hit the road
on mission during Christmas holidays

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

While Texas Baptists are celebrating Christmas with warm fires and loving families, many college students will be taking the holiday spirit beyond their campuses.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

First African-American Executive Board chair has law background_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

First African-American Executive
Board chair has law background

By Ken Camp

Texas Baptist Communications

HOUSTON–When John Ogletree first felt God's calling into ministry, he thought there must have been a mistake.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge