2003 Archives
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Texas Baptist Forum_111703
Posted: 11/14/03
TEXAS BAPTIST FORUM:
Intestinal fortitudeI am all for this new anti-partial-birth abortion law.
Partial-birth abortion was not supposed to be a lifestyle choice for would-be parents. It was to be used to end a pregnancy for those children with serious problems.
E-mail the editor at marvknox@baptiststandard.com
The children who are aborted are considered to be alive and have all the same rights as anyone else. Most are “viable,” and both sides agree.
11/14/2003 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits_111703
Posted: 11/14/03
Texas Tidbits
NASA leader at UMHB. NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe spoke to 1,000 people in Walton Chapel at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Nov. 5 about the future of NASA. Delivering the university's McLane Lectures,
he encouraged students to be leaders for tomorrow in exploration and discovery, calling it an adventure. "My hope is that many of you will help to participate in the adventures to come, whether you are working for NASA, discovering new ways to heal the sick or teach the young, or charting new pathways in business enterprise like Drayton McLane," he said, referencing the namesake of the lecture series. Regarding the Columbia shuttle disaster, O'Keefe said, "We should recognize that every step of the way in the age of flight, we have achieved our breakthroughs and triumphs only after having suffered through enormous setbacks, learning from them and rebounding to continue our unceasing efforts to explore the unknown."
O'Keefe (center) with Drayton McLane and UMHB President Jerry Bawcom. DBU honors faculty member. Curtis Lee, associate professor of biology, has been named Faculty Member of the Year at Dallas Baptist University. He was cited for being among students' top pick when choosing classes over a number of years. Lee and his wife, Sharon, are members of South Oaks Baptist Church in Arlington, where she serves as minister of education. Baylor regents hear reports. At the conclusion of the Baylor board of regents meeting Nov. 7, the university issued a news release saying regents "heard interim reports" from three review committees named at the September regents meeting. Those committees are charged with examining concerns about faculty relations, the faculty hiring process, admission of provisional students, preserving Baylor traditions, the university's financial model, indebtedness, conflicts of interest among regents, tuition increases and pending litigation against the university. Regents also approved a new department of statistical science.11/14/2003 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: Three great things about BGCT ’03_111703
Posted: 11/14/03
TOGETHER:
Three great things about BGCT '03Years from now, we may look back on the 2003 Baptist General Convention of Texas session in Lubbock as one of the most significant events in our history. Three things make me hopeful that is true.
First, we changed the format. We offered 44 breakout events, providing opportunities for leadership development and an occasion to discuss important issues. Response was greater than expected, and many rooms were overflowing. I heard the encouraging words “candor” and “openness” used to describe the workshops, as well as the comment: “This is real help for my church. Do this again.”
CHARLES WADE
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
The missions program was moved to the middle of the convention, and Texas Baptist Men and Woman's Missionary Union of Texas met Sunday evening rather than Tuesday afternoon. The result was improved attendance at all these missions-oriented events.
11/14/2003 - By John Rutledge
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Acts 17:16-34
Robert Bennett to Handley Church in Fort Worth as pastor from Freedom Church in Amarillo.
