Bible Study for Texas for 10_12_92203

Posted: 9/19/03

Lesson for Oct. 12

Colossians 1:1-23

Who's No. 1?

By Joe McCammon

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Bible Study for Texas for 10_19_92203

Posted: 9/19/03

Lesson for Oct. 19

Colossians 2:6-23

Lose the rules

By Joe McCammon

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Bible Study for Texas for 10_26_92203

Posted: 9/19/03

Lesson for Oct. 26

Colossians 3:1-4:1

Live it up!

By Joe McCammon

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Bible Study for Texas for 10_5_92203

Posted: 9/19/03

Lesson for Oct. 5

Philippians 4:2-19

Live with genuine joy

By Joe McCammon

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Around the State_10603

Posted: 10/3/03

Around the State

Allison Church in Lipan is compiling information on the church's history. Information is sought on any pastor who served the church prior to 1946, as well as the following: Bob Collard, 1955-1956; L.R. Looper, 1956-1959; Maurice Caldwell, 1959-1960; Harvey Willcox, 1960-1963; and Robert Chenault, 1970-1973. Contact current pastor Wayne Ford at (254) 646-2908.

Clay Polson was one of 18 chaplains endorsed recently by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. He serves at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor has donated 41 used computers to eight area churches including First Church of La Grange, Taylor's Valley Church of Temple, First Church of Belton, East Side Church of Killeen, Willow Grove Church of Moody, Plantersville Church of Plantersville, First Church of Moffatt and Canyon Creek Church of Temple. Above, Jeff Loudin, pastor of Taylor's Valley Church, loads some of the donated equipment. This is an annual upgrade process of the university. As one-third of the campus computers are upgraded, one-third of the older computers and printers are donated.

New faculty at Houston Baptist University include David Adcock, instructor in Christianity and philosophy; James Claycomb, assistant professor of physics; Curtis Henderson, assistant professor of biology; Jamie Johns, assistant professor of Christianity; Dorothy Johnson, associate professor of nursing; Cynthia Martindill, assistant professor of nursing; Robert McElroy, interim director of instrumental activities; Ray Newman, dean of the college of business and economics; Amie Ryan, assistant professor of mathematics; Doni Wilson, assistant professor of English; and Jacob Wonders, instructor of kinesiology.

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Baptist Briefs_10603

Posted: 10/3/03

Baptist Briefs

CBF launches ministerial sabbatical program. Applications are being accepted for a pilot program for ministerial sabbaticals offered through the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. With a $1.9 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, the CBF will provide a limited number of stipends for pastors to take sabbatical study leaves from their churches. To qualify, pastors must have been in their current ministry setting at least seven years. Applications must be returned by Jan. 15. For more information, contact Terry Hamrick at (770) 220-1600 or thamrick@cbfnet.org.

Patterson inauguration planned. Paige Patterson will be inaugurated as the eighth president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth Oct. 21. The ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m.

FamilyNet adds show. FamilyNet, a broadcast ministry of the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board, has added a new health-care program titled "Healthy, Wealthy and Wise with Frank Jordan." Jordan is a recognized expert on the immune system and related health problems, an instructor in health issues and a scientific researcher. The program will air weekdays at 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. and Tuesday through Saturday at 2 a.m.

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Barna: Twentysomethings found less likely to attend church_10603

Posted: 10/3/03

Twentysomethings found less likely to attend church

VENTURA, Calif. (RNS)–Americans in their 20s are less likely to attend church or read the Bible than older Americans, a Barna Research Group study has found.

Thirty-one percent of twentysomethings attend a worship service in a typical week, compared to 42 percent of those in their 30s and 49 percent of all adults ages 40 and older.

The level of Bible reading also decreases by age group. Researchers found 30 percent of twentysomethings had read the Bible in the past week, compared to 37 percent of Americans in their 30s, 44 percent of fortysomethings, 47 percent of Americans in their 50s and 55 percent of adults ages 60 and older.

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Face of campus ministry changing_10603

Posted: 10/3/03

Face of campus ministry changing

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

In today's marketplace of collegiate ministries, students are shopping to fill their spiritual needs with little brand loyalty, according to Baptist collegiate ministers.

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Churches’ drop in missions giving hits BSM_10603

Posted: 10/3/03

Churches' drop in missions giving hits BSM

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

Unless congregations increase their support, Baptist collegiate ministries could become the ministries of interested individuals rather than of churches, campus ministers warn.

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Tarleton student ministry sets up shop in a campus tavern_10603

Posted: 10/3/03

Tarleton student ministry sets
up shop in a campus tavern

By Ken Camp

Texas Baptist Communications

STEPHENVILLE–A couple of days each fall, the Baptist Student Ministry at Tarleton State University encourages college kids to go to a bar–not to drink, but to enjoy a free meal and hear the gospel.

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

Shoe donations run ahead of funds to ship 200,000 pairs _10603

Posted: 10/3/03

Shoe donations run ahead
of funds to ship 200,000 pairs

DALLAS–Unprecedented success collecting shoes and socks for orphan children worldwide has led to the urgent need of additional funds for shipping and storage, according to officials at Buckner Orphan Care International.

Tiffany Taylor, director of the Shoes for Orphan Souls project, said more than 220,000 pairs of new shoes have come to Buckner in 2003, leaving the organization strapped for cash to ship the shoes, socks and shoelaces.

Some of more than 200,000 pairs of new shoes donated to Buckner's Shoes for Orphan Souls project sit boxed in a warehouse, waiting for shipment to orphans around the world.

“We were hoping for 150,000 new shoes,” Taylor said. “So in some ways, we're suffering from our own success.”

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge

BWA president appeals for SBC to stay_10603

Posted: 10/3/03

BWA president appeals for SBC to stay

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)– “Stay with us. Pray with us. Evangelize with us,” the president of the Baptist World Alliance urged the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee Sept. 22.

Billy Kim said he “invited myself” to travel from Korea to present a five-minute BWA report regularly provided during the Executive Committee's two-day meetings in Nashville, Tenn.

Kim did not directly reference the circumstances prompting his appeal. Earlier in the session, however, Morris Chapman, president of the Executive Committee, welcomed Kim and the BWA's general secretary, Denton Lotz, to the meeting and briefly noted that a BWA study committee formed several years ago by the Executive Committee has been reactivated.

10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge