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  Fire-eating evangelist knows how to draw crowds_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  Fire-eating evangelist knows how to draw crowds

  By Leann Callaway

  Special to the Standard

  NASHVILLE, Tenn.–When people say Brad Goad is “on fire for the Lord,” they aren't kidding.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Evangelist Graham falls, undergoes hip replacement surgery in Florida_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  Evangelist Graham falls, undergoes
  hip replacement surgery in Florida

  JACKSONVILLE, Fla.–(ABP) Evangelist Billy Graham underwent partial hip replacement surgery last week in Jacksonville, Fla.

  While he was in Jacksonville for a routine checkup at the Mayo Clinic, he reportedly fell in his hotal room on the hospital grounds.

  When he could not get out of bed the next morning, Graham was checked into St. Luke's Hospital.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Iraqi pastor looks ahead to bright future, not back to prison_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  Iraqi pastor looks ahead to
  bright future, not back to prison

  By Sara Horn

  LifeWay Christian Resources

  BAGHDAD, Iraq (BP)–It would be hard to imagine a time Maher Abdul Mageed hasn't smiled. The Iraqi pastor lights up a room, whether it's in his church or at the hospital where he helps translate for Iraqi patients.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Pastor sees prayer as a black-and-white matter_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  Pastor sees prayer as a black-and-white matter

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  KIRBYVILLE–Prayer is as simple as black and white for Charles Burchett, pastor of First Baptist Church of Kirbyville.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Baptist Forum_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04
  

  TEXAS BAPTIST FORUM:
  Christian worldview

  When I hear someone speak of a need to return to a “Christian worldview,” I shudder. The concept sounds good but is interpreted in too many ways to be helpful to the Christian community.

  E-mail the editor at marvknox@baptiststandard.com

  Usually, it is a term loaded with political overtones, promoted by those who have little or no Baptist orientation and belief. It tends toward being a dark cloud seeded with crystals of thought from formerly state-sanctioned church movements. The problem is that although it looks good, the rain of spiritual reform never reaches the ground.

  Many of those who perpetuate this concept come from denominations that were birthed as state churches, and their desire is to create some kind of “theocracy” that unfortunately is really government by their own theology. If enacted, such a government would make the outside of man subject to some standard of conformity but do nothing for the heart of man.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Church’s ‘Moon Rock’ concert benefits foreign missions_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  Church's 'Moon Rock'
  concert benefits foreign missions

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  IRVING–A group of First Baptist Church young adults raised more than $1,000 for international missions. All they needed was a little Moon rock.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Joy multiplied with nursing home shopping network_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  The Woman's Missionary Union at First Baptist Church in Wimberly multiplied Christmas joy for nursing home residents by setting up a free “store” where residents picked out gifts again this year.

  Joy multiplied with nursing home shopping network

  By George Henson

  Staff Writer

  WIMBERLEY–The elderly woman's eyes lit up as she saw the baby doll on top of a pile of plush animals. She scooted across the room as quickly as her paddling feet could pull her wheelchair, never taking her eyes from her prize.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  On the Move_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  On the Move

  Cody Bloyd to Fellowship at Field Store in Waller as youth minister.

  Dusty Daniel has resigned as youth minister at First Church in Stanton.

  Jamie Long to Fellowship Church in Lubbock as minister to children.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Russian seminary leader seeks churches to adopt students_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  Russian seminary leader seeks churches to adopt students

  By Marv Knox

  Editor

  ABILENE–A Russian Baptist leader has come to Texas, looking to complete the formula for effective ministry in his homeland.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Samaritans want to share vision of peace with other people in Middle East_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  Samaritans want to share vision
  of peace with other people in Middle East

  By Michelle Gabriel

  Religion News Service

  WASHINGTON (RNS)–The Samaritan Israelites–a people despised in the biblical era as unclean and decimated by centuries of violent conflict but who have adopted a policy of total disarmament–want to share their peaceful vision with other countries in the Middle East by building an international peace center.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Religious community challenged to stand against international sex trade_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  Religious community challenged
  to stand against international sex trade

  By Karen Long

  Religion News Service

  CLEVELAND–Sister Clare Nolan recently stood before a packed audience at the City Club of Cleveland and asked her listeners to think about some numbers: Somewhere between 700,000 and 2 million women and girls are taken beyond their national borders and forced into prostitution each year.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Survey explores connection between students & God_11204

  Posted: 1/09/04

  Survey explores connection between students & God

  LOS ANGELES (RNS)–The proportion of college students who attend worship services drops from more than half to less than a third between freshman year and junior year, according to a study at the University of California at Los Angeles.

  The Spirituality in Higher Education survey found 52 percent of students frequently attend services before entering college, but that segment dropped to 29 percent by the third year of college. Seven in 10 students said they had attended at least one service in the past year.

  The findings are part of a survey of 3,680 students at 46 colleges and universities.

  01/09/2004 - By John Rutledge