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  Historical Society explores how associations handle conflict_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  Van Christian of Comanche (right), newly elected president of the Texas Baptist Historical Society, joins Executive Committee member Stephen Warren of Kyle (left) and Secretary-Treasurer Alan Lefever of the BGCT Historical Collection in Dallas. Not pictured are Ellen Brown of Waco, vice-president; and Emily Row of San Angelo, Executive Committee member. (Nan Dickson Photo)

  Historical Society explores how associations handle conflict

  By Ken Camp

  Managing Editor

  SAN ANTONIO–Texas Baptist associations long have wrestled with how to balance principles of independence and interdependence when doctrinal diversity has sparked controversy, a veteran director of missions told the Texas Baptist Historical Society.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Inaugural intercultural banquet stresses unity_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  Inaugural intercultural banquet stresses unity

  SAN ANTONIO–The Baptist General Convention of Texas' first Intercultural Banquet stressed unity in Christ and strong support for the BGCT Cooperative Program budget.

  About 90 people attended the dinner during the BGCT annual session in San Antonio.

  The event featured presentation of 28 certificates of appreciation by Glenn Majors, the BGCT's director of Cooperative Program services.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Jeremiah offers lessons for ministers, ETBU professor tells BGCT workshop_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  Jeremiah offers lessons for ministers,
  ETBU professor tells BGCT workshop

  SAN ANTONIO–An Old Testament prophet offers insights for ministers who face serious challenges, an East Texas Baptist University teacher said at a workshop on Jeremiah during the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  Jeph Holloway, associate professor of theology and ethics at ETBU, said, “Jeremiah's challenge to the religious and political establishment meant that all those who wielded power in Jerusalem saw the prophet as a threat to be nullified.”

  The prophet searched the streets of Jerusalem in vain to find one person who was doing justice, but instead he found a dysfunctional society in which the wealthy lived by deceit and enjoyed their advantage at the expense of the vulnerable.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Vision, empowerment crucial building blocks for healthy churches, Ballinger pastor says_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  Vision, empowerment crucial building blocks
  for healthy churches, Ballinger pastor says

  By Miranda Bradley

  For Texas Baptist Communications

  SAN ANTONIO–Vision and empowerment provide the building blocks for active, healthy churches, Bobby Broyles told participants in a lay-leadership workshop held during the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Baptists elect first Hispanic president_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  Texas Baptists elect first Hispanic president

  By Ken Camp

  Managing Editor

  SAN ANTONIO–Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas elected their first non-Anglo president, and they gave initial approval to a streamlined governance plan as the first major step toward what likely will be the convention's most sweeping organizational reorganization in 45 years.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Ministry awards go to church planter, pastor & social workerMinistry awards go to church planter

  Posted: 11/12/04

  Ministry awards go to church planter, pastor & social worker

  By Ken Camp

  Managing Editor

  SAN ANTONIO–The “trail boss of the Cowboy church movement,” a veteran Texas Panhandle pastor and a Christian social ministries leader received Texas Baptist Ministry Awards at a dinner held in conjunction with the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual session.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

• God used headline to call minister to invest his life in Minnesota-Wisconsin_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  God used headline to call minister to
  invest his life in Minnesota-Wisconsin

  By Miranda Bradley

  For Texas Baptist Communications

  SAN ANTONIO–Bill Williamson had a feeling he was going to be part of something big when he picked up the Baptist Standard in 1956 and read a headline announcing a new Texas partnership with Baptists in Minnesota-Wisconsin.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Baptists pray for ‘longer arms’ to embrace a world that needs Christ_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  The Singing Men & Women of Texas lead in worship prior to a missions rally at the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  Texas Baptists pray for 'longer arms'
  to embrace a world that needs Christ

  By Craig Bird

  For Texas Baptist Communications

  SAN ANTONIO–A whirlwind of God-does-it-again stories, vivid documentation of the darkest spiritual and physical needs within reaching distance of Texans, straight-talking Scriptures that reveal God's redemptive heart, heart-felt music about grace and salvation–and even a finishing flourish of confetti–boiled down to a five-word prayer.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Baptist Missions Foundation honors three laypersons_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  Texas Baptist Missions Foundation honors three laypersons

  By Felicia Fuller

  For Texas Baptist Communications

  SAN ANTONIO–Three Texas Baptists whose ministries focus on the health and well-being of children and families were recognized by the Texas Baptist Missions Foundation.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

• BGCT must bridge cultural divide, ethicist says_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  BGCT must bridge cultural divide, ethicist says

  By Felicia Fuller

  For Texas Baptist Communications

  SAN ANTONIO–Given the growth of America's black and brown populations, the Baptist establishment must bridge the cultural divide to reflect the body of Christ, Bill Tillman insisted.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  BGCT elects top officers reflecting the convention’s growing ethnic diversity_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  BGCT elects top officers reflecting
  the convention's growing ethnic diversity

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  SAN ANTONIO–Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas elected officers representative of the state's–and the convention's–ethnic diversity.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge

• BGCT messengers affirm marriage as union between a man and a woman_111504

  Posted: 11/12/04

  BGCT messengers affirm marriage
  as union between a man and a woman

  By Miranda Bradley

  For Texas Baptist Communications

  SAN ANTONIO–The Baptist General Convention of Texas overwhelmingly affirmed marriage as a union between a man and a woman, but not without verbal protest from a couple of messengers.

  11/12/2004 - By John Rutledge