• Southeastern Seminary audit yields suggested procedural improvements_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Southeastern Seminary audit yields
  suggested procedural improvements

  By Steve DeVane

  North Carolina Biblical Recorder

  WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP)– After an unusual gift of a car to a former president's personal aide caused a stir on the campus of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, auditors made “a number of constructive suggestions for improvements” to financial procedures at the Wake Forest, N.C., school.

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Southwestern Seminary proceeds with plans to launch college; names new vice president_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Southwestern Seminary proceeds with plans
  to launch college; names new vice president

  By Brent Thompson

  Southwestern Seminary

  FORT WORTH (BP)–Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees continued making plans to move forward on an undergraduate college during their October meeting.

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Students involved in religious life report better emotional health, research shows_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Students involved in religious life report
  better emotional health, research shows

  By Adelle Banks

  Religion News Service

  WASHINGTON (RNS)–College students with significant religious involvement report better emotional health than those with no involvement, new research from the Higher Education Research Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles shows.

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Baptist Men work with Brazil’s leaders to form faith-based disaster relief network_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Texas Baptist Men work with Brazil's leaders
  to form faith-based disaster relief network

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  Texas Baptist Men recently began laying the foundation for a faith-based disaster relief network across Brazil that could strengthen the work of Christians there while saving the government millions of dollars.

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Some churches use lengthy pastor search as chance to rediscover identity, purpose_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Some churches use lengthy pastor search
  as chance to rediscover identity, purpose

  By Ken Camp

  Managing Editor

  Texas Baptist churches in growing numbers seem to believe good things come to those who wait–particularly when it comes to finding a pastor.

  By the numbers Total BGCT congregations: 5,696 Pastorless congregations: 744 Anglo: 465 Hispanic: 205 African-American: 42 Other: 32 Source: BGCT Research Information Services

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Three teens out of 10 took part in missions, ministry_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Three teens out of 10 took part in missions, ministry

  By Jonah King

  Religion News Service

  WASHINGTON (RNS)–About three U.S. teenagers in 10 have gone on at least one religious mission trip or participated in a religious service project, a new study says.

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Texas Tidbits_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Texas Tidbits

  Wayland trustees OK funds transfer. Wayland Baptist University trustees have approved a recommendation to use surplus funds toward a student activity center planned for the Plainview campus. The board's finance committee recommended that $1 million be moved from a surplus operating fund at the Baptist Foundation of Texas into an account of funds already raised toward the Laney Activities Center. The project will be completed in two phases, with the first involving a double gymnasium, indoor running track, weights and aerobics area, classrooms and student lounge. Total projected cost for that phase is $5.6 million. To date, gifts and pledges for the activity center total around $2.3 million, and the university hopes to be able to approach foundations and other donors to help secure the remainder needed to fund the center.

  UMHB hosts forum. David Beasley, former governor of South Carolina, will be the keynote speaker at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor College of Business economic development forum, noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 17. Beasley will speak on the post-election United States economy and about global trade and its impact on Texas.

  DBU Patriot Weekend offers preview. Dallas Baptist University will offer prospective students a college preview during Patriot Weekend, Nov. 12-13. The two-day preview is designed to provide high school juniors and seniors and their parents information on financial aid options, the admissions process and campus life. Students will have the opportunity to interview for Christian leadership scholarships while parents meet DBU administrators. The weekend concludes with a concert by DBU's student ministry team, Glowing Heart. The cost for students is $25, which includes lodging and meals, as well as meals for their parents. For more information, call (214) 333-5360, or e-mail admiss@dbu.edu. Students who are unable to attend the weekend in November may register for the next Patriot Weekend, Feb. 11-12.

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  TOGETHER: Urge lawmakers to do what is good_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  TOGETHER:
  Urge lawmakers to do what is good

  Is it important that Texas Baptists work together? Well, judge for yourself.

  Texas is growing rapidly. By 2010, 9 million Hispanics will live here. This is 23 percent more than now. The non-Hispanic population will increase by 5 percent, or 676,000, so that in six years, there will be approximately 24.5 million people in Texas.

  That is why starting new churches, with an emphasis on starting Hispanic churches, must remain a high priority for the Baptist General Convention of Texas. In 1994, there were 801 Hispanic congregations; now there are 1,131, a 41 percent increase. That must continue. We have emphasized working with Hispanic congregations to start churches, and more than 100 Hispanic churches have or are sponsoring new congregations.

  CHARLES WADE Executive Director BGCT Executive Board

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptists bring brighter smiles to children’s faces_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Baptists bring brighter smiles to children's faces

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  Texas Baptists are looking for more than a few clean teeth.

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Personal morality beats social justice at the polls_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Personal morality beats social justice at the polls

  By Kevin Eckstrom & Michele Melendez

  Religion News Service

  WASHINGTON (RNS)–Forget Iraq. Forget terrorism. Forget the economy. The biggest factor shaping Americans' votes on Nov. 2 was the mother of all sleeper issues–“moral values.”

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Wayland marks 20 years of making a mark in San Antonio_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Wayland marks 20 years of making a mark in San Antonio

  By Teresa Young

  Wayland Baptist University

  SAN ANTONIO–When Jim Antenen became dean of Wayland Baptist University's San Antonio campus two years ago, he discovered it already was a thriving school, settled into a new 33,000-square-foot facility on Interstate 35 with enrollment figures rising each term. He thought things couldn't get any better.

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Low-income mentally ill people find hope at the Well_110804

  Posted: 11/05/04

  Low-income mentally ill people find hope at the Well

  By George Henson

  Staff Writer

  DALLAS–Joel Pulis ministers to a previously unreached people group–lower-income people with mental illness.

  11/05/2004 - By John Rutledge