• Medical ministry focuses on patients as people, not problems to diagnose_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  Medical ministry focuses on patients
  as people, not problems to diagnose

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  SAN ANTONIO–It may sound like a cliché, but people are not patients; patients are people. And that is the heart of medical ministry, a leader in the Baylor Health Care System insists.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Mainstream pop music Hip-hop spirituality_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  The success of Kanye West's hit single "Jesus Walks" highlights the noticeable increase of religious or spiritual lyrics in mainstream music. Here the rapper is shown headlining the Hip-Hop Summit at Ohio State University in June. (Ron Schwane Photo)

  Mainstream pop music:
  Hip-hop spirituality

  By Aymar Jean

  Religion News Service

  WASHINGTON (RNS)–Both pious and theatrical, rapper Kanye West's new video is not typical of MTV.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Baptist volunteers continue clean-up, recovery after ‘Ivan the Terrible’ hits_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  Baptist volunteers continue clean-up,
  recovery after 'Ivan the Terrible' hits

  ORANGE BEACH, Ala.– “Ivan the Terrible” is gone, but Baptist volunteers will be hard at work quite awhile cleaning up the mess he left from the Caribbean to the Alleghenies.

  The storm first made landfall in the United States Sept. 15 near Pensacola, Fla. But its lingering effects–tornadoes, straight-line wind damage and flooding from torrential rains– spread destruction along the East Coast as far north as West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

  It also caused significant damage on several Caribbean islands, such as Jamaica, Grenada and the Bahamas.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Author Jenkins sees Texas as laboratory for global Christianity_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  Author Jenkins sees Texas as
  laboratory for global Christianity

  By Alison Wingfield

  CBF Communications

  DALLAS–How Texas handles its ethnic diversity and recognizes the opportunities for missions in the next 20 to 30 years can be a model for the United States as a whole, says author Philip Jenkins.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  BWA president says Korean Christians praying for United States election_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  BWA president says Korean Christians
  praying for United States election

  By Marv Knox

  Editor

  DALLAS–Christians in Korea are praying for the United States presidential election, Baptist World Alliance President Billy Kim told a banquet audience at Dallas Baptist University.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Baptist Forum_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  TEXAS BAPTIST FORUM
  Alabama gratitude

  On behalf of all Alabama Baptists, I want to thank your Disaster Relief team for helping us during this time of cleanup and community support following Hurricane Ivan. “Ivan the Terrible” is the worst weather-related event in my lifetime as an Alabamian.

  E-mail the editor at –Marv Knox E-mail the editor at marvknox@baptiststandard.com

  Food service, chain-saw work and other cleanup, as well as witnessing and counseling, have all been a vital part of the ministry of your people.

  I tried to thank every one of them, but I didn't get to see them all. Would you do it for me, please?

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  New PBS documentary examines Lewis, Freud and their views about God_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  New PBS documentary examines Lewis,
  Freud and their views about God

  By Ted Parks

  Associated Baptist Press

  BOSTON (ABP)–The British Christian and the Austrian atheist both were shaken by war and personal tragedy that left them clinging to the bitter end to their acceptance–or rejection–of the divine.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

• LifeWay trustees adopt 2005 budget; vote to revitalize Glorieta, Ridgecrest_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  LifeWay trustees adopt 2005 budget;
  vote to revitalize Glorieta, Ridgecrest

  By Chris Turner

  LifeWay Christian Resources

  RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)–LifeWay Christian Resources trustees adopted a $446 million operating budget for 2005 and approved a significant investment in the company's conference centers to fast-track their revitalization efforts.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Louisiana evangelical vote played key role in passing prohibition on same-sex marriages_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  Louisiana evangelical vote played key role
  in passing prohibition on same-sex marriages

  By Bruce Nolan

  Religion News Service

  WASHINGTON (RNS)–Analysis of Louisiana's statewide vote to ban same-sex marriage shows that areas with a large number of evangelical Christians played a key role.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  On the Move_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  On the Move

  Leighton Allen to Henderson Street Church in Cleburne as interim minister to students.

  Casy Blanton to Parkside Church in Denison as interim youth minister.

  James and Becca Cain to Northside Church in Highlands as youth directors.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Paris church knows broadcasting high school football is ministry in Texas_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  Paris church knows broadcasting high
  school football is ministry in Texas

  By George Henson

  Staff Writer

  PARIS–Cable television viewers in Paris know the call-letters “FBC-TV” stand for First Baptist Church. But each fall, they represent the Football Channel.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge

• House vote would strip courts’ ability to rule on pledge_100404

  Posted: 10/01/04

  House vote would strip courts' ability to rule on pledge

  By Robert Marus

  ABP Washington Bureau

  WASHINGTON (ABP)–The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would strip the Supreme Court and all other federal courts of the ability to decide cases involving the Pledge of Allegiance.

  10/01/2004 - By John Rutledge