• Book looks at variety of structure for church government_100404

  Posted: 9/24/04

  Book looks at variety of structure for church government

  By David Roach
  

  Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
  

  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)—What is the most biblical way to structure church government?

  09/24/2004 - By John Rutledge

• First Church, Denton, meeting challenges of fast-growing county_100404

  Posted: 9/24/04

  First Church, Denton, meeting
  challenges of fast-growing county

  By Karen Willoughby
  

  Baptist Press
  

  DENTON (BP)—First Baptist Church in Denton has a brand-new purpose statement: “To love and serve the Lord so we can reach and influence our community and the world for Christ.”

  09/24/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Family Care helps teens, adults wrestle with their problems_100404

  Posted: 9/24/04

  Family Care helps teens, adults
  wrestle with their problems

  By Miranda Bradley
  

  Texas Baptist Children’s Home & Family Services
  

  ROUND ROCK—Every Monday night, First Baptist Church of Round Rock becomes a battleground where adults and teenagers meet to wrestle with problems that torment them. And workers with Texas Baptist Children’s Home Family Care program stand willing to help them fight the good fight.

  09/24/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Church sees its wellness ministry as modeling life of Christ_100404

  Posted: 9/24/04

  Church sees its wellness ministry as modeling life of Christ

  By Greg Garrison
  

  Religion News Service
  

  HOMEWOOD, Ala.—When people visit Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, they often go to run, lift weights and work out their bodies, as well as their worship and prayer lives. They also come to find out if they have cancer, diabetes or high blood pressure.

  09/24/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Health care needs in Texas demand innovative response, ministry leaders say_100404

  Posted: 9/24/04

  Health care needs in Texas demand
  innovative response, ministry leaders say

  By John Hall
  

  Texas Baptist Communications
  

  SAN ANTONIO—Medical needs in Texas are vast, as 8 million uninsured residents struggle to receive adequate and timely healthcare, health ministry leaders maintain.

  09/24/2004 - By John Rutledge

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

  Posted: 9/24/04

  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.

  09/24/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Lifeway trustees approve funds to revitalize Glorieta, Ridgecrest_100404

  Posted: 9/24/04

  Lifeway trustees approve funds
  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.

  09/24/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Paris church knows broadcasting high school football is ministry in Texas_100404

  Posted: 9/24/04

  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 Foot Ball Channel.

  09/24/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Cybercolumn by Jeanie Miley: Growing Edges_100404

  Posted: 9/24/04

  CYBERCOLUMN: Growing edges

  By Jeanie Miley
  

  Leaving the hospital after a two-day wait, I drove home through the dark, quiet streets of the city, streets that would be bustling in just a few hours with tens of thousands of patients and the people who care about them—health care professionals and support staff who keep the Texas Medical Center running.
  

  I had just left my own daughter in the care of people I have never seen before and her newborn daughter under the watchful eye of her ecstatic father, whose first words about her were, “She’s so beautiful!”

  09/24/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Cybercolumn by John Duncan: Lighthouses and the Light_92004

  Posted: 9/20/04

  CYBERCOLUMN: Lighthouses and the Light

  By John Duncan
  

  I am sitting under the old oak tree, thinking of lighthouses and the Light and my friend Mike.
  

  Lighthouses dot the landscape on the eastern coast of the United Sates. Imagine a lighthouse creating a fixed point for the captain of a ship to navigate toward safe harbor. Imagine a storm tossing the ship like a bottle floating on the ocean’s surface. Imagine the light penetrating the darkness, shining like a star against the black night sky.

  John Duncan

  09/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

• TBM continues serving in wake of Ivan; Grenada requests assistance_92004

  Posted: 9/20/04

  TBM continues serving in wake
  of Ivan; Grenada requests assistance

  By John Hall
  

  Texas Baptist Communications
  

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief work in the wake of repeated hurricanes that blew through the Caribbean Sea and across Florida has expanded to include an additional unit, more personnel and another country.

  09/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Outreach has nothing to do with canned meat or unwanted e-mail_92004

  Posted: 9/17/04

  Outreach has nothing to do with
  canned meat or unwanted e-mail

  By George Henson

  Staff Writer

  HOUSTON–Twenty-seven people committed their lives to Christ. Sounds like a good reason for another SPAMARAMA next year, organizers say.

  09/17/2004 - By John Rutledge