Baptist Briefs_90604
Posted: 9/03/04
Baptist Briefs
ASCAP recognizes seminary professors. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professors Michael Cox and Mac Davis have been recognized by the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers for their contributions to the growth and development of music in America. Cox has been professor of music theory and composition in the seminary's School of Church Music since 1990. He is a member of the College Music Society and the American Choral Directors' Association Conductors Guild. This is the 11th time Cox has been selected for the ASCAP Award. Davis has been with Southwestern since 1979. Currently, he is professor of music theory and composition and chair of the School of Church Music's department of music and composition. This is his second ASCAP award. ASCAP awards are granted by an independent panel comprised of music critics, journalists, music professionals and educators. The awards are based upon the prestige value of each candidate's catalog of original compositions as well as recent performances.
Former IMB journalist joins N.C. staff. Mike Creswell, a 24-year veteran of the International Mission Board, will join the staff of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina to become senior consultant for Cooperative Program missions giving. He will promote the convention's four giving plans, which include the traditional Cooperative Program contributions associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, as well as options for supporting other Baptist entities and mission causes. The new position was approved two years ago, but Creswell is the first person hired to fill the position. He worked in the public relations department of the South Carolina Baptist Convention from 1974 to 1980, then joined the IMB as associate editor of The Commission magazine from 1980 to 1988. Since then, he has worked with the IMB as an overseas correspondent and communications consultant, reporting on mission work in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. Creswell and his wife, Christie, lived in Belgium 10 years, and have been in England the past five years. They have two grown daughters, Kelli and Tara.
Carson-Newman student killed. An international student at Carson-Newman College–a Baptist school in Jefferson City, Tenn.–died Aug. 23 from injuries she received in an attack on a street in Senegal. Ten days earlier, Du-Jae Lee was in Senegal helping a friend hail a cab on a nearly deserted street when a man grabbed her from the rear seat of a passing Mercedes sedan. She was dragged down the street until the attackers decided just to steal her purse. As she was pushed away from the vehicle, she hit her head on the pavement and suffered massive trauma. She underwent surgery Aug. 15 but later died from her injuries. Lee was born in Bonn, Germany, had South Korean citizenship, and considered Dakar, Senegal, where her parents are Presbyterian missionaries, as her home.
09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge
