chaplaincy_82704

Posted: 8/27/04

BGCT chaplaincy tops 200

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

DALLAS—The Baptist General Convention of Texas has endorsed more than 200 chaplains, and most are first-time endorsements.

08/27/2004 - By John Rutledge

boulder_82704

Posted: 8/27/04

Road was sometimes rocky, but still led to mountains

By Sarah Farris

BGCT Summer Intern

BOULDER, Colo.—Life had taken a wrong turn. A minister with a passion for unreached people was called to work in Waco with Baylor students, and a Rocky Mountain girl who wanted to attend Colorado University ended up at Baylor University.

08/27/2004 - By John Rutledge

hospvisitation_82704

Posted: 8/27/04

Keep patient in mind during hospital visits, chaplains urge

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

BELTON—Keeping people's needs at the forefront of ministry can make hospital visits more comfortable for patients and ministers, two veteran Texas Baptist chaplains insist.

08/27/2004 - By John Rutledge

TOGETHER: Yearn for the sea, vault for the gold_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

TOGETHER: Yearn for the sea, vault for the gold

Paul Hamm pressed on, refusing to let an embarrassing fall mark the way he would remember the 2004 Olympics.

In the fourth of six events which make up the men's all-around gymnastics championship, Hamm vaulted. When he landed on his seat rather than his feet, the air seemed to go out of the hopes the Americans had for their first gold medal in that event. All his hard work and dreams suddenly evaporated. The announcer warned no one could get an Olympic gold after such a glaring fault.

The Apostle Paul wrote to the church in the Greek town of Philippi: “I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, … one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:12-14).

08/23/2004 - By John Rutledge

Summer camp means missions service for DBU Pacesetters_82304

Posted: 7/30/04

Summer camp means missions
service for DBU Pacesetters

By Kristi Brooks

Dallas Baptist University

DALLAS—For more than 100 high school students, summer camp meant more than fun and games as they stocked a food pantry, loaded a truck with shoes for orphans and even painted a public restroom in a city park.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Post-Enron age could be era of ethics, values in business_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Post-Enron age could be era of ethics, values in business

By Todd Svanoe

Associated Baptist Press

CHASKA, Minn. (ABP)–As a parade of former Enron executives defend themselves before a federal grand jury, a new era is emerging in American business, according to business leaders and consultants.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

In spite of SBC withdrawal, Baptist leaders in U.S. pledge BWA support_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

In spite of SBC withdrawal, Baptist
leaders in U.S. pledge BWA support

By Trennis Henderson

Kentucky Western Recorder

SEOUL, South Korea (ABP)–While the Southern Baptist Convention has voted to cut ties to the Baptist World Alliance effective Oct. 1, many Baptist leaders in the United States have pledged to continue to support BWA.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

BWA must continue to defend human rights, stand for freedom and justice, leaders insist_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

BWA must continue to defend human rights,
stand for freedom and justice, leaders insist

By Wendy Ryan

Baptist World Alliance

SEOUL, South Korea (ABP)–The Baptist World Alliance must continue in its role as defender of human rights, religious freedom and the separation of church and state around the world, BWA Executive Director Denton Lotz insisted.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Chosengirls ministry teaches teens the merits of modesty_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Chosengirls ministry teaches teens the merits of modesty

By Sarah Farris

BGCT Summer Intern

KELLER–Society may say to young women, “If you've got it, flaunt it.” But directors of the Chosengirls ministry work to reverse that message by creating a culture of modesty among Hispanic girls.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Democratic liaison to religious leaders resigns after drawing fire from Right_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Democratic liaison to religious leaders
resigns after drawing fire from Right

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)–The Democratic Party's first-ever liaison to religious leaders resigned only two weeks after she started, under fire from a conservative Catholic group for her opposition to the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Small church builds big sanctuary to house its pipe organ_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Small church builds big sanctuary to house its pipe organ

By Jo Gray

Special to the Baptist Standard

FORESTBURG–When First Baptist Church of Forestburg decided to expand its building, members weren't just anticipating growth when they constructed a three-story, 6,700-square-foot sanctuary.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Speaker offers parents peacemaking tools, principles for communicating with teenagers_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Speaker offers parents peacemaking tools,

principles for communicating with teenagers

By Sarah Farris

BGCT Summer Intern

KELLER–If teenagers cannot or will not hear their parents, they probably will ignore God when he calls them, a Dallas-area youth minister and evangelism consultant said.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge