BaptistWay Bible Series for Nov. 27: Everything is to be subjugated to God’s will

Posted: 11/15/05

BaptistWay Bible Series for Nov. 27

Everything is to be subjugated to God’s will

• Judges 17:1-6; 18:1; 19:1; 20:1-5; 21:25

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for Nov. 27: Submission to the will of God is an imperative

Posted: 11/15/05

Family Bible Series for Nov. 27

Submission to the will of God is an imperative

• Job 42:1-17

By Donald Raney

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for Nov. 27: Circumstances can’t defeat God’s purposes

Posted: 11/15/05

Explore the Bible Series for Nov. 27

Circumstances can’t defeat God’s purposes

• Romans 8:28-39

By Trey Turner

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Harris: Leaders model evangelism lifestyle

Posted: 11/15/05

Harris: Leaders model evangelism lifestyle

By Jenny Pope

AUSTIN—Congregations will reflect the lifestyles of their leaders—especially when it comes to evangelism, Pastor Jeff Harris pastor of Grace Point Baptist Church in San Antonio told participants at a seminar during the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.

“Evangelism begins and ends with you,” Harris said. “Either you embody the lifestyle or you do not. If you do not have a passion for lost people, your own people never will. That passion has to come from you, the leaders.”

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Austin church impacts community by going door-to-door

Posted: 11/15/05

Austin church impacts
community by going door-to-door

By Miranda Bradley

AUSTIN—Opportunity knocked this week for Eva Agueera, a five-year Austin resident. When she answered the door, Robert Flores stood with a Bible in hand. After a brief conversation in her apartment doorway, Agueera accepted Christ as her Savior.

Agueera’s was the first home visited by Flores, a member of the Iglesia Bautista Principe De Paz Baptist evangelism team. The team of 20 meets three times a week for training so they can make the most of their door-to-door ministry.

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

BWA honors Texas Baptists as ‘full members’

Posted: 11/15/05

BWA honors Texas Baptists as 'full members'

By Craig Bird

AUSTIN—Denton Lotz, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, presented Baptist General Convention Texas Executive Director Charles Wade with a framed membership certificate signifying the recent acceptance of the BGCT as a full member in the 100-year-old Baptist fellowship.

Lotz noted when the BWA was founded 100 years ago, “85 percent of the world’s Christians lived in Europe and the United States, but now 60 percent of Christians live in the southern hemisphere. There are 400 million believers in Africa, 550 million in Latin America and 360 million in Asia.

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Michael Bell elected first African-American BGCT president

Posted: 11/14/05

Michael Bell elected first
African-American BGCT president

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

AUSTIN — The Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) announced today at its annual conference, that it has selected Michael A. Bell as its new president.

11/14/2005 - By John Rutledge

Baylor regents unanimously elect Lilley president

Posted: 11/11/05

Baylor regents unanimously elect Lilley president

By Marv Knox & Ken Camp

Baptist Standard

WACO–Baylor University regents unanimously elected John Lilley, president of the University of Nevada at Reno, as the Texas Baptist university's 13th president on a first ballot following the unanimous recommendation of an 11-member regents presidential search committee.

11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge

Musical upbringing provided foundation for ministry

Posted: 11/11/05

Musical upbringing provided
foundation for ministry

By Leann Callaway

Special to the Baptist Standard

ABILENE–When future worship leader and Christian recording artist David Frush was a small child, his parents realized God had given him a unique gift to minister through music.

11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge

Ancient church ruins discovered near Megiddo, Israel

Posted: 11/11/05

Ancient church ruins
discovered near Megiddo, Israel

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

MEGIDDO, Israel (ABP)–The ruins of an ancient Christian church, found within the walls of an Israeli prison, may prove to be one of the earliest churches ever discovered and could change the historical understanding of the Christian church in the region.

11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge

Novelist trades vampire tales for early life of Christ

Posted: 11/11/05

Novelist trades vampire
tales for early life of Christ

By Benedicta Cipolla

Religion News Service

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (RNS)–The queen of darkness has seen the light.

11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge

Baptists respond to new Baylor president

Posted: 11/11/05

Baptists respond to new Baylor president

By Marv Knox & Ken Camp

Baptist Standard

WACO–Baylor University Regents Chair Will Davis of Austin characterized the unanimity surrounding President-elect John Lilley's selection as “remarkable.” Given the deep divisions among Baylor's various constituencies in recent years, others called the vote “miraculous.”

11/11/2005 - By John Rutledge