2005 Archives
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Skater evangelism blends boards & Bibles to reach teens
Posted: 10/28/05
A Christian skateboarder prepares to perform a stunt at a "festival" in St. Paul, Minn., sponsored by the Oregon-based Luis Palau Evangelistic Association. (Photos courtesy of Luis Palau Evangelistic Association) Skater evangelism blends
boards & Bibles to reach teensBy Helena Andrews
Religion News Service
PORTLAND, Ore. (RNS)–Tattoos, piercings, skateboards–and Jesus? That combination may have seemed heretical a decade ago, but now mainstream churches have flipped a “one-eighty,” using skateboarders to bring teens into the fold.
10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 10/28/05
The Oaks Church in McKinney held a commissioning service for Melva Whitlock as a Mission Service Corps volunteer. She has been assigned by the North American Mission Board to serve through the Baptist General Convention of Texas as mentor coordinator for the McKinney Christian Women's Job Corps. Pictured are Pastor Danny Buster, Whitlock, and Gail and Duane Bechtold, MSC/Lifecall Advocates. Around the State
Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art is hosting two biblical art exhibitions. Talmud and the Art of Ben-Zion and Marc Chagall will run through Nov. 16 and showcase the works of two of the most important Jewish artists of the 20th century. Collector's Items: Biblical Art and Private Devotion will run through Dec. 3. Prints of biblical narratives dating from 1510 through 2000 are featured include the works of Durer and Rembrandt. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call (254) 710-1867. The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will hold homecoming festivities Nov. 4-5. The events begin with homecoming chapel on Friday morning, when the Alumni Association will present the Distinguished Alumni Award and Honorary Alumni Award. The Heritage Club, graduates of 50 years or more, also will be honored. That evening will feature class reunion dinners, Friday Night Live, a pep rally and a dessert party. Saturday events include a golf tournament, campus tours and a tailgate party. Reservations for the barbecue lunch of the tailgate party must be made at (254) 295-4599. Green Acres Church in Tyler has been named one of America's safest churches by GuideOne Insurance due to the church's risk-management efforts. 10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Brooks retires after 27 years with BGCT
Posted: 10/28/05
BGCT Executive Director Charles Wade presents a plaque to E.B. Brooks, retiring coordinator of church missions and evangelism, at a recent BGCT Executive Board meeting. (Photo by John Hall) Brooks retires after 27 years with BGCT
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
DALLAS–E.B. Brooks, who led the Baptist General Convention of Texas' church missions and evangelism efforts, has retired after 27 years of ministry with the state convention.
10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Saintly Chinese foster families care for special-needs children
Posted: 10/28/05
Buckner President Ken Hall visits with Zuo Yan Qing, director of the orphanage in Urumqi, China, and interpreter Peng Jie. Zuo's orphanage has placed 260 children in foster homes. (Photos by Scott Collins) Saintly Chinese foster families
care for special-needs childrenBy Marv Knox
Editor
URUMQI, China–“What do you think?” someone asked as a group of Buckner Orphan Care International volunteers filed out of a foster-care family's apartment building.
10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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‘Orphan Souls’ means more than shoes
Posted: 10/28/05
Children in Chinese orphanages in Beijing, Changji, Shihezi, Tianjin and Urumqi benefit from Buckner Orphan Care International ministries. (Photo by Scott Collins) 'Orphan Souls' means more than shoes
By Marv Knox
Editor
BEIJING, China–Shoes for Orphan Souls is about more than just shoes.
10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
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DBU students spend fall break ministering in Mississippi
Posted: 10/28/05
Students (l-r) Cody Caudill, Megan Chadwick, Kati Kavanagh and Shohei Kishida help rebuild the interior of a Cedar Lake Assembly Church in Biloxi, Miss. DBU students spend fall break
ministering in MississippiGULFPORT, Miss.–More than two dozen Dallas Baptist University students devoted their fall break to helping Mississippi residents recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
“Our students, along with the entire nation, watched in disbelief at the destruction caused by the storm,” explained Jay Harley, DBU director of spiritual life.
“They wanted somehow to respond and to reach out to those who needed help.”
Dallas Baptist University students and staff pose outside a home in Gulfport, Miss. 10/28/2005 - By John Rutledge
Baylor University's Martin Museum of Art is hosting two biblical art exhibitions. Talmud and the Art of Ben-Zion and Marc Chagall will run through Nov. 16 and showcase the works of two of the most important Jewish artists of the 20th century. Collector's Items: Biblical Art and Private Devotion will run through Dec. 3. Prints of biblical narratives dating from 1510 through 2000 are featured include the works of Durer and Rembrandt. The museum is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday noon to 5 p.m. For more information, call (254) 710-1867. 
The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will hold homecoming festivities Nov. 4-5. The events begin with homecoming chapel on Friday morning, when the Alumni Association will present the Distinguished Alumni Award and Honorary Alumni Award. The Heritage Club, graduates of 50 years or more, also will be honored. That evening will feature class reunion dinners, Friday Night Live, a pep rally and a dessert party. Saturday events include a golf tournament, campus tours and a tailgate party. Reservations for the barbecue lunch of the tailgate party must be made at (254) 295-4599. 
