2005 Archives
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TOGETHER: Baptists ‘show up’ to help evacuees
Posted: 9/16/05
TOGETHER:
Baptists 'show up' to help evacueesUnexpected crises bring out the hero in some people and fearful failure in others. What is really in you becomes apparent in the storms of life. And you never know in advance how you will respond. When you have to move in a hurry, you can only take what you have already packed.
Some people pray and serve. Others prey and intimidate. Some people speak a prophetic word, and others seek unjustified profit. Some people blame and flee their responsibility. Others bless by their steady presence.
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
I am so proud of our Texas Baptist response to the Katrina hurricane. Texas Baptist Men has served in 21 locations using 30 units in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. More than 500,000 meals already have been prepared and served by these courageous servants. I spoke with a group of volunteer Baptists from Marble Falls who showed up to help Bill Gresso and his TBM crew in San Antonio. They said: “Don't thank us. This is a privilege. We are just glad there was a place we could serve.” You really can't make a sacrifice for God, can you? Every gift we bring, he turns to our blessing as well.
09/16/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist organizations team up to help hurricane victims
Posted: 9/13/05
Texas Baptist organizations
team up to help hurricane victimsThe list below of organizations providing relief and shelter for victims of Hurricane Katrina will be continually updated.
Go To: Statewide | North Texas Area | Dallas Area | Fort Worth | Houston Area | Golden Triangle Area | Waco Area | Coastal Plains Area | San Antonio, Valley Area |
SBC Survivor Information Database–The Southern Baptist Convention is offering a free online service at www.sbc.net to aid those displaced by Hurricane Katrina to reconnect with their family and friends.
Florida position open for youth minister displaced by hurricane:
Dane Blankenship, senior pastor at First Baptist Church, Cape Coral, Fla., says his church is in need of a youth minister and would like to offer the position to a person/family directly affected by the hurricane. "We have immediate housing available for this family and would be able to pay a competitive salary as well."
Write Blankeship at pastor@firstbaptistcapecoral.com
Baptist General Convention of Texas
Financial contributions to the BGCT, designated "Katrina relief," benefit both the disaster relief ministries of Texas Baptist Men and other Texas Baptist ministries to victims of the hurricane.
09/13/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Cyber Column by Brett Younger: Learning trust from tragedy
Posted: 9/13/05
CYBER COLUMN:
Learning trust from tragedyBy Brett Younger
When we began seeing the first horrific images from Hurricane Katrina, I thought about Max. On a mission trip to New Orleans in 1997, my job was leading a daily Bible study for 15 homeless men with drug or alcohol addictions. Ex-convicts, victims of abuse, and only a few high school graduates made it a Saturday night crowd rather than one of the Sunday morning crews with whom I usually share Bible study. On the first day, while discussing the parable of the Good Samaritan, I said something like: “It’s hard to know what to teach my children about strangers. I don’t want them to trust everyone, but if I teach them to be afraid, I may also be teaching them to hate.”
Brett Younger Max reacted angrily, shouting: “You don’t know what it’s like in my world. I was 8 years old the first time I saw a man murdered. I’ve lost count of how many murders I’ve seen since then. I have an 11-year-old daughter. I’m going to teach her to fear everyone. If hating them keeps her alive, then I hope she hates them.”
09/13/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Baptism goes on, even after total immersion of church
Posted: 9/09/05
Baptist disaster-relief volunteers from Mississippi, Virginia and other states gather for prayer at First Baptist Church in Biloxi, Miss., soon after dawn Sept. 5, readying for another day preparing meals for victims of hurricane Katrina. (ABP photo by Stretch Ledford)
Baptism goes on, even after
'total immersion' of churchBy Dee Ann Campbell
Associated Baptist Press
GULFPORT, Miss. (ABP)—When Tom MacIntosh baptized his two oldest daughters, it was in the war-torn islands of the Philippines, with destruction and chaos all around. He had hoped the baptisms of his youngest two children would be under more tranquil circumstances.
09/09/2005 - By John Rutledge
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