2005 Archives
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Texas Baptists care for Hurricane Emily’s victims
Posted: 8/05/05
Texas Baptists care for
Hurricane Emily's victimsSAN FERNANDO, Mexico–Buckner Children and Family Services joined Texas Baptist Men and the Baptist General Convention of Texas River Ministry to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Emily recently in northern Mexico.
Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers served more than 45,000 meals, a River Ministry health care team cared for more than 100 patients and distributed rice and beans and Buckner Border Ministries provided shoes, clothes, hygiene kits and food for 5,000 people.
Residents of a northern Mexican village stand in what remains of their home after Hurricane Emily swept through the region. Although Buckner is not a disaster relief organization, the organization received a desperate call from Barbara Gutierrez of the Mexican Consulate in Brownsville.
08/05/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits
Posted: 8/05/05
Texas Tidbits
Noted missiologist Guy dead at 88. Cal Guy, longtime missions professor at Southwestern Seminary and one of Southern Baptists' most influential and innovative missiologists, died July 25 at age 88. From 1946 until his retirement in 1982, Guy served as a professor at Southwestern Seminary, and he was serving as chairman of the school's missions department when he retired. Long after his retirement, Guy continued teaching and preaching. He continued to teach part-time at Southwestern, but also served stints at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., and at Criswell College in Dallas. As recently as 2004, he organized and led a conference for Baptist pastors in Bangladesh. He was part-time pastor of Retta Baptist Church near Fort Worth from 1951 to 1969. He still was a member of that church at the time of his death. A native of Jackson, Tenn., Guy received his undergraduate degree at Union University and master's and doctoral degrees from Southwestern. He was preceded in death in 1994 by his wife, the former Terrye Maddox. He is survived by two children, two siblings and several nieces and nephews.
Truett taps Gregory to teach. Pulpiteer Joel Gregory has been appointed professor of homiletics at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary. Gregory, 57, is a former president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Former pastor of Gambrell Street and Travis Avenue Baptist churches in Fort Worth, he was tapped to succeed the legendary W.A. Criswell as pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas. However, Gregory soon resigned from his pulpit, succumbing to pressures he later described in a memoir about the experience, Too Great a Temptation. Since leaving the pastorate, Gregory has held several positions, including publisher of Chile Pepper magazine and traveling preacher. Gregory is a member of Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth. He has two grown sons.
Amarillo business leader endows Hardin-Simmons scholarship. Dean Christy of Amarillo has endowed a scholarship to benefit students in the Kelley College of Business at Hardin-Simmons University. Christy, who earned three degrees at Hardin-Simmons, was a vice president at Western National Life Insurance Company and is the founder of a holding company that manages personal real estate assets and investments. He is a member of Coulter Road Baptist Church in Amarillo.
08/05/2005 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: BWA celebration exceeds expectations
Posted: 8/05/05
TOGETHER:
BWA celebration exceeds expectationsBaptist World Alliance President Billy Kim, a Korean pastor, called the vast audience from around the world to worship. And worship we did. The theme of the BWA's centennial celebration in England was “Jesus Christ Living Water.”
Jesus said of himself, “I am living water” (John 4:14). He is necessary. He nourishes, calms, cleanses, produces a good harvest, and provides sustaining power and energy for the life of the soul. We find our home in him.
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
As people of the whole earth streamed into the arena, we joined in singing “All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name.” I thought, “How rich the blessing to know the mission work Christians have done through the years really does make a clear and life-changing difference.”
08/05/2005 - By John Rutledge
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