2005 Archives
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A family-friendly R-rated movie? Companies scrub flicks_62705
Posted: 6/24/05
A family-friendly R-rated movie?
Companies scrub flicksBy Michael Foust
Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–It's an embarrassing moment millions of parents have experienced–enjoying a movie at home with their family when a seemingly harmless film turns offensive.
06/24/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Northeast Texas church’s field of flags honors fallen veterans_62705
Posted: 6/24/05
Van Patton, pastor of Hilltop Baptist Church in Mount Vernon, sits in quiet reflection in the church's prayer garden.Photo by Shirley GibbsIn quiet dignity and pride, many with tear-filled eyes, war veterans stood to honor their fallen comrades. Northeast Texas church's field
of flags honors fallen veteransBy Shirley Gibbs
Special to the Baptist Standard
MOUNT VERNON–Two weeks after a communitywide Memorial Day service, almost 2,000 American flags still fluttered near the prayer garden at Hilltop Baptist Church in Mount Vernon and attracted visitors who wanted to pay their respects.
06/24/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum_62705
Posted: 6/24/05
Texas Baptist Forum
Put down pen & pray
What in the world is wrong with today's Christians? How have we gone so far as to lose so much focus?
I have been reading this paper for several years, and as a pastor, I have to say that the most heart-wrenching part of it is Texas Baptist Forum. In a recent issue, I read letters involving everything from the Emmaus Walk to worship styles to the tsunami. After reading all that, I have a response for everyone who writes in or reads this paper:
• Jump to online-only letters below Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum.
"Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll over your tongue the prospect of bitter confrontations still to come, to savor to the last toothsome morsel both the pain you are given and the pain you are giving back–in many ways it is a feast fit for a king. The chief drawback is that what you are wolfing down is yourself. The skeleton at the feast is you."
Frederick Buechner
Author of Wishful Thinking: A Theological ABC, quoted by Jim Denison, pastor of Park Cities Baptist Church, in his daily e-mail devotional, "The Word Today."
"Why would we invest such efforts in Catholic countries? The answer is quite simple: It is because they are lost."
Jerry Rankin
President of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board (BP)
"It's beyond question that the Democratic Party is 'pretty much a white, Christian party,' too. How could it be otherwise, considering the racial and religious makeup of the country?"
John Farmer
Correspondent for The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., responding to Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's description of the Republican Party (RNS)
06/24/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Petra calls it quits_62705
Posted: 6/24/05
Petra, a Christian rock group, says it will retire in December after 33 years of performing. Band members, left to right, are Greg Bailey, Bob Hartman, John Schlitt and Paul Simmons. (Photo courtesy of Inpop Records) Petra calls it quits
WASHINGTON (RNS)–Members of the Christian rock group Petra announced recently they will retire in December after 33 years of performances.
John Schlitt, longtime lead singer, expressed gratitude for the opportunities that arose from being in the group.
“We've had a good, long run. … We've seen God's hand at work in our music on every continent and in every language,” he said.
06/24/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Senior cut-ups maintain grounds at Breckenridge Village_62705
Posted: 6/24/05
Senior cut-ups maintain
grounds at Breckenridge VillageBy Craig Bird
Baptist Child & Family Services
TYLER–The grass may not really be greener at Breckenridge Village, but there surely is a lot of it.
Paul Bennett thought he was volunteering to take care of three acres when he said he could get a crew to do the grounds maintainence at Breckenridge Village. He soon discovered the campus includes about 25 acres. Both Whitehurst and Bennett are members of Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Tyler. 06/24/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Special needs, Special ministry_62705
Posted: 6/24/05
Deborah shows the other members of her Sunday school class the size of the fish she caught at a camp for mentally handicapped adults sponsored by Green Acres Baptist Church the week before. SPECIAL NEEDS, SPECIAL MINISTRY:
Special-needs people find
spiritual home at Tyler churchBy Craig Bird
Baptist Child & Family Services
TYLER–“Reserved for Special Friends” cards mark the pews at Green Acres Baptist Church set aside for the residents of Breckenridge Village–a Texas Baptist residential facility for mentally handicapped adults.
06/24/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits_62705
Posted: 6/24/05
Texas Tidbits
Texas Baptist Men on website. Texas Baptist Men volunteer work in rebuilding Sri Lanka six months after the South Asian tsunami is being featured on the website of Gospel for Asia, a missions organization based in Carrollton. The web video covers volunteers rebuilding a Bible college and vocational training center, as well bringing clean water to stricken villages. The video may be seen at www.gfa.org/tsunami.
Baylor preps for its largest freshman class. Baylor University anticipates the largest freshman class in the university's 160-year history. Current projections from Baylor's institutional research and testing office indicate a record-breaking freshman class of more than 3,100 students entering in fall 2005. Baylor's previous record freshman enrollment occurred in fall 1998, when 2,938 students entered the university. Enrollment management officials also report this fall's expected freshman class is on pace with last year's record SAT average of 1190 and is the most diverse incoming class in university history. Baylor's minority freshman population was 30.3 percent in fall 2004.
BUA receives $3 million matching gift. Baptist University of the Americas received a $3 million matching gift from the Houston-based Baugh Foundation–the largest single gift in the school's history. Recently, BUA and the Baptist General Convention of Texas partnered to purchase 75 acres across I-35 from the present campus, and the Baugh gift represents the initial commitment to build a new campus.
06/24/2005 - By John Rutledge
Bill Campbell has resigned as pastor of First Church in Gorman. 
