2006 Archives
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Scholarships help missionary kids
Posted: 11/10/06
Scholarships help missionary kids
By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
ATLANTA (ABP)—When Mercer University recently announced it will provide undergraduate tuition scholarships for children of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship global field personnel, it joined a significant number of Baptist schools that provide scholarships for “missionary kids.”
Available for full-time students at both the school’s Macon, Ga., and Atlanta campuses, the scholarships will last eight semesters.
11/10/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Principles learned at Miracle Farm serve alumni in military
Posted: 11/10/06
Pete and Pam Tarbutton visit with son Will at Fort Hood the day before his deployment to Iraq. Principles learned at Miracle
Farm serve alumni in militaryBy Courtney Cole
Miracle Farm
FORT RILEY, Kansas—U.S. Army Pvt. Josh Butler holds deep convictions about the importance of character and the value of hard work.
“It takes discipline and respect to make a good soldier. At Miracle Farm, I gained both, and I learned to respect others,” reflected Butler, who enlisted in the Army one year ago.
11/10/2006 - By John Rutledge
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New Orleans churches’ recovery a barometer of city’s health
Posted: 11/10/06
New Orleans churches’ recovery
a barometer of city’s healthBy Bruce Nolan
Religion News Service
NEW ORLEANS (RNS)—All over the New Orleans area, houses of worship, just like other institutions, are dragging themselves back to some sense of normalcy after Hurricane Katrina.
Some are healed. Some still suffer trials. Some are indefinitely comatose, shuttered and perhaps dead—whether they be grand churches like the permanently closed 150-year-old St. Rose of Lima, or modest street-corner churches like the wrecked hulk of Mount Carmel Ministries in the Lower 9th Ward.
11/10/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Pastor/policeman carries a Bible, wears a badge
Posted: 11/10/06
Pastor/policeman carries a Bible, wears a badge
By Greg Garrison
Religion News Service
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS)—Police Officer Marvin Anthony Neal patrols the streets of Birmingham most mornings, but on Sundays, he patrols the pulpit at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Alabaster, Ala.
Neal became pastor in August but works as a patrol officer on the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift in Birmingham’s south precinct.
Marvin Anthony Neal, pastor of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Alabaster, Ala., also is a police officer in Birmingham, Ala. (RNS photo by Frank Couch/The Birmingham News) 11/10/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Prepare for unexpected, preschool leader urges churches
Posted: 11/10/06
Prepare for unexpected,
preschool leader urges churchesBy George Henson
Staff Writer
GRAND PRAIRIE—Church preschools and mothers’ day out centers must plan for the unexpected so when a crisis arises, protocols already are in place, a veteran preschool leader said at Dallas Baptist Association’s Institute for Childcare Excellence, held at First Baptist Church in Grand Prairie.
Judy Lewis, who has been director of the child development center at Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Dallas five years and has worked in preschool leadership 35 years, said churches need to be proactive in their approach.
Judy Lewis, director of the child development center at Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Dallas, stresses the importance of emergency preparedness. (Photo by George Henson) 11/10/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Same-sex marriage bans a mixed bag at the polls
Posted: 11/10/06
Same-sex marriage bans
a mixed bag at the pollsBy Robert Marus
ABP Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (ABP)—Gay-rights supporters and opponents both claimed victory after the Nov. 7 midterm elections, with voters in seven states approving same-sex marriage bans and Arizona becoming the first state in the country to reject such an amendment.
The measure failed narrowly, with 51.4 percent opposed to Proposition 107 and 48.6 percent in favor.
11/10/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Abortion ban overturned in South Dakota
Posted: 11/10/06
Abortion ban overturned in South Dakota
By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (ABP)—Voters in South Dakota overturned the nation’s most stringent abortion ban Nov. 7—55 percent to 45 percent. Supporters of the ban had hoped to use it to challenge the 33-year-old Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
Mike Rounds, South Dakota’s Republican governor, signed the act into law March 6. Called Referred Law 6, or the "Women's Health and Human Life Protection Act," it prohibited abortions during all stages of pregnancy and in cases of rape and incest. Although it offered no exceptions for mothers in poor health, the ban did allow abortion if the mother’s life was threatened.
11/10/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits
Posted: 11/10/06
Texas Tidbits
Baylor Neuroscience Center recognized. Baylor Neuroscience Center at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas has been designated a Neuroscience Center of Excellence by the 2006 Neuroscience Center of Excellence Survey, co-sponsored by NeuroSource in Chicago and HealthTech in San Francisco. The Baylor Neuroscience Center also was listed as one of the nation’s top neuroscience programs in U.S. News & World Report’s 2006 list of America’s Best Hospitals. The 2006 survey, the only one of its kind in the neurosciences, analyzed 150 neuroscience programs, across 41 states. A hospital’s overall performance is determined by measuring program progress in four key areas—clinical and research programs, staff, facilities/technology and business. The Baylor Neuroscience Center at Baylor Dallas was awarded the highest possible recognition—Institute Status.
Business educators discuss ethics. Business ethics was the focus of the recent meeting of the Southwest Council for the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, held at Dallas Baptist University. The conference drew business educators from 32 schools in five states to DBU. Keynote speaker Carlos Sepulveda, president and chief executive officer of Interstate Batteries, told the group how his company uses biblical principles—alongside common sense and sound business practices—as guideposts. “It means, ‘If it’s not yours, don’t take it,’ and ‘Treat others the way you want to be treated,’” he explained.
11/10/2006 - By John Rutledge
