2006 Archives
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Baylor’s oldest new graduate receives long-awaited degree
Posted: 12/21/06
Baylor’s oldest new graduate
receives long-awaited degreeBy Cynthia Jackson
Baylor University
SHREVEPORT, La.—The list of graduates at Baylor University’s December commencement included M.L. “Hub” Northen, who enrolled at the school 81 years earlier and left Baylor in 1929 one credit short of a degree.
Northen, who is 100 years old, was unable to attend the ceremony due to health concerns. But Terry Maness, dean of Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business, told the assembly Northen is the oldest person ever to obtain a degree from Baylor.
Glenn Hilburn, retired chairman of the Baylor University religion department, presented M.L. "Hub" Northen with his official Baylor degree during a worship service at Trinity Heights Baptist Church in Shreveport, La. 12/21/2006 - By John Rutledge
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BGCT African-American ministries director named
Posted: 12/21/06
BGCT African-American
ministries director namedBy Barbara Bedrick
Texas Baptist Communications
DALLAS—Charles Singleton, pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church in Fort Worth, is leaving the church he founded 22 years ago to become director of African-American ministries for the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
“The African-American congregations of the BGCT are growing and are committed to reaching all the people they can for Christ and discipling them in his call and way,” said Charles Wade, BGCT executive director. “I am excited and proud that Rev. Charlie Singleton has agreed to answer God’s call and our invitation to serve in this strategic role. He will be a great leader among us.”
Singleton 12/21/2006 - By John Rutledge
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AIDS workers debate what lessons Uganda teaches
Posted: 12/15/06
This 14-year-old arrived at the Nsambya Home Center in Kampala, Uganda, for a checkup required of all patients receiving HIV medication through the U.S. PEPFAR program. (RNS photo courtesy of David Snyder/Catholic Relief Service) AIDS workers debate what lessons Uganda teaches
By Jason Kane
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)—Stalled in the gridlocked streets of Johannesburg on her way to an AIDS event, Rukia Cornelius fumed about the tendency of Americans to mix their religious and political beliefs. South Africans have suffered as a result, she said.
“I’m a little bit tired, but I’m also angry, because we need the money, but treatment can’t be done with such a provision on abstinence,” said Cornelius, national campaign manager of the South African AIDS lobby group Treatment Action Campaign.
See Related Articles:
• AIDS workers debate what lessons Uganda teaches
• Warren's wife helped move him to challenge church to confront AIDS
• Obama: Faith-based morality alone won't stop AIDS
• Ex-gay says: Treat homosexuality as temptation, not orientation
Previous AIDS ministry articles:
• To see the face of AIDS in Africa, take a look at Susan
• African leaders look to Buckner as ally in war on AIDS
• Retired pastor discovers "Blessings" among African orphans
• Buckner addresses HIV epidemic in Russian orphanages
• Warren urges ministry to AIDS victims
12/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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DBU students raise funds to help hungry
Posted: 12/18/06
DBU students raise funds to help hungry
Dallas Baptist University students recently completed a Christmas food drive for Bro Bill’s Helping Hands Ministry in West Dallas, collecting more than 1,800 food items to benefit the West Dallas community ministry.
The DBU Ministry Student Fellowship sponsored, organized and administered the food drive.
Baskets were strategically placed at 15 locations around the Dallas Baptist University campus. They were emptied periodically and their contents boxed and stored for delivery to Brother Bill’s Helping Hands Ministry. Brother Bill’s Helping Hands Ministry grew out of West Dallas Baptist Church, where Bill Harrod served as pastor. Harrod led the church—now named Iglesia Bautista Harrod Memorial—to minister to physical needs in the community beginning in the 1950s.
The ministry’s Christmas outreach to children is its best-known program in the area, but Helping Hands also provides services—including food—to families throughout the year.
12/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Ex-gay says: Treat homosexuality as temptation, not orientation
Posted: 12/18/06
Ex-gay says: Treat homosexuality
as temptation, not orientationBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (ABP)—For Christians to love homosexuals like Jesus would, they should stop thinking of homosexuality as an orientation and start thinking of it as a temptation, says Tim Wilkins, himself “formerly gay.”
Wilkins, who founded a group that helps people who have “unwanted same-sex attractions,” offered his controversial view during a breakout session at Saddleback Church’s Global Summit on AIDS and the Church. The summit brought Christians and AIDS workers together to address prevention and treatment of the disease, which originally was associated with homosexuals.
See Related Articles:
• AIDS workers debate what lessons Uganda teaches
• Warren's wife helped move him to challenge church to confront AIDS
• Obama: Faith-based morality alone won't stop AIDS
• Ex-gay says: Treat homosexuality as temptation, not orientation
Previous AIDS ministry articles:
• To see the face of AIDS in Africa, take a look at Susan
• African leaders look to Buckner as ally in war on AIDS
• Retired pastor discovers "Blessings" among African orphans
• Buckner addresses HIV epidemic in Russian orphanages
• Warren urges ministry to AIDS victims
12/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Book Reviews
Posted: 12/15/06
Book Reviews
The Christmas Angel by Katherine Duhon, (Vantage Press)
In this children’s book, Katherine Duhon relates the story of a typical brother and sister eagerly waiting for Santa. Except this year, Milly and Tommy must see the bearded gift-giver in person. They want Saint Nick to bring back their momma’s smile after their daddy’s death.
When the jolly fellow fails to appear, the young boy and girl don coats, caps, mittens and muffs, and slip out to search for Santa. The two lose their way as the snow slows their steps and the wind whistles through the trees. But God’s Christmas angel helps the children learn a lesson in patience and the healing of time.
What are you reading that other Texas Baptists would find helpful? Send suggestions and reviews to marvknox@baptiststandard.com. Black-and-white pen-and-ink illustrations of the wide-eyed children add interest to The Christmas Angel, a story of love, hope and the magic of Christmas.
12/15/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Waco students light up lives, raise money
Posted: 12/15/06
Waco students light up lives, raise money
By George Henson
Staff Writer
WACO—Students at McLennan Community College are helping Waco-area residents hang Christmas lights this holiday season so that they can share the im-pact of Christ’s birth with other students next spring.
“There are a lot of people who can’t put up their own lights anymore, and their sons or daughters live too far away or don’t have time to put lights up for them. We get to help with that and raise money so that we can participate in Beach Reach,” Jacob Garcia ex-plained.
Students from McLennan Community College hang Christmas lights for Waco-area residents to raise money for BeachReach, a spring break evangelistic ministry. 12/15/2006 - By John Rutledge
