2006 Archives
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EDITORIAL: Just the antidote for social isolation
Posted: 8/18/06
EDITORIAL:
Just the antidote for social isolationAmerica is an increasingly lonely place.
The average American’s circle of close friends has closed significantly, signaled by a one-third drop in the number of people with whom we can discuss important matters.
These findings surfaced in research conducted by sociologists at Duke University and the University of Arizona. They compared national polls from 1985 and 2004. American Sociological Review published their study this summer. Time magazine and newswatch.com reported the findings.
The surveys revealed the average number of people with whom Americans can discuss important matters declined by almost one-third, from 2.94 people to 2.08. And nearly 25 percent of Americans said they have absolutely no one with whom they can discuss such matters. That figure has more than doubled.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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TBM helps flood victims in El Paso
Posted: 8/18/06
TBM volunteer Rey Villanueva tears wet insulation out of an El Paso home. (Photos by John Hall) TBM helps flood victims in El Paso
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
EL PASO—As floodwaters began to recede in much of El Paso, Texas Baptist Men volunteers rushed in to help victims of recent storms begin to put their homes back in order.
Working where as much as several feet of water entered homes, trained TBM workers from across the state started removing damaged furniture, belongings and drywall from flooded homes in the southern and western portions of the city.
Mary Bess Jackson removes damaged drywall in an El Paso home. 08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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ETBU World Cup Team shares gospel with soccer fans
Posted: 8/18/06
East Texas Baptist University students Grace Curry and Jonathan Heflin entertain at a block party during the World Cup. (ETBU Photos by Allan Thompson) ETBU World Cup Team
shares gospel with soccer fansBy Mike Midkiff
East Texas Baptist University
East Texas Baptist University’s Tiger World Cup Team journeyed to Germany this summer—not to play soccer but to share Christ with fans from around the world.
Allan Thompson, director of ETBU’s Great Commission Center, led the nine-member student team, which served in Hamburg and Berlin with International Baptist Church and the Kickoff 2006 organization.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Student missionaries discover love transcends cultural barriers
Posted: 8/18/06
Ericha Eppinger teaches students during a children’s camp in Germany as part of a Go Now Missions team. Student missionaries discover
love transcends cultural barriersBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
Christ’s love translates into any language, according to student missionaries who served internationally this summer through Go Now Missions, the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ student missions program.
People around the world are craving and seeking God’s love—asking questions and coming to profess faith in Christ as Lord, students repeatedly reported during a debriefing session.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Students start spreading the (good) news in New York
Posted: 8/18/06
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi student Adam Lopez teaches a young man using a computer at the African Friendship Center in New York. Students start spreading
the (good) news in New YorkBy Laura Frase
Communications Intern
NEW YORK—Students hit the streets and subways of New York this summer on a mission to help meet the needs of the Big Apple.
First Baptist Church in Arlington Sunday school teacher Regina Fancher led a team of students to New York through Go Now Missions, the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ student missions program.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Logsdon students experience Baptist life in Europe
Posted: 8/18/06
Logsdon Seminary students (from left) Nathan Pruett, Darrell Smith, Daniel Dotson, Chazley Dotson, Jaci Jackson and Amanda Cutbirth visit the Bebelplatz, the courtyard in front of the library at Humboldt University, where the Nazis burned 20,000 books in May, 1933. Logsdon students experience Baptist life in Europe
By Laura Frase
Communications Intern
ABILENE—While students at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary were hunched over their desks rapidly scribbling notes, thousands of miles away, six students explored Holocaust museums, snapped pictures of castles and cathedrals, and met European Baptist leaders.
As part of the seminary’s missions immersion class and “Baptists in Eastern Europe” class, students learned by spending one month traveling across Europe, examining the culture and meeting prominent Baptist leaders.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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MAKING REPAIRS: Auto mission rebuilds engines, troubled lives
Posted: 8/18/06
Terry Legan (center) works with young men to rebuild a car motor. Legan’s Auto Mission helps young men in legal trouble rebuild their lives. (Photos by Angela Best) MAKING REPAIRS:
Auto mission rebuilds engines, troubled livesBy Laura Frase
Communications Intern
HURST—Terry Legan believes no car should end up in a junkyard. Neither should a young life. Both are salvageable.
With this in mind, Legan began Auto Mission as an outlet for troubled boys because “all teenage guys are interested in cars and girls, … and I don’t know much about girls.”
Auto Mission helps young men learn to rebuild car engines—and troubled lives. 08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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