2006 Archives
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Summer Camp High: Follow-up important
Posted: 7/07/06
Staff leaders join teens in worship at a Mount Lebanon Baptist Encampment youth camp. (Photos by Laura Frase) Summer Camp High: Follow-up important
By Laura Frase
Communications Intern
With summer church camp professions of faith in Christ soaring to more than 9,000 last year in Texas and rededications hovering at 8,000, some church leaders express concern about a “camp high.”
They question whether youth will stand by their decisions or if their commitments are based on peer pressure and overwhelming emotions.
Rhonda O’Banion of Heart of Texas Baptist Camp and Mike Leamon of Chaparral Baptist Assembly believe it’s a mixture of both.
Campers paint diuring a crafts session. 07/07/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits
Posted: 7/07/06
Texas Tidbits
Baylor Social Work receives $1.1 million grant. The Baylor University School of Social Work’s Center for Family and Community Ministries was awarded a $1.1 million grant from the Christ Is Our Salvation private foundation, to be administered over the next three years. The grant to strengthen congregational community ministries will focus on educating future community ministry leaders for churches; preparing leaders through internships; producing community ministry resources and training for churches; and publishing a quarterly journal as a resource for church leaders. As part of the grant proposal, the center will name Gaynor Yancey, associate dean for baccalaureate studies in the School of Social Work, as associate professor of church and community.
Wayland names alumni development director. Danny Andrews, longtime editor of the Plainview Daily Herald, has been named director of alumni development for Wayland Baptist University. He succeeds Joe Provence, who has served as the university’s alumni director since 1985. Andrews, who graduated from Wayland in 1972, began working at the Herald as a sports writer in 1967. He took the position of sports editor in 1970 and was promoted to editor in 1978. In his new position, Andrews will be responsible for fundraising efforts among Wayland alumni, including the annual fund and endowment campaigns. He also will plan all the homecoming events and activities and oversee the alumni publication, Footprints. Andrews’ wife, Carolyn, is administrative assistant to Wayland President Paul Armes. The Andrewses have three children—Brandon, of Tampa, Fla., Kayla of Carrollton and Brad of Lubbock.
07/07/2006 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: BGCT: Working separately & together
Posted: 7/07/06
TOGETHER:
BGCT: Working separately & togetherHave you ever watched three or four friends build something on a free Saturday? If they’re smart, they start early, divvy up the work in a way that best suits their talents and go to work. They don’t all do the same thing at the same time. They work both separately and together; and, in the end, if they’ve worked well, they build something that will last.
Baptists are like those building friends. We come together, divvy up the work and go at it. Churches and conventions work both separately and together; and, in the end, we’ve built something special. Of course, we know that it is God building through us, but we surely are part of the work (1 Corinthians 3:9).
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
The Baptist General Convention of Texas helps churches in a unified project of kingdom building; but churches are the most important element. Together, we’re like those building friends. We’ve got a job to do, and it sure helps to have friends helping. It makes the effort more enjoyable, and you get a lot more done.
Many people today just do not grasp how Baptists work. It’s hard for them to understand that churches, the BGCT, and other Baptist bodies can all be autonomous and yet work together—having a kingdom goal and working cooperatively.
07/07/2006 - By John Rutledge
