2006 Archives - Page 84 of 122

Explore the Bible Series for May 14: Everyone needs hope, encouragement

Posted: 5/03/06

Explore the Bible Series for May 14

Everyone needs hope, encouragement

• Isaiah 54:1-57:21

By James Adair

Baptist University of the Americas, San Antonio

The chapters in Isaiah under consideration this week are set in the late exilic and early postexilic period, during the last half of the sixth century B.C. It was a time of great excitement and great disappointment, a period of high hopes and harsh realities. The Jews in exile heard a message of deliverance, but the situation in the land of their ancestors was not quite what they had expected.

05/03/2006 - By John Rutledge

Homegrown churches make gospel readily accessible

Posted: 4/28/06

Jose Acosta leads worship at a church that meets in the shade of a tree at a San Antonio mobile home park.

Homegrown churches make
gospel readily accessible

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

SAN ANTONIO—Steeple-crested church buildings dot San Antonio’s west side, but Pastor Manuel Rodriguez isn’t concerned about them. He’s focused on structures that aren’t adorned with crosses.

05/02/2006 - By John Rutledge

CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS: Authentic worship outside

Posted: 4/28/06

A volunteer teaches biblical principles to a child by using a puppet during a church service held outdoors at a San Antonio mobile home park. (Photo by John Hall)

CHURCH WITHOUT WALLS:
Authentic worship outside

By George Henson

Staff Writer

AMARILLO—Sometimes church-starting dreams bog down in the details of where the church can meet and how to pay for that space.

05/02/2006 - By John Rutledge

Sam Currin indicted fin tax fraud case

Posted: 5/02/06

Sam Currin indicted in tax fraud case

By Robert Marus

Associated Baptist Press

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (ABP)—One of the men instrumental in the Southern Baptist Convention’s 1990 move to defund its historic public-affairs agency faces federal charges.

05/02/2006 - By John Rutledge

Nash nominated as CBF missions coordinator

Posted: 5/02/06

Nash nominated as CBF missions coordinator

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

ATLANTA (ABP)—Robert Nash has received the nomination for the global missions coordinator position at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. CBF council members will vote to approve the nomination at their annual meeting June 21 in Atlanta.

05/02/2006 - By John Rutledge

Playboy visits Baylor despite warnings

Posted: 5/02/06

Playboy visits Baylor despite warnings

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

WACO (ABP)—Playboy photographers held an open casting call April 18 at Baylor University, despite the university’s discipline and suspension in recent years of students who posed in the magazine.

05/02/2006 - By John Rutledge

Expert explores myths of multihousing ministry

Posted: 4/28/06

Expert explores myths
of multihousing ministry

By George Henson

Staff Writer

AMARILLO—Churches interested in reaching multitudes who do not know Christ as Savior should engage in multihousing ministry but do it with their eyes open, said Jeff Parsons, multihousing director for Amarillo Area Baptist Association.

04/29/2006 - By John Rutledge

RIGHT OR WRONG? Responding to the poor

Posted: 4/28/06

RIGHT OR WRONG?
Responding to the poor

The hurricanes along the Gulf of Mexico revealed a demographic identified as the “new poor.” What does that mean? What about the “old poor”? How do Christians respond to this theologically?

04/28/2006 - By John Rutledge

Reccord resigns as NAMB president after trustee investigation

Posted: 4/28/06

Reccord resigns as NAMB president
after trustee investigation

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

ATLANTA (ABP)—After a trustee investigation produced a scathing report of numerous examples of poor management, Bob Reccord resigned as president of the North American Mission Board, effective immediately.

04/28/2006 - By John Rutledge

Proclamation for Immigration Reform

Posted: 4/17/06

Proclamation for Immigration Reform

Hispanic Baptist Youth and Singles
Congreso Solemn Assembly, April 15, 2006

Whereas, our beloved United States of America, a nation of immigrants, is in the midst of the most dramatic immigration policy reform in the 21st century,

And whereas, 12 million undocumented immigrants are living and working in the United States today with 1.2 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas, And whereas, President George Bush has recommended that Congress considers comprehensive reform of U.S. Immigration Law,

And whereas, the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas and the Baptist General Convention of Texas passed resolutions in 2003 affirming Jesus’ concern for ministry to the “alien” and “stranger” in the land and encouraged “proactive involvement of ministry activity among immigrants, documented and undocumented, through prayer and action,”

04/28/2006 - By John Rutledge

Missionaries refuse to resign under pressure

Posted: 4/28/06

Missionaries refuse to resign under pressure

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

RICHMOND, Va. (ABP)—After receiving an April 15 ultimatum to resign or face termination, Wyman and Michelle Dobbs refused to resign as International Mission Board missionaries in Guinea, West Africa.

04/28/2006 - By John Rutledge

Resolution on Baptist dissent submitted

Posted: 4/28/06

Resolution on Baptist dissent submitted

By Robert Marus

Associated Baptist Press

ARLINGTON (ABP)—In a sign of the controversy threatening to engulf the Southern Baptist Convention’s upcoming annual meeting, a Texas pastor has formally submitted a resolution that accuses SBC leaders of trying to “silence principled dissent.”

04/28/2006 - By John Rutledge