Judas got a bum rap, scholars say

Posted: 4/13/06

Judas got a bum rap, scholars say

By Stacy Meichtry

Religion News Service

ROME (RNS)—Every great story deserves a great villain. For Christians who consider the Easter narrative the greatest ever told, no one in history quite matches the despicable deeds and evil nature of Judas Iscariot.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

Give it up for Lent

Posted: 4/13/06

Give it up for Lent:

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

DALLAS (ABP)—For Ray Vickrey and Mike Clingenpeel, Easter doesn’t mean much without about 40 days of reflection and repentance before it.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

Missouri Baptists link with WorldconneX

Posted: 4/13/06

Missouri Baptists link with WorldconneX

By David Williams

WorldconneX

ROACH, Mo.—The Baptist General Convention of Missouri has entered into a three-year partnership with WorldconneX, a missions network Texas Baptists launched in 2004.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

On the Move

Posted: 4/13/06

On the Move

• Ed Adcock to First Church in Grand Prairie as minister of music from First Church in DeRitter, La.

• Charles Baker to Calvary Church in Abilene as music minister.

• Lashley Banks to Grayson Association as director of missions.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

PanFork Camp geared to grow

Posted: 4/13/06

PanFork Camp geared to grow

By George Henson

Staff Writer

WELLINGTON—PanFork Baptist Camp is working hard to prepare for growth in both the camp and the kingdom of God.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

Persecution of Christians not limited to Afghanistan

Posted: 4/13/06

Persecution of Christians not limited to Afghanistan

By Hannah Elliott

Associated Baptist Press

DALLAS (ABP)—As Afghan Adbul Rahman finds safety in Italy after dodging a death sentence for converting from Islam to Christianity, other Christians worldwide continue to face extreme persecution from countrymen who oppose their beliefs.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

Rwandan genocide survivor finds freedom in forgiveness

Posted: 4/13/06

Rwandan genocide survivor
finds freedom in forgiveness

By Bob Smietana

Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS)—A line from Christ’s model prayer—“forgive us … as we forgive”—haunted Immaculee Ilibagiza during the Rwandan genocide of 1994.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

ABP & Standard form strategic alliance

Posted: 4/13/06

ABP & Standard form strategic alliance

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP)—Associated Baptist Press and the Baptist Standard are creating a “strategic alliance” to improve the quality and efficiency of their news organizations.

The two have cooperated closely for more than a decade, but the new alliance signals shared vision and integrated resources, reported ABP Executive Editor Greg Warner and Standard Editor Marv Knox.

ABP, an independent news service with offices in Washington, D.C., Dallas and Jacksonville, Fla., supplies news and feature stories, primarily about Baptists but also other Christians, to denominational and secular media, as well as directly to subscribers. The Standard, a Dallas-based newspaper affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, has about 100,000 subscribers to its print edition alone, in addition to wide Internet distribution. Both organizations disseminate their news directly through websites and e-mail.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

Texas Tidbits

Posted: 4/13/06

Texas Tidbits

ETBU business students place in top 20 globally. Students from East Texas Baptist University’s Fred M. Hale School of Business who participated in the GLO-BUS strategic management simulation placed in the top 20 in an overall worldwide ranking. ETBU students operated a digital camera company in head-to-head competition against companies run by other schools. The team’s challenge was to craft and execute a competitive strategy that resulted in a respected brand image, kept their company in contention for global market leadership, and produced good financial performance as measured by earnings per share, return on investment, stock price appreciation and credit rating.

Baylor Horizons project gets Lilly grant. Baylor Horizons, a university project designed to help students, faculty and staff explore the relationship between faith and vocation, has received a $500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment as a follow-up to an earlier $2 million grant in 2000. With matching funds Baylor will provide, the grant will total $1.1 million for the three-year project.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

TOGETHER: ‘Scandalous’ cross really is good news

Posted: 4/13/06

TOGETHER:
‘Scandalous’ cross really is good news

At this Easter season, we look carefully at the meaning of the cross and resurrection of our Lord Jesus.

I was asked by a friend, “How do Baptists view people of other religions?” While I can’t speak for all Baptists, I shared this perspective out of this Baptist’s heart and mind:

A Christian always must begin from Scripture. When you do, you notice Jesus embraced and affirmed people who often were the most unloved in their communities—a Good Samaritan, the woman at the well, a blind beggar, Zaccheus the tax collector. He had an aversion to religious arrogance and hypocrisy but had an affinity for outcasts.

Executive Director BGCT Executive Board

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

Organ donor provides gift of life to fellow minister

Posted: 4/13/06

Organ donor provides
gift of life to fellow minister

By George Henson

Staff Writer

HOUSTON—When Jerry Wooley left Houston earlier this month to take a job in Nashville, he left more than his heart in Texas. He also left behind his kidney, but it went to a good home—within his ministerial colleague Jeff Waldo.

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge

Easter play at UMHB

Posted: 4/13/06 Easter play at UMHB Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane (left) while the disciples sleep in this scene from the 67th annual University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on-campus…

04/13/2006 - By John Rutledge