2007 Archives
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First woman BGCT president elected
Posted: 10/29/07
First woman BGCT president elected
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
AMARILLO—Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting narrowly elected the first woman president of the state convention—and continued a two-decade string of officers endorsed by the moderate Texas Baptists Committed organization.
Mike Massar Fenner, a former missionary to Japan, executive director emeritus of Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas and incumbent BGCT first vice president, was elected over Panhandle pastor David Lowrie. Fenner received 900 votes (52 percent), compared to 840 (48 percent) for Lowrie.
10/29/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Tyler pastor elected first vice president
Posted: 10/29/07
Tyler pastor elected first vice president
By Blake Killingsworth
Dallas Baptist University
AMARILLO—Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas elected Mike Massar, pastor of First Baptist Church in Tyler, as first vice president.
Mike Massar Massar received 967 votes, compared to 257 for Lee Saunders, minister of church development at Garden Oaks Baptist Church in Houston.
10/29/2007 - By John Rutledge
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All-State Choir & Band trip to Germany still on
Posted: 10/26/07
All-State Choir & Band trip to Germany still on
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
In spite of budget reductions and cutbacks in the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board staff, the scheduled Texas Baptist All-State Choir and Band’s Mission: Germany trip next summer will proceed as planned, organizers have announced.
The Texas Baptist All-State musicians had been invited to participate in the Baptist World Youth Congress in Leipzig, Germany, and perform at several venues in Berlin and Wittenberg.
International Baptist Church
in BerlinContributions to help lower the cost of the trip may be sent to either the Texas Baptist Missions Foundation at 333 N. Washington, Dallas 75246-1798 or directly to the BGCT Music and Worship Team at the same address. 10/26/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 10/26/07
Members of the staff and the building committee at First Church in Sanger dedicated a $1.7 million multi-purpose family life center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The 21,000-square-foot building includes a full-service kitchen and can be used as a gym and as education space. E.L. McNeal is the pastor. Around the State
• East Texas Baptist University has received a gift from retired educator and businessman J. Lloyd Woods to provide lighting for the ETBU Tiger baseball stadium. Woods, of Tenaha, is an honorary lifetime member of the university’s board of trustees. The Tigers’ first night baseball game will be held Feb. 8.
• Baylor Research Institute in Dallas is collaborating with Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City to provide a shot of hope for lymphoma and myeloma patients. The medical organizations are attempting to develop vaccines for the cancers, which affect the immune system. They’re also studying better ways to diagnose other autoimmune disorders, such as arthritis and lupus.
• Don and Paula Cribbs, missionaries to Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, are on furlough at First Church in Cleburne. They can be reached at (817) 641-5264 or at don@ gmail.com.
First graders in the Music Makers Choir at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas receive their own copies of the Baptist Hymnal. Presenting the hymnals are Music Associate Sarah Stafford and Music Minister Doug Haney. Children shown are Tanner Cabaniss, Brooke Bateman, Tristan Vathis, Hannah Granberry, Jace Dooley, Remy Covert, Allison Dalton, Cullen Bryant, Anna Fogg, Isabella Fogg, Riley Covert, Austin Nadalini, Blake Brown and Daniel Mirochna. The choir is directed by Janice and Bill Jernberg. • Nicole Bromley, founder of OneVOICE and author of Hush: Moving from Silence to Healing after Childhood Sexual Abuse, will speak Nov. 7 at First Baptist Church in Brownwood as part of Howard Payne University’s chapel program.
10/26/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Seven young Baylor alumni to be honored at homecoming
Posted: 10/26/07
Seven young Baylor alumni
to be honored at homecomingThe president of a Texas Baptist facility for the aging is one of seven Baylor University graduates who will be honored as 2007 Outstanding Young Alumni during Baylor’s annual homecoming celebration.
The Baylor Alumni Association will present the awards Nov. 2 during the first performance at Pigskin Review. The awards recognize professional achievement and distinguished service by Baylor alumni 40 years old or younger.
Pat Crump Marie Brown Pat Crump, a 1991 Baylor graduate, has served as president of Baptist Memorials Ministries in San Angelo since 2004. After earning a master’s degree in gerontology from Baylor in 1993, he worked one year with a nursing center in Albuquerque, N.M., before moving to the newly opened Baptist Memorials Center in San Angelo.
He served for 10 years as president of healthcare services, overseeing the operation of a long-term care facility, an Alzheimer’s facility, a pharmacy and a home health agency.
10/26/2007 - By John Rutledge
