2007 Archives
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Stained-glass windows tell stories of faith
Posted: 10/12/07
Stained-glass windows tell stories of faith
By George Henson
Staff Writer
FORT WORTH—If every picture tells a story, the stained-glass windows of Broadway Baptist Church tell countless tales of grace, sacrifice and love.
Stained-glass windows hearken back to a time when many worshippers could not read the Bible, but they could look at ornate windows that told the story for them. They knew what the symbols meant and knew what various numbers and colors were to call to mind.
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• The Spirit in Stone
• Spirituality in architecture gets boost from revival of arts
• Stained-glass windows tell stories of faith
• Timeless grace: After 52 years, chapel continues to bless
• Historic sanctuaries: To be or not to be?
10/12/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Timeless grace: After 52 years, chapel continues to bless
Posted: 10/12/07
Timeless grace: After 52 years,
chapel continues to blessBy Miranda Bradley
Children At Heart Ministries
ROUND ROCK—As the population north of Austin has grown exponentially over the last five decades, longtime residents have looked to the familiar stained-glass windows and limestone walls of Hankamer-Fleming
Stained glass windows in the Texas Baptist Children’s Home chapel depict the life of Christ and show biblical characters raised by people other than their biological parents. Chapel at Texas Baptist Children’s Home as an enduring landmark.
10/12/2007 - By John Rutledge
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The Spirit in Stone
Posted: 10/12/07
The sanctuary of River Bend Church in Austin. (Photo by Tim Blonkvist) The Spirit in Stone
By Greg Warner
Associated Baptist Press
AUSTIN (ABP)—If your sanctuary could speak, what would it say? The truth is, it does speak—every day, some experts note.
Whether a towering neo-Gothic steeple that knifes the suburban sky or a one-room clapboard chapel nestled in the woods, every church structure carries a message to the watching world.
“It’s God’s calling card—it’s all he has,” said Texas architect Tim Blonkvist. “People are going to make an evaluation based on what they can see before they hear anything.”
See Related Articles:
• The Spirit in Stone
• Spirituality in architecture gets boost from revival of arts
• Stained-glass windows tell stories of faith
• Timeless grace: After 52 years, chapel continues to bless
• Historic sanctuaries: To be or not to be?
10/12/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Historic sanctuaries: To be or not to be?
Posted: 10/12/07
Historic sanctuaries:
To be or not to be?By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
DALLAS—When maintaining a sanctuary with a long history, congregations must look long into the future, according to Keith Crouch, Baptist General Convention of Texas church architecture director.
See Related Articles:
• The Spirit in Stone
• Spirituality in architecture gets boost from revival of arts
• Stained-glass windows tell stories of faith
• Timeless grace: After 52 years, chapel continues to bless
• Historic sanctuaries: To be or not to be?
10/12/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist Briefs
Posted: 10/12/07
Baptist Briefs
Christian bookstore manager in Gaza murdered. The Palestinian Baptist manager of a Christian book store in the Gaza Strip has been murdered. Authorities reportedly found the body of Rami Ayyad Oct. 7 in Gaza City. He died from a gunshot wound to the head and numerous stab wounds, according to officials from Open Doors, an agency that supports persecuted Christians worldwide. He had been missing since Oct. 6, when he phoned his family to say he had been kidnapped. Ayyad managed the Palestinian Bible Society bookshop and had received several death threats from people angry about the store. The bookshop is Gaza’s only Christian bookstore, according to the Baptist World Alliance. It shares a common building with a library and community development center, the base for one of the largest relief agencies in the Gaza Strip. Police have yet to identify suspects in the murder.
Corts will coordinate education initiative. Thomas Corts, executive director of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities and former president of Samford University, has been named to a new position related to President Bush’s international education initiatives. Corts, 65, will be responsible for coordinating U.S. foreign aid efforts to support education around the world. The initiatives include a five-year plan to provide education to 4 million children in six countries—Ethiopia, Ghana, Honduras, Liberia, Mali and Yemen. The foreign aid education programs are administered through the U.S. Agency for International Development and coordinated with the State Department, the Department of Education and other agencies.
10/12/2007 - By John Rutledge
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BGCT budget proposal reflects change in reporting
Posted: 10/12/07
BGCT budget proposal
reflects change in reportingBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
The proposed 2008 Baptist General Convention of Texas operating budget looks different than in past years—and not just because the total is smaller.
The $50,126,400 recommended operating budget includes $43.3 million in anticipated Cooperative Program receipts and $6.8 million from investment earnings—but not any funds made available through the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions, the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board or fees received to defray the cost of specific events or ministries. Those three categories totaled 896,500 in the 2007 budget.
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• 2008 BGCT Operating Budget Explanation10/12/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Among first missionaries in Burma, Baptists now helping refugees in U.S.
Posted: 10/12/07
Karen refugees leaving Burma for resettlement in the United States. (Photo/www.karenkonnection.org) Among first missionaries in Burma,
Baptists now helping refugees in U.S.By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
NEW YORK (ABP)—If any group in the United States has a reason to care about the people of Burma, it is Baptists.
That’s what Duane Binkley, a Baptist missionary to the region, said Oct. 4, the day the Burmese government admitted it has arrested more than 2,000 people since the start of pro-democracy demonstrations in the country now officially known as Myanmar.
10/12/2007 - By John Rutledge
