2007 Archives
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Rap tells story of foster child’s forgiveness of mother
Posted: 9/21/07
Marla Rushing, director of corporate training for Baptist Child & Family Services, talks with Jacob Favela, who led a workshop at the National Independent Conference in Denver on using music to help in the process of forgiveness. (BCFS photo by Martin Olivares) Rap tells story of foster
child’s forgiveness of motherBy Haley Smith
Baptist Child & Family Services
KERRVILLE—Jacob Favela vividly remembers standing outside a bar in the middle of the night with two trash bags full of toys in hand, watching his mother drive away. He was five years old.
Neither will he ever forget, years later, an elderly woman beckoning him to her porch. “Jesus loves you, young man” was the sum of the conversation.
09/21/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baylor students take ‘First Step’ into community service
Posted: 9/20/07
The completed Habitat for Humanity house frame remained on the Baylor campus for one week to draw support for the project. It was moved to its permanent location and is scheduled for completion in November. (Baylor University photos) Baylor students take ‘First Step’
into community serviceBy Katie Brooks
Baylor University
WACO—Together, Baylor University students removed graffiti scrawled on the walls of downtown Waco businesses, cleared debris from along the Brazos River, improved walking paths in a scenic part of the city, and framed a Habitat for Humanity house for a local family.
The students experienced a crash-course in the importance of service and vocation as they participated in the recent First Step community service project.
09/20/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Missouri Baptist conference center wins latest round in legal battle
Posted: 9/18/07
Missouri Baptist conference center
wins latest round in legal battleBy Vicki Brown
Associated Baptist Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP)—Windermere Baptist Conference Center will not face a trial this year in its continuing legal battle with the Missouri Baptist Convention, thanks to a judge’s ruling.
The decision is a victory for the center, encouraging supporters but angering attorneys for the state convention, who called it a “delaying tactic.”
09/18/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 9/14/07
Around the State
• Tony Martin, professor of Greek, New Testament and world religions at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, will speak at a ministers’ forum at noon Sept. 20. His topic will be “Biblical Ideas Relating to the Issue of Suffering in Human Exper-ience.” The presentation will be held in Shelton Auditorium. For more information, call (254) 295-4606.
• East Texas Baptist University will hold a preview event for prospective students and their families Sept. 29. There is no cost to attend, and visitors will receive information about academic programs, financial aid, campus life, ministry opportunities, tours of the campus and tickets to the ETBU football game. For more information, call (800) 804-ETBU.
Seven Howard Payne University students traveled to India in culmination of a class that taught them how to plan the logistics of a mission trip to a foreign country. They learned everything from securing insurance to visas. They also learned the importance of learning about the culture of the people there. While in India, the students participated in worship in both a house church and in a congregational setting, as well as witnessing Hindu worship of the Ganges River. Pictured in front of the Taj Mahal are, front row from left, Naphtali Renshaw, Allison White and Jamie Coston; back row from left, Travis Garcia, Jared Renshaw, Skyler Smith, Tim Heinze and Professor Rusty Wheelington. • Baylor University will hold the Parchman Endowed Lectures Oct. 2-4. Ben Witherington, a professor of New Testament interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary, will deliver the lectures, scheduled for 9:30 a.m. each day. For more information, call (254) 710-7347.
• Kelvin Kelley has been named to the faculty of Logsdon Theological Seminary, and also has been appointed assistant to Hardin-Simmons University President Craig Turner.
09/14/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Amarillo minister to be nominated for BGCT second vice president at hometown meeting
Posted: 9/14/07
Amarillo minister to be nominated for BGCT
second vice president at hometown meetingBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
AMARILLO—Citing his effectiveness in mobilizing laity for missions involvement, Bill Brian has announced his intention to nominate Jeff Raines, associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Amarillo, for second vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
Election of officers will top the business agenda at the BGCT annual meeting in Amarillo, Oct. 29-30.
09/14/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Book Reviews
Posted: 9/14/07
Book Reviews
This Immoral Trade: Slavery in the 21st Century, by Caroline Cox and John Marks (Monarch Books)
Two hundred years after William Wilberforce succeeded in his long crusade to abolish the British slave trade and 144 years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing slaves in the United States, at least 27 million people are enslaved in the world today.
Caroline Cox, former deputy speaker of the House of Lords, and John Marks, a human rights campaigner and researcher, highlight the modern blight of slavery in its varied manifestations—sexual trafficking, forced labor, child soldiers and debt bondage.
What are you reading that other Texas Baptists would find helpful? Send suggestions and reviews to books@baptiststandard.com. Cox and Marks conducted extensive interviews with former slaves in Sudan, Uganda and Burma. About two-thirds of the book is filled with those first-person accounts, allowing readers to hear directly from people whose stories otherwise would remain untold and whose voices otherwise would be left unheard.
09/14/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Candidates’ religious commitment not a big voter draw, survey shows
Posted: 9/14/07
Candidates’ religious commitment
not a big voter draw, survey showsBy Robert Marus
ABP Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (ABP)—A new survey of voters’ attitudes toward presidential candidates shows that being perceived as highly religious may not help the 2008 hopefuls much.
The study, released by two bipartisan public-interest groups, also suggests many issues most important to conservative religious voters aren’t as important to the wider electorate.
09/14/2007 - By John Rutledge
