2007 Archives
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IMB policies on baptism, ‘prayer language’ softened
Posted: 5/16/07
IMB policies on baptism,
‘prayer language’ softenedBy Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (ABP)—Controversial policies for missionaries on baptism and speaking in tongues were slightly softened—but not revoked —by trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board May 8.
The trustees, meeting in Kansas City, approved an ad hoc subcommittee report of the board’s missionary personnel committee, which had spent more than a year studying the issues.
05/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baylor prof Beckwith becomes Catholic, resigns as head of evangelical society
Posted: 5/11/07
Baylor prof Beckwith becomes Catholic,
resigns as head of evangelical societyBy Greg Warner
Associated Baptist Press
WACO (ABP)—Evangelical philosopher Francis Beckwith has become a Roman Catholic and, as a result, has resigned as president—and as a member—of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Beckwith, associate professor of church-state studies at Baylor University, said the decision he made to seek “full communion” with the Roman Catholic Church grew from his desire to find “historical and theological continuity” with the early Christian church.
Francis Beckwith 05/15/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptists minister to Cactus tornado victims
Updated: 5/11/07
Texas Baptists minister to Cactus tornado victims
By Barbara Bedrick
Texas Baptist Communications
DUMAS—Clutching his Bible to his chest, Saul Monreal lay on the floor of his trailer home as the April 21 tornado roared through Cactus. He prayed for his life.
Moving to Cactus a month ago for a job with a meat processing plant, Monreal had lived in his new trailer only a few days before the violent storm hit. He didn’t know many people in the community of 2,500 people.
Texas Baptists minister to disaster victims like Saul Monreal who was injured in the Cactus tornado. He lost his home in the storm. (Photos by Barbara Bedrick/BGCT) 05/11/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptists minister in Piedras Negras
Updated: 5/11/07
Texas Baptists minister in Piedras Negras
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico—Juan Molina can’t remember the last tornado that hit Eagle Pass or Piedras Negras, Mexico, prior to the one that swept through the area last month.
So, when it started to rain April 24, he thought it was another spring shower. Hours later, he was huddled with his pregnant wife and their 1-year-old daughter on the floor of their mobile home watching a tornado peel off the roof of their house.
BGCT Congregational Strategist Noe Trevino, who helped coordinate Texas Baptist disaster response in the area, delivers supplies. 05/11/2007 - By John Rutledge
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