2008 Archives
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Cancer survivor, age 4, throws out first pitch
Posted: 4/28/08
Cancer survivor, age 4, throws out first pitch
Payton Chumbley, age 4, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a recent Howard Payne University and University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball game. (Photo by Jessica Melendrez/Howard Payne University) By Kalie Lowrie
Howard Payne University
Payton Chumbley, age 4, threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a recent Howard Payne University and University of Mary Hardin-Baylor baseball game.
Howard Payne Head Coach Stephen Lynn said his team wanted to help Payton and his family celebrate the news that his cancer is in remission.
04/28/2008 - By John Rutledge
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IN FOCUS: Sharing makes BGCT ministry possible
Posted: 4/25/08
IN FOCUS:
Sharing makes BGCT ministry possible“Texas Baptists saved the life of my son.” One man shocked me with this statement after I met with students at Truett Seminary in Waco.
He and his wife were missionaries to China. They went to China with one child and soon became pregnant with their second. In China, they were allowed only one child and were told they would have to abort. Of course, that was not an option. Texas Baptists brought them to Texas and provided him with a scholarship to study at Truett. He will graduate in May, and he and his family hope to return to China as missionaries with their 2 1/2-year-old miracle son.
Sheila and I met Kati (Kathryn) at Buckner International’s annual donor dinner. She is a beautiful 4-year-old from Guatemala. Kati was born with facial deformities and was abandoned at birth. This little throw-away child was taken to a Buckner home in Guatemala. Baylor Health Care learned of her condition and brought her to Dallas, where she received numerous surgeries. Now this beautiful little girl has been adopted and has a mother, father and siblings. Scott Collins of Buckner said 100,000 children are cared for in Buckner facilities around the world.
During these last few weeks, I have had the opportunity to begin a tour of Texas to meet with our church and institutional leaders. Susan shared about her desperate situation when she was a single mother with two small children, no job and no place to live. She was directed to the BGCT’s ministry in Round Rock, where she and her two sons lived the next 11 months. The staff of Children at Heart Ministries introduced Susan to Christ, taught her how to manage a budget, got her a job, and she and her boys moved to her own apartment.
04/26/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 4/25/08
Texas Baptist Forum
Business matters
I thoroughly enjoyed “Taking care of business” (April 14). It’s clearly right on target.
Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum.
“Science and faith, reason and faith should never be seen as opposites but as bed-fellows.”
Tony Blair
Former British prime minister and a recent convert to Catholicism (RNS)“I want to say it again, and again, and again: Islam is not a religion. It is a political system … bent on world domination, not a religion.”
Pat Robertson
Religious broadcaster, speaking on the 700 Club (RNS)“What will this do for Ronald McDonald’s image? What secret has Ronald been keeping?”
Dwayne Hastings
Vice president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, regarding McDonald’s sponsorship of the Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (BP)“God.”
George W. Bush
U.S. president, when asked what he saw when he looked into Pope Benedict’s eyes (RNS)As a layman, I spent a career in industry before becoming a full-time church staff member. Frankly, I’m excited about the prospects of using time-tested, proven business techniques from industry to accomplish kingdom purposes.
The opportunity to reach people for Jesus is limitless when you combine the methods of strong business leaders with the servant-leader characteristics of our Lord.
04/25/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Chaplain launches âadopt a terroristâ prayer campaign
Posted: 4/25/08
Chaplain launches ‘adopt a
terrorist’ prayer campaignBy Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)—An Army Reserve chaplain has decided to do his individual part in the war on terror. He co-founded an Internet ministry to pray for terrorists.
“Adopt a Terrorist for Prayer” was launched in March and features a catalog of photos of people designated by the FBI or the State Department as participants in or sponsors of terrorism.
A chaplain has launched an Internet-based ministry urging Christians to pray for the conversion of terrorists such as al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, pictured in this 1998 file photo. (Photo/REUTERS) 04/25/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Updates from Venezuela evangelistic effort
Posted: 4/25/08
Updates from Venezuela evangelistic effort
Josue Valerio of the BGCT missions section is in Venezuela with a team of four from Texas for the second wave of an evangelism push, part of a Venezuela Partnership we reported on in March and April.
Valerio is posting updates from the current effort on the TexasBaptists blog. Read his latest here.
For more information on the Venezuela partnership, e-mail Texas Partnerships at txpart@bgct.org or call Steve Seaberry, director of Texas Partnerships, at (214) 828-5180.
04/25/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Explore the Bible Series for May 4: Acknowledge broken relationships
Posted: 4/15/08
Explore the Bible Series for May 4
Acknowledge broken relationships
• Genesis 42:6-9, 13-24
First Baptist Church, Petersburg
Anywhere two people are together, no matter what the relationship or how much they love each other, eventually there will be conflict. Disagreements will arise and each side will want to “win.” Our relationships involve our emotions, and because of that, feelings will be hurt as strain is placed on the relationship due to these conflicts.
04/25/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist Childrenâs Youth Ranch accepts 75 children removed from FLDS compound
Posted: 4/25/08
Baptist Child & Family Services staff cared for women and children from the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints ranch for three weeks in San Angelo. (BCFS Photos) Baptist Children’s Youth Ranch accepts
75 children removed from FLDS compoundBy Craig Bird
Baptist Child & Family Services
LULING—Seventy-five children removed from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ranch by the Texas Department of Child Protective Services have been placed with Baptist Children’s Home Youth Ranch near Luling.
This will allow for large groups of siblings to remain together at the facility which has been adapted to house FLDS children exclusively, administrators explained.
04/25/2008 - By John Rutledge
