2008 Archives
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Buckner honors Lubbock couple for consistent giving
Posted: 4/18/08
Buckner honors Lubbock
couple for consistent givingOne Lubbock couple’s consistent monthly donation added up for a ministry to children and families.
In 1973, Dennis and Ramonda Bingham sent their first $5 check to Buckner Children’s Home and established a giving legacy that lasted 35 years, or 420 months. It’s the longest continuous string of giving ever recorded in the organization’s 129-year history.
Dennis and Ramonda Bingham Buckner International honored the Binghams, members of Southcrest Baptist Church in Lubbock, as the R.C. Buckner Philanthropists of the Year during the agency’s annual Founder’s Day dinner in Dallas.
“Ramonda and Dennis Bingham represent the essence of faithfulness,” Buckner President Ken Hall said. “Their consistency is a testimony for all of us and it is an encouragement to the ministry of Buckner.”
04/18/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Missions conference challenges Christians to âGo. Be. Do.â
Posted: 4/17/08
Buckner International mission trip coordinator Jeremy Copeland talks with Dallas Baptist University student Chris Holloway about upcoming mission trips during the “Go. Be. Do.” Global Missions Conference at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas. (Photos by Analiz Gonzalez/Buckner) Missions conference challenges Christians to ‘Go. Be. Do.’
By Analiz González
Buckner International
DALLAS—More than 300 people attended Buckner International’s first-ever “Go. Be. Do.” Global Missions Conference at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas.
Dickson Masindano, director of Buckner in Kenya, talks about needs in Africa. People from around the country gathered to hear Buckner directors from Latvia, Ethiopia, Mexico, Kenya, Russia, Romania, the U.S./Mexico border, Peru and Guatemala. The directors shared personal testimonies, described needs and told conference participants how they can get involved in missions.
04/17/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Explore the Bible Series for April 20: When presented with challenging tasks
Posted: 4/15/08
Explore the Bible Series for April 27
When presented with challenging tasks
• Genesis 41:1, 12-13, 15-16, 28-40
First Baptist Church, Petersburg
Life is full of challenges. Sometimes they come as we seek to challenge ourselves in some area of our lives. At other times, challenging tasks can be thrust upon us by other people or circumstances. While these are not usually negative in nature, they can create a moment of crisis for us as we gauge our ability of overcome the challenge.
04/15/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Cost cutting continues at Baptist Building
Posted: 4/15/08
Cost cutting continues at Baptist Building
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
DALLAS—To cut costs, five additional Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board staff positions are being cut, the research and development team is disbanding, counseling will be outsourced and the WorldconneX missions network will move its offices to the Baptist Building.
BGCT Executive Director Randel Everett announced April 15 the elimination of five staff positions, adding he expects these to be “the final staff cuts.” Earlier, six positions were cut from the BGCT Service Center.
The BGCT faces a projected $5.3 million shortfall from the approved 2008 budget. • Read the complete text of Randel Everett's statement 04/15/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptists minister in wake of raid on polygamist compound
Updated: 4/10/08
Women and children taken from the polygamist ranch in Eldorado, Texas, stand outside their shelter in nearby San Angelo, looking toward other shelters. Texas Baptist Child & Family Services is helping coordinate their care at the request of state officials. (Craig Bird/BCFS) Texas Baptists minister in wake
of raid on polygamist compoundBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
ELDORADO—When state investigators and law officers removed 416 children and 139 women from the rural West Texas compound of a polygamist sect, Texas Baptist churches, agencies and missions organizations responded by offering ministry to the relocated—and sometimes traumatized—former residents of the YFZ Ranch.
Texas Child Protective Services and the law enforcement officials entered the compound April 3-4 with search warrants, investigating allegations of child abuse by followers of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
The main temple in the YFZ Ranch outside Eldorado. Texas Child Protective Services and the law enforcement officials removed 416 children and 139 women from the rural West Texas compound of a polygamist sect. 04/14/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Buckner programs make history in Peru
Posted: 3/31/08
Nine-year-old Elvis greets his new foster parents Vilma and Adolfo Gomez for the first time. (Photo/ANDINA/Carlos Lezama) See Related Articles:
• Buckner programs make history in Peru
• Foster families eager to share lives with children
Buckner programs make history in Peru
By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
Buckner International made history in Peru when officials from the Ministry of Women and Social Work and the Texas-based agency placed eight Peruvian children into the country’s first foster families.
It was the first step of many in an ongoing pilot foster care program. Organizers hope to place 60 orphans and at-risk children into families by the end of the year.
04/11/2008 - By John Rutledge
