2008 Archives
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Visionânot just geographyâunite associations of churches
Posted: 4/03/08
Vision—not just geography
—unite associations of churchesBy George Henson
Staff Writer
FORT WORTH—Want to know what an association looks like? Don’t use a still camera, because the image and functions are constantly changing as associations try to be what the churches they serve need them to be, said Tarrant Baptist Association Director of Missions Tom Law. And to fit all the churches into the same window will take a wide-angle lens—a very wide-angle lens.
“I think the association we have been familiar with is going to change drastically over the next few years,” Law said.
What is the association of the 21st century going to look like? 04/03/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Should Christians use violent video games to lure teens to church?
Posted: 3/14/08
The game Halo 3 has some religious thematic elements, namely the good-versus-evil plot and the role of Master Chief. That’s why some say it can be a valuable tool in relating to non-Christians. Should Christians use violent
video games to lure teens to church?By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
NEW YORK (ABP)—What do warthogs, pelicans, energy swords and Spartan lasers have in common? And how do they relate to John 1:17?
They’re all part of a video game called Halo 3, the top-selling video game of 2007 that pre-sold more than 1 million copies two months before it even hit stores. In the first two weeks after its release, Halo 3—the third installment of Microsoft’s first-person shooter game—made more than $300 million in sales.
04/02/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Lubbock teen, 69-year-old woman connected through service
Posted: 4/02/08
Alexis Vasquez, 13, works outside the home of Antonia Ocón during her spring break. Vasquez said she discovered her love of service through Buckner. (Photos by Analiz Gonzalez/Buckner) Lubbock teen, 69-year-old
woman connected through serviceBy Analiz González
Buckner International
VADO, N.M.—Antonia Ocón’s living room has a foot-wide hole in it. Spider webs cling to the room’s corners. The floor would break if anyone jumped. And the windows are peep holes covered by plastic.
“I spent my life picking chile, planting onions and gathering herbs for a living,” she said, stretching out sand-paper-rough hands as proof. “It was enough to help feed 10 children, but the sun gave me cancer.”
Antonia Ocón sits in a room in her home in Valdo, New Mexico. Ocón said she's suffered from skin cancer and is very grateful for the help the Buckner children are offering. 04/02/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Chaplain uses cookies to bring âhome sweet homeâ to troops in Iraq
Posted: 4/01/08
Chaplain uses cookies to bring
‘home sweet home’ to troops in IraqBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
BAGHDAD—For military personnel serving in Iraq, there’s no place like home—even just a taste of it.
Soldiers find comfort in a coffee house run by Kari Maschhoff, a Baptist General Convention of Texas-endorsed chaplain. And they particularly like the homemade cookies they find there.
Soldiers find comfort—and homemade cookies—at a coffee house in Iraq run by Kari Maschhoff, a Baptist General Convention of Texas-endorsed chaplain. 04/01/2008 - By John Rutledge
