2008 Archives
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Friends, family honor Wade at dinner
Posted: 2/29/08
Friends, family honor Wade at dinner
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
DALLAS—Hailed as a man of integrity, a loving pastor and devoted husband and father, friends gathered to honor Charles Wade at a retirement dinner held prior to the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board meeting.
Wade retired Jan. 31 after eight years as BGCT executive director. Throughout the evening, speakers gently gibed Wade for his tendency to speak beyond allotted limits, praised him for his commitment to making the BGCT more reflective of Texas ethnically and racially, and lovingly recalled instances that illustrated his pastoral care for people.
Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board Chairman John Petty makes a presentation to Rosemary and Charles Wade. Wade retired Jan. 31 after eight years as BGCT executive director. (Photo/John Hall/BGCT) 02/29/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Congress considers workplace freedom bill again
Posted: 2/29/08
Congress considers workplace freedom bill again
By Greg Trotter
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS)—Congress again is considering a bill to protect religious expression in the workplace, but the bill—bandied about for a decade or more—continues to draw steep opposition from business interests.
The Workplace Religious Freedom Act would require employers to be more accommodating of employees who wish to wear religious headgear, for example, or take time off for holy day observances.
02/29/2008 - By John Rutledge
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New exec pledges to lead BGCT to discover & fulfill ‘kingdom assignment’
Posted: 2/26/08
New exec pledges to lead BGCT to
discover & fulfill ‘kingdom assignment’By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
DALLAS—Commitment to a “kingdom assignment”—ensuring every person in Texas has the opportunity to respond to Christ by Easter 2010—can help unite Texas Baptists, Randel Everett told the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board just prior to his election as executive director.
The board voted 78-6 to elect Everett, pastor of First Baptist Church in Newport News, Va., as executive director at a Feb. 26 meeting in Dallas. He succeeds Charles Wade, who retired Jan. 31. Jan Daehnert is serving as interim executive director until Everett assumes the executive’s post in April.
• Watch Randel Everett's message on this video clip. Chairman Ken Hugghins of Huntsville noted the executive director search committee “came to unanimity” in recommending Everett after seeking God’s direction and listening to Texas Baptists.
02/27/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Pastor-politician points to Muslims as source of Kenyan violence; experts disagree
Posted: 2/22/08
Government buses pull into a camp sheltering some 1,000 displaced Kenyans. The people waited two days for buses to transport them to safety in their ancestral homelands. Unrest continues in Kenya since a disputed election in December, and a Baptist minister-politician who witnessed the events there believes much of the violence was orchestrated by religious extremists. (BP Photo) Pastor-politician points to Muslims as
source of Kenyan violence; experts disagreeBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
DALLAS—Religious extremism prompted much of the violence surrounding Kenya’s disputed presidential elections, according to a Kenyan expatriate and Baptist pastor who lost a bid for a seat in parliament. But international experts with contacts in the region point to ethnic and political divisions—not religion—as precipitating the bloodshed.
International media reported widespread violence erupted throughout Kenya’s rural areas after the nation’s electoral commission declared incumbent President Mwai Kibaki defeated challenger Raila Odinga, and Odinga’s supporters claimed the voting was rigged.
Solomon Kimuyu 02/22/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Gloer named to Garland Chair of Preaching at Truett Seminary
Posted: 2/22/08
Gloer named to Garland Chair
of Preaching at Truett SeminaryBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
WACO—Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary paid tribute to two faculty members simultaneously when Hulitt Gloer was installed as inaugural holder of the school’s David E. Garland Chair of Preaching—an endowed post named in honor of the seminary’s dean.
Garland joined the Truett faculty in 1997 after more than 20 years at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Garland, a New Testament scholar, serves as the William M. Hinson Professor of Scriptures and was named dean last year.
Baylor University Provost Randall O’Brien (left) presents a plaque to Hulitt Gloer during a service in which Gloer was installed as the inaugural holder of the David E. Garland Chair of Preaching at Truett Theological Seminary. (PHOTO/Matt Minard/Baylor University) 02/22/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Panhandle speakers encourage personal evangelism, trust in God’s provision
Posted: 2/22/08
Officers for 2009 for the Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference hosted by Wayland Baptist University include (left to right) Charles Bassett, secretary/treasurer, WBU representative and layman from First Baptist Church, Weatherford; Alan Wilson, first vice president, pastor of First Baptist Church in White Deer; Robert Storrs, president elect, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Lubbock; and Steve Martin, president, pastor of Parkview Baptist Church in Plainview. (Photos by Steve Long/Wayland Baptist University) Panhandle speakers encourage personal
evangelism, trust in God’s provisionBy Teresa Young
Wayland Baptist University
PLAINVIEW—Obedience to God requires seeing people as God sees them, as well as trusting him to provide for needs. That was the advice two keynote speakers offered the 87th annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview.
Supported by eight area Baptist associations, the conference featured Bible study by Wayland religion professors and special messages by Calvin Miller, Christian author and professor at the Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.
Sandy Maddox urges Baptists to see past the masses to individuals who need Jesus. 02/22/2008 - By John Rutledge
