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Young women challenged to live the ‘amazing life’ on mission with God
Posted: 8/03/07
Participants at Blume—formerly known as the National Acteens Convention— sing praises to God. Young women challenged to live
the ‘amazing life’ on mission with GodBy Julie Walters
Woman’s Missionary Union
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—More than 3,000 teenaged and collegiate young women were challenged to live “the amazing life” during Blume, a missions event sponsored by national Woman’s Missionary Union.
Texas had the largest representation of any state at the event—formerly known as the National Acteens Convention—with 349 participants.
National Acteens Panelists—including Tiffany Clark of First Baptist Church in Humble (2nd from left) share their personal prayer and challenge with Blume participants during the opening session of the missions meeting. Other panelists pictured are (left to right) Juliana Robbins of Calvary Baptist Church in Waynesboro, Tenn.; Brittany Burdine of University Hills Baptist Church, Charlotte, N.C.; and Tara Hammett of First Baptist Church, Minden, La. 08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Store offers help for needy and youth ministry
Posted: 8/03/07
Sherri Manning (left), manager of the Agape Thrift Store in Evant, visits with volunteer Carolyn Huncke. Store offers help for needy and youth ministry
By Whitney Farr
Communications Intern
EVANT—Coffee addicts might not mind paying $4 for a frappe, but Agape Thrift Store in Evant sold a brand new espresso machine for a mere three bucks.
Coffee drinkers may not be the only ones paying too much. Every item in Agape is sold for $1, unless otherwise marked.
08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 8/03/07
Community North Church in McKinney has broken ground on a multi-use building. It will be the first phase of a four-phase building plan. The two-story stone-exterior structure will include both worship and fellowship hall space and will feature stained glass. Offices and classrooms also are included. Participating in the groundbreaking from left were Blanca Garcia, Don Hild, Mabel Lois Rutledge, Will Alexander, Burton Douglas, Larry Vowell of Collin Association, Rick Ballard of Collin Association, Pastor Bruce Austin, Ed Bratton, Linda Young and Barbara Francis. Around the State
• Brian Carter has been presented the Douglas MacArthur Freedom Medal by Howard Payne University. The medal is awarded to individuals for their role in preserving Judeo-Christian values, Western heritage and the free enterprise system. Carter, a graduate of HPU’s Academy of Freedom program, was chosen to receive the award in honor of his service in the Marine Corps, including a recent tour of duty in Iraq, according to Justin Murphy, director of the Academy of Freedom.
• The Baylor Board of Regents has approved formation of the Baylor Advanced Research Institute. It will provide faculty with industrially funded research opportunities, student internships and graduate faculty funding to meet the scientific challenges of the future. The institute’s goal is to narrow the gap between discoveries in Baylor’s research laboratories and their practical application in industry.
• Dallas Baptist University has announced additions to its faculty. Included are Joe Cook, assistant professor of counseling; Scott Jeffries, assistant professor of library science and reference librarian; Caia McCullar, professor of music; Amie Sarker, assistant professor of education; and Stephen Stookey, professor of Christian history and leadership studies.
• Ted Barnes has been named dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Book Reviews
Posted: 8/03/07
Book Reviews
Sitting Strong: Wrestling with the Ornery God by Jeanie Miley (Smyth & Helwys)
Like Job, Jeanie Miley is acquainted with heart-wrenching grief. And like Job, her book offers the fortitude to “sit strong” in pain. That’s a far cry—and, frankly, a more realistic option—than “being strong.” This book is a guide for being able to “simply sit with your suffering, wrestling with it, arguing with God, and letting the old die so that the new can be born.”
With healing, renewing candor, Miley lauds an honest-with-God confrontation of life’s hardships. Rather than deny or denigrate them, she shows how to hold fast to God in the abyss of their pain. She teaches how to listen for the whisper of God’s grace even as the storms of life howl about.
What are you reading that other Texas Baptists would find helpful? Send suggestions and reviews to books@baptiststandard.com. Sitting Strong not only confronts the mind with its forthright acknowledgement of pain, evil and suffering, but it also soothes the heart. The straightforward prose of each chapter presses onward in exploration, while the original poetry that concludes them reaches beyond thoughful analysis to salve the soul.
08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist Briefs
Posted: 8/03/07
Baptist Briefs
Accrediting association reprimands Criswell College. A Bible college with close ties to the Southern Baptist fundamentalist movement is in danger of losing its accreditation due to financial problems. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced it has placed Criswell College on a one-year probation period for failure to comply with standards regarding financial stability and control of finances. The Dallas-based school’s finances have been under scrutiny by the accrediting agency for two years. While the association’s statement indicates Criswell displayed enough progress on “noncompliance” with SACS financial standards to prevent a complete withdrawal of accreditation, those advances apparently were not enough to return it to good standing with the association. SACS rules require it either to regain good standing after the two-year study period, continue accreditation but in a probationary period, or have its accreditation revoked entirely. SACS officials said they would continue studying the school’s finances and make another determination on Criswell’s status in June 2008.
Gushee migrates to Mercer. Ethicist and author David Gushee has been appointed distinguished university professor of Christian ethics at Mercer University. Gushee currently serves as a university fellow, Graves Professor of moral philosophy and senior fellow of the Carl F.H. Henry Center for Christian Leadership at Union University in Jackson, Tenn. At Mercer, he will be based in the James and Carolyn McAfee School of Theology in Atlanta and is expected to teach interdisciplinary ethics courses throughout the university. Gushee is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary, where he earned an undergraduate degree. He received the master of divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and earned a master of philosophy degree and a doctorate in Christian ethics from Union Theological Seminary in New York. Gushee is a columnist for Christianity Today and Associated Baptist Press, and he has written or edited nine books. Gushee, an ordained Baptist minister, is married to Jeanie, a homemaker, poet and nurse. They have four children: Holly, David, Marie, and Madeleine.
08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
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BWA creates young leaders network
Posted: 8/03/07
BWA creates young leaders network
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
The Baptist World Alliance has started a network of young people in an effort to develop its next generation of leaders.
More than 30 young leaders from around the world gathered before the BWA’s General Council meeting held recently in Ghana. They met one another and discussed issues they are facing.
08/03/2007 - By John Rutledge
