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Reynolds lauded as ‘friend of all true Baptists’
Posted: 5/30/07
Reynolds lauded as 'friend of all true Baptists'
By Marv Knox
Editor
WACO—More than 1,300 family and friends flooded First Baptist Church in Waco May 30, bidding farewell to Herbert H. Reynolds, the 11th president of Baylor University, lauded as “a friend to all true Baptists.”
Reynolds died of an apparent heart attack May 25, a day after he and his wife, Joy, arrived at their summer home in Angel Fire, N.M. He was 77.
"A great leader has fallen, and he has left an empty space in our hearts, in our lives, in our community," Paul Powell, dean of Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary and a friend of Reynolds' for 26 years, told the crowd.
Herbert H. Reynolds speaking at the inauguration of Baylor President John Lilley in April 2006. (Photo by Robert Rogers/Baylor Photography) 05/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Huckabee cancels Covenant speech over Jimmy Carter’s criticism of Bush
Posted: 5/29/07
Huckabee cancels Covenant speech
over Jimmy Carter’s criticism of BushBy Greg Warner
Associated Baptist Press
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (ABP)—Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has cancelled plans to speak at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration next January because of organizer Jimmy Carter’s recent criticism of President Bush.
Carter criticized Bush’s foreign policy in a May 19 interview with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. “I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history,” Carter said.
05/29/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Reynolds’ funeral, memorial services set
Posted: 5/27/07
Reynolds' funeral, memorial services set
Memorial services have been set for former Baylor University President Herbert H. Reynolds.
Reynolds died Friday of an apparent heart attack while on vacation in Angel Fire, N.M. He was 77.
Reynolds served as Baylor‚s 11th president from 1981, when he replaced Abner McCall, until he retired from the office in 1995, becoming Baylor chancellor the next day. In 2000, a year in which he received the Baylor Founders Medal, Reynolds stepped down as chancellor and became president emeritus.
Though no formal visitation is planned, anyone wishing to pay respect at Reynolds‚ casket can do so Monday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, 6101 Bosque Blvd., and Tuesday from 4 to 9 p.m. in the Paul W. Powell Chapel at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary on the Baylor campus, according to funeral home officials.
05/27/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Falwell leaves complex legacy
Updated: 5/25/07
Falwell leaves complex legacy
By Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (ABP)—Many social observers agree: few figures in the second half of the 20th century proved as polarizing in American popular and political culture as Jerry Falwell, who died May 15 at the age of 73.
But the outspoken preacher and political activist, who preached a black-and-white gospel and described a world of evil versus good in equally stark terms, left behind a legacy far more nuanced and complex.
Jerry Falwell speaking at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2004. (SWBTS Photo by Matt Miller) 05/25/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Vietnam vets to attend reunion of Saigon Baptist church
Updated: 5/25/07
Jim Humphries on a motorcycle during the time he and his wife were missionaries in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. They are planning a reunion for their former church members July 27-29 in Tyler. Vietnam vets to attend
reunion of Saigon Baptist churchBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
TYLER (ABP)—Jim and Mary Humphries are planning a reunion for members of their former church, Trinity Baptist in Saigon, now called Ho Chi Minh City. They haven’t seen many of their mostly military church members in over 35 years. But they expect to reconnect as if they had never left.
“The bond formed between military men and women and missionaries who worked beside them has grown through the years and is now stronger than ever before,” Mary Humphries said. “That was a very special time in the lives of all who served together.”
05/25/2007 - By John Rutledge
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