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Dispatches: Visiting a Masaai village
Posted: 2/20/07
The Buckner Vision group visits with Masaai villagers. (Photos by Ken Camp) Dispatches: Visiting a Masaai village
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Tuesday, Feb. 20, Masaai Mara wildlife preserve, Kenya
The past two days, our team members have grown to love the natural beauty of God's creation in Africa, and we have grown to love each other. Yesterday morning, we left Nairobi on a single-engine turboprop plane and flew west over the Rift Valley, landing on a dirt airstrip at the Masaai Mara wildlife preserve.
Lioness with cub at the Masaai Mara wildlife preserve. 03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Dispatches: In Nairobi’s Gehenna
Posted: 2/21/07
"Pastor Eutychus"–Euticauls Wambua Nzengu, who has served 20 years ministering in Nairobi's Korogocho slum–visits with Lee and Susan Bush from First Baptist Church in Athens, members of a Buckner mission vision team. In the background is the city's largest garbage dump. (Photos by Ken Camp) Dispatches: In Nairobi's Gehenna
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Wednesday, Feb. 21, Nairobi, Korogocho slum
Today we saw the presence of Christ in the heart of hell.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Dispatches: Sent to live at New Life Home
Posted: 2/22/07
Linda and Ken Hall at the New Life Home for babies in Nairobi. (Photos by Ken Camp) Dispatches: Sent to live at New Life Home
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Thursday, Feb. 22, Nairobi, New Life Home
When I heard we were going to visit a home for HIV/AIDS orphans, I expected to see a hospice. But children in the New Life Home are not sent there to die; they are sent there to live.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Dispatches: A bright hope for foster children
Posted: 2/24/07
Getahun Tesema of Bright Home ministries interpets for Carol McEntyre as she brings a word of encouragement to women in a sewing class. The vocational training is designed to help women learn a trade and escape poverty— and in some cases, a life of prostitution. (Photos by Ken Camp) Dispatches: A bright hope for foster children
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Saturday, Feb. 24, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
After seeing some of Getahun's ministries this morning and visiting with him, I've decided "Bright Hope" is aptly named.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Pastors, laymen challenged at Panhandle conference
Updated: 3/16/07
New officers for the Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference include (from left) President Richard Laverty of First Baptist in Perryton, President-Elect Steve Martin of Parkview Baptist in Plainview, First Vice President Troy Richardson of Temple Baptist in Amarillo, Second Vice President Gerald Bastin of First Baptist in Crowell and Secretary/Treasurer Charles Bassett of First Baptist in Weatherford. (Photo by Teresa Young) Rx for church leaders:
Both rest and joyBy Teresa Young
Wayland Baptist University
PLAINVIEW—Church leaders should find both rest and joy in Jesus Christ as they serve their congregations and communities, speakers told participants at the 86th annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference at Wayland Baptist University.
D. L. Lowrie, pastor emeritus of the First Baptist Church in Lubbock, brought words of encouragement to pastors and laity in a series of messages about encountering Jesus in everyday situations of service and ministry.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist workers provide training to church leaders in China
Updated: 3/15/07
During a break at the Hua Mei Pastor’s Retreat, the participants spontaneously began singing hymns at the base of Mount Gonga. (CBF photos courtesy of the Cayards) Baptist workers provide training
to church leaders in ChinaBy Laurie Entrekin
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
SICHUAN PROVINCE, China (ABP) — What’s the greatest spiritual need in China today?
Bill and Michelle Cayard, Houston-natives who have worked in China since 2003, believe the country desperately needs more churches and trained leadership.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Don’t ignore date violence, youth ministers told
Updated: 3/15/07
Don't ignore date violence, youth ministers told
By George Henson
Staff Writer
DALLAS—Abuse and violence in dating relationships is too prevalent to ignore, a gathering of youth ministers learned at a workshop at Lakeside Baptist Church in Dallas.
Representatives from
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Balmorhea’s Kids in the Kitchen dish up doses of love
Posted: 3/16/07
Balmorhea’s Kids in the
Kitchen dish up doses of loveBy George Henson
Staff Writer
BALMORHEA—While some people might think First Baptist Church in Balmorhea should consider closing its doors, the congregation is too busy cooking up ways to minister to children and their families to give that idea much thought.
The little church sits in the shadow of the Davis Mountains. It usually counts less than 10 people in Sunday school and, on a good Sunday, 25 in worship services. The majority are over 60 years old, and there are no children.
Children make peanut butter dough, a versatile snack. (Photos by George Henson) 03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Book Reviews
Posted: 3/16/07
Book Reviews
Where Was God? Answers to Tough Questions about God and Natural Disasters by Erwin W. Lutzer (Tyndale House)
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 Asian tsunami, Erwin Lutzer, senior pastor of The Moody Church in Chicago, thoughtfully offers a short, biblically informed view of natural disasters and the questions disasters raise about the character of God and the potential response of believers.
In the end, we must be present with, grieve with and help victims of disaster rather than spend our time debating and trying to interpret for others why God allowed such things to happen. As Lutzer puts it, “Many of us are better at trying to explain natural disasters than we are at weeping over them!”
What are you reading that other Texas Baptists would find helpful? Send suggestions and reviews to books@baptiststandard.com. He also writes, “Disasters remind the living that tomorrow is uncertain; so we must prepare for eternity today.” Even observing news of catastrophic events should remind us all that our lives are fragile and we must eventually face judgment. So, we should follow Christ and be prepared for any eventuality.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist Briefs
Posted: 3/16/07
Baptist Briefs
Agee announces retirement from college association. Bob Agee has announced his retirement as executive director of the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities, effective at the association’s June 2007 annual meeting or “as soon thereafter as a new executive director can be named.” Agee, 68, was president of Oklahoma Baptist University and also served as executive director of the Consortium for Global Education, a sister organization that promotes partnerships between association members and more than 80 colleges and universities worldwide.
History/heritage society moving to Mercer. Headquarters of the Baptist History and Heritage Society will relocate to Mercer University’s Atlanta campus in July. The move comes on the heels of the American Baptist Historical Society’s decision last September to consolidate and relocate its archival collections to Mercer’s Atlanta campus. Both relocations are major steps in Mercer’s aspiration to become a national center for Baptist scholarship.
03/16/2007 - By John Rutledge
