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CBF names Truett as identity partner
Posted: 10/27/06
CBF names Truett as identity partner
By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
ATLANTA (ABP)—The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship coordinating council has approved four schools—including Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary—as identity partners eligible for significant financial support.
10/26/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Coalition urges end to Darfur genocide
Posted: 10/27/06
Coalition urges end to Darfur genocide
By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
DALLAS (ABP)—A politically diverse coalition of 24 evangelical leaders placed full-page ads in leading U.S. newspapers Oct. 18 calling for President Bush and the American public to stop genocide in Darfur.
10/26/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Brazil mission trip seen as ‘anything but average’
Posted: 10/27/06
Iroma Applewhite (left), Morris Applewhite (2nd from right) and Ron Hanby (right), all from First Baptist Church in Hale Center, and their Brazilian interpreter present a New Testament to a young mother during a home visit in Brazil. The team of 16 members from churches in Caprock Plains and Lubbock Baptist associations held Bible studies in almost 100 homes in Salvador, Brazil, resulting in about 300 adults making professions of faith in Christ. Brazil mission trip seen as ‘anything but average'
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
LUBBOCK—Troy Burke describes himself as “kind of average.” He’s a large man, but not overly large. He’s a pharmacist—an interesting-enough profession, but by his own admission it’s hardly one that stands out. But recently, he participated in a mission trip that he described as anything but average.
10/26/2006 - By John Rutledge
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From far North to Deep South, DBU volunteers serve
Posted: 10/27/06
Twelve young men from DBU set out on a 14-mile journey to test spirit, soul, and strength. From far North to Deep South, DBU volunteers serve
By Tim Gingrich
Dallas Baptist University
DALLAS—From the frozen north to the Deep South, Dallas Baptist University students devoted their fall break to missions.
10/26/2006 - By John Rutledge
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BGCT reorganized but not downsized
Posted: 10/27/06
BGCT reorganized but not downsized
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
DALLAS—Two years into a major restructuring of the Baptist Building, a focus on streamlined response to churches has not resulted in the significantly downsized organization some outside observers had anticipated.
Senior administrators point to a Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board staff who stay in closer contact with churches, respond more rapidly to congregations’ needs, demonstrate greater ethnic diversity—and are slightly larger in number.
10/26/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Book Reviews
Posted: 10/27/06
Book Reviews
To Own a Dragon: Reflections on Growing Up Without a Father by Donald Miller & John MacMurray (NavPress)
It’s always fun to read a Don Miller book, and his latest is no exception. This time, the best-selling Blue Like Jazz author and college speaker teams up with his spiritual mentor, the international nature photographer John MacMurray.
Miller writes in his humorous and transparent style, poetically relating many of the experiences and lessons he missed growing up without an earthly father’s presence and training in life skills. While living with MacMurray’s family, Miller’s friend passed on spiritual insights that shaped his views of God and what it means to be a father.
What are you reading that other Texas Baptists would find helpful? Send suggestions and reviews to books@baptiststandard.com. Having lost my father, Reggie, to cancer earlier this year, my grief is fresh, and I wasn’t sure how the book would affect me. However, while reading, I developed an even deeper appreciation for the godly influence of my dad, also being grateful that God is my ever-present, ever-loving and perfect Father.
10/26/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist Briefs
Posted: 10/27/06
Baptist Briefs
Benefactors pledge $16 million to seminary. Harold and Dottie Riley of Austin have pledged $16 million for a campaign to build a 3,500-seat chapel on the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary campus. Presently, the largest auditorium on campus at the 3,000-student school is the 1,100-seat Truett Auditorium. Since coming to Southwestern as president in 2003, Paige Patterson has made building a new chapel one of his priorities. Two years ago, trustees authorized architects to draw up plans, and a site west of the Smith Center for Leadership Development was selected. Patterson has said no ground will be broken until all funds for the chapel have been committed.
National WMU re-elects Texan as officer. Kathy Hillman of Waco and Kaye Miller of Little Rock, Ark., were elected to serve another year as national officers of Woman’s Missionary Union recently at LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina. About 750 members were present at WMU’s 118th annual meeting to re-elect Miller to a second term as president and Hillman to a third term as recording secretary, both by unanimous vote.
10/26/2006 - By John Rutledge
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