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Snapshots of piety in America
Posted: 9/29/06
Snapshots of piety in America
By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
WACO (ABP)—Americans may not be losing their religion after all, according to a new Baylor University study on faith in the United States. The results of the recently released study by Baylor’s sociology department and Institute for Studies of Religion show, among other things:
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• View the entire Baylor University Religion Survey report as a pdf file here.• The majority of people not affiliated with any religion still believe in God, and one-third pray at least occasionally.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Navy chaplain convicted for protest
Posted: 9/29/06
Navy chaplain convicted for protest
By Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
NORFOLK, Va. (ABP)—A Navy chaplain who has accused his superiors of violating his religious freedom has been convicted by a court-martial for appearing in uniform at a rally to protest military policy on chaplains.
A military jury in Norfolk, Va., recommended that Lt. Gordon Klingenschmitt be docked $250 a month in pay for the next year and sent a letter of reprimand. The panel convicted him of violating a superior officer’s orders by wearing his uniform at a March 30 press event in front of the White House.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Thailand coup’s impact uncertain
Posted: 9/29/06
Thailand coup's impact uncertain
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
Representatives from three Baptist agencies declined to speculate what long-range impact a coup in Thailand could have on missions in the region, but they confirmed the safety of all field personnel in the country.
Spokesmen for the Southern Baptist International Mission Board, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global Missions and American Baptist Churches International Ministries reported all their workers in Thailand had been contacted and were safe as of Sept. 20.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Committee approves amendment requiring more financial disclosure
Posted: 9/29/06
Committee approves amendment
requiring more financial disclosureBy Robert Marus & Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
NASHVILLE (ABP)—The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee approved an amendment to governing documents that urges SBC leaders toward greater financial responsibility. Southern Baptist messengers will hear the recommendation at the June 2007 annual meeting in San Antonio.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Father of 19—14 by adoption—speaks with authority
Posted: 9/29/06
Pat Williams, senior vice president of the Orlando Magic NBA team, gathers with his extended international family for a Christmas photo. Fourteen of his 19 children are adopted. Father of 19—14 by adoption—speaks with authority
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
When Pat Williams discusses fatherhood, he speaks with the authority experience brings. Williams, senior vice president of the Orlando Magic National Basketball Association team, has 19 children—14 of them adopted.
All 19, who range in age from 21 to 34, are grown and out of their parents’ house now. But Williams insists a father never stops being a father.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Cottagemates reunited at TBCH Reunion after 40 years
Posted: 9/29/06
Neal Green (center) holds a picture taken when he was in the third grade as a resident of Texas Baptist Children's Home. He was reunited with his best friends and cottage family (left to right) Butch Duty, Dan Kinney and Doug Zanders, after 40 years of separation during the 2006 TBCH Alumni Reunion. Cottagemates reunited at
TBCH Reunion after 40 yearsBy Miranda Bradley
Children At Heart Foundation
ROUND ROCK—Clutching an old black-and-white photograph securely tucked in a plastic zipper bag, Neal Green got out of his car and set foot on the Texas Baptist Children’s Home grounds for the first time in more than 40 years.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Focus on missions involvement highlights student event
Posted: 9/29/06
Focus on missions involvement highlights student event
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
ARLINGTON—More than 2,500 college students traveled across Texas to learn how they could make a difference on their campuses this year in the name of Christ—and many of them started by making a difference in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
More than 1,000 participants in Focus, a Baptist General Convention of Texas-sponsored event for college students, worked to repaint church walls, minister to children and meet physical needs of people in the area.
Amy Swainson (front) and Sacha Towery from Monument Baptist Church paint the walls of a church that meets in an Arlington apartment complex. The project was part of Focus, a BGCT-sponsored event for college students. (Photo by John Hall/BGCT) 09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Acton School a hot commodity in business education
Posted: 9/29/06
Acton School a hot commodity
in business educationBy George Henson
Staff Writer
AUSTIN—The Acton School of Business may be little-known among Texas Baptists, but Hardin-Simmons University’s Austin campus has become a hot commodity in the world of business education.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Diplomats need to know religion
Posted: 9/29/06
Diplomats need to know religion
By Kim Lawton
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
NEW YORK (RNS)—Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is breaking ranks with the conventional wisdom of her profession.
Diplomats traditionally were taught to keep far away from potentially controversial subjects like religion, she said. But now, Albright is making a high-profile plea that religion play a more prominent role both in the making of foreign policy and in the training diplomats receive.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, seen here at a recent book-signing, says religion should play a greater role in foreign affairs and diplomacy. (RNS photo courtesy of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly) 09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 9/29/06
Around the State
• Recording artist Randy Travis will bring an inspirational concert to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased in advance by calling (254) 295-5444.
• Reid Ryan, founder and CEO of the Round Rock Express and Corpus Christi Hooks minor league baseball clubs, will speak at the Oct. 9 11 a.m. chapel service at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson went offsite for its “Aloha, with Love” Vacation Bible School. The church held its VBS from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. each evening after the local water park closed for the day. The curriculum was centered on Bible stories with water themes. The church reported an increase in attendance of more than 100 children over last year, and was especially pleased to have reached more older children. Pictured is Matthew McBrayer crossing a water obstacle course. • Houston Baptist University’s College of Nursing will offer an international sprituality and health conference Oct. 12. Religious traditions and the relationship of these traditions to providing culturally sensitive nursing care to members of a diverse community will be identified. Practices in relation to caring for the ill, birthing and dying process in Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu faith traditions will be explained.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Associational changes take on a variety of forms
Posted: 9/29/06
Associational changes take on a variety of forms
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
“The world is changing. Churches are changing. So, why would Baptist associations be any different?” some observers of Baptist life have asked.
09/29/2006 - By John Rutledge
