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Student missionaries discover love transcends cultural barriers
Posted: 8/18/06
Ericha Eppinger teaches students during a children’s camp in Germany as part of a Go Now Missions team. Student missionaries discover
love transcends cultural barriersBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
Christ’s love translates into any language, according to student missionaries who served internationally this summer through Go Now Missions, the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ student missions program.
People around the world are craving and seeking God’s love—asking questions and coming to profess faith in Christ as Lord, students repeatedly reported during a debriefing session.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Students start spreading the (good) news in New York
Posted: 8/18/06
Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi student Adam Lopez teaches a young man using a computer at the African Friendship Center in New York. Students start spreading
the (good) news in New YorkBy Laura Frase
Communications Intern
NEW YORK—Students hit the streets and subways of New York this summer on a mission to help meet the needs of the Big Apple.
First Baptist Church in Arlington Sunday school teacher Regina Fancher led a team of students to New York through Go Now Missions, the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ student missions program.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Logsdon students experience Baptist life in Europe
Posted: 8/18/06
Logsdon Seminary students (from left) Nathan Pruett, Darrell Smith, Daniel Dotson, Chazley Dotson, Jaci Jackson and Amanda Cutbirth visit the Bebelplatz, the courtyard in front of the library at Humboldt University, where the Nazis burned 20,000 books in May, 1933. Logsdon students experience Baptist life in Europe
By Laura Frase
Communications Intern
ABILENE—While students at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary were hunched over their desks rapidly scribbling notes, thousands of miles away, six students explored Holocaust museums, snapped pictures of castles and cathedrals, and met European Baptist leaders.
As part of the seminary’s missions immersion class and “Baptists in Eastern Europe” class, students learned by spending one month traveling across Europe, examining the culture and meeting prominent Baptist leaders.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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MAKING REPAIRS: Auto mission rebuilds engines, troubled lives
Posted: 8/18/06
Terry Legan (center) works with young men to rebuild a car motor. Legan’s Auto Mission helps young men in legal trouble rebuild their lives. (Photos by Angela Best) MAKING REPAIRS:
Auto mission rebuilds engines, troubled livesBy Laura Frase
Communications Intern
HURST—Terry Legan believes no car should end up in a junkyard. Neither should a young life. Both are salvageable.
With this in mind, Legan began Auto Mission as an outlet for troubled boys because “all teenage guys are interested in cars and girls, … and I don’t know much about girls.”
Auto Mission helps young men learn to rebuild car engines—and troubled lives. 08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Progressive Baptists critique war in Iraq
Posted: 8/18/06
Progressive Baptists critique war in Iraq
By Adelle Banks
Religion News Service
CINCINNATI, Ohio (RNS)— The Progressive National Baptist Convention continued its call for an end to the war in Iraq during its annual meeting in Cincinnati, saying resources spent on the conflict are needed to address the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Delegates to the meeting held their 45th annual session in the city where the historically African-American denomination was founded.
"This unnecessary, unwise and destructive war in Iraq is rupturing our nation, corrupting our foreign relations and disrupting our future. Iraq is now a growing cancer rapidly and deeply spreading nationally and globally." 08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Humor & honesty help evangelist connect with youth
Posted: 8/18/06
Douglas Runkles, otherwise known as "Runks" to youth ministries across the country, shares the gospel through humor. Humor & honesty help
evangelist connect with youthBy Leann Callaway
Special to the Baptist Standard
LEVELLAND—“Funny name, funny guy, deep message”—that’s the slogan of Douglas Runkles of First Baptist Church in Levelland, better known as “Runks” to youth ministries across the country.
As a popular youth communicator, he likes to see his teenage audiences laughing so hard it hurts, because he has discovered humor serves as his best tool to connect with students. And after he captures their attention, he shifts gears to describe his own life struggles and challenge young people to trust God to overcome their struggles and addictions.
Douglas Runkles 08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits
Posted: 8/18/06
Texas Tidbits
Baylor names dean for student development. Baylor University has named Elizabeth Palacios dean of student development. In her new post, Palacios will provide leadership in campus recreation, multicultural activities and student activities. Palacios holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Baylor and earned a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a licensed professional counselor and a licensed specialist in school psychology. From 1991 to 1995, Palacios served as Baylor’s coordinator of community service. She has served as an instructor in civic education at Baylor since 1991, a part-time lecturer in the department of educational psychology in the School of Education from 1995 to 2002 and as a full-time lecturer in educational psychology since 2002.
DBU receives $250,000 gift. The Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation has granted Dallas Baptist University $250,000 toward construction of a new chapel on the DBU campus. Currently, DBU students meet in a gymnasium for chapel services, convocations and special events. The new chapel building will seat about 1,400 individuals and also will house the school’s intercessory prayer ministry and offices for the Cook Graduate School of Leadership. DBU has received $3 million from the Andersen Foundation in the last 12 years.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: BGCT emphasizes church leadership
Posted: 8/18/06
TOGETHER:
BGCT emphasizes church leadershipThe Apostle Peter, after a lifetime of following Jesus and providing leadership among the early Christians, gives this poignant counsel to young pastors:
“I have a special concern for you church leaders. I know what it’s like to be a leader, in on Christ’s sufferings as well as the coming glory. Here’s my concern: That you care for God’s flock with all the diligence of a shepherd. Not because you have to, but because you want to please God. Not calculating what you can get out of it, but acting spontaneously. Not bossily telling others what to do, but tenderly showing them the way.
“When God, who is the best shepherd of all, comes out in the open with his rule, he’ll see that you’ve done it right and commend you lavishly. ….
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
“So, be content with who you are, and don’t put on airs. God’s strong hand is on you; he’ll promote you at the right time. Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you” (1 Peter 4:19-5:7).
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
