BaptistWay Bible Series for August 6: Leaving—and learning from—a legacy

Posted: 7/26/06

BaptistWay Bible Series for August 6

Leaving—and learning from—a legacy

• 2 Timothy 4:1-8

By Joseph Matos

07/26/2006 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for August 6: Set apart by God for service, righteousness

Posted: 7/26/06

Family Bible Series for August 6

Set apart by God for service, righteousness

• John 17:9-23

By Greg Ammons

07/26/2006 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for August 6: Fear God, but beware legalism

Posted: 7/26/06

Explore the Bible Series for August 6

Fear God, but beware legalism

• Ecclesiastes 7:1-8:17

By James Adair

Baptist University of the Americas, San Antonio

In his Nicomachean Ethics, the great philosopher Aristotle discusses the “doctrine of the mean.” He says the excellence of a thing, be it a human or a horse, may be defined as its ability to perform its function well. Further, he says, “well” may be defined as that point midway between excess and deficiency, that is, the mean.

07/26/2006 - By John Rutledge

VBS ‘makeover’ puts children to work

Posted: 7/21/06

VBS ‘makeover’ puts children to work

By George Henson

Staff Writer

BEAUMONT—Children attending Vacation Bible School at North End Baptist Church in Beaumont learned you don’t have to be on television to make a difference in someone’s life.

The VBS team at North End chose to write their own curriculum this year and settled on “Extreme Church: Service Edition,” a take-off on the television series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

07/25/2006 - By John Rutledge

Volunteers fleeing Beirut reach Cyprus on U.S. Navy ship, heading home soon

Posted: 7/23/06

Volunteers fleeing Beirut reach Cyprus
on U.S. Navy ship, heading home soon

By Erich Bridges

LARNACA, Cyprus (BP)—After being trapped for more than a week in Beirut as Israeli-Hezbollah fighting raged, 19 tired and relieved Southern Baptist volunteers arrived in Cyprus from Lebanon early July 21 aboard the Navy transport USS Nashville.

The volunteers from two churches in Georgia and Texas were transported by bus with hundreds of other U.S. evacuees from the Cypriot port of Larnaca to Nicosia, where U.S. embassy officials have set up a receiving area equipped with cots, food and beverages in a city convention center. From there, the volunteers were expected to board one of the charter flights U.S. officials have arranged to take Americans exiting Lebanon home to the United States.

The two volunteer groups include 10 members from First Baptist Church of Forney, Texas, and nine from Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church in Henry County, Ga. They had been participating in various summer ministries with Lebanese Baptists through churches in Beirut when cross-border bombing and rocket attacks broke out between Hezbollah guerrillas based in southern Lebanon and Israeli forces.

07/23/2006 - By John Rutledge

Storylist for 7/10/06 issue

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07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

If they can quit fighting, anyone can

Posted: 7/21/06

If they can quit fighting, anyone can

By Trennis Henderson

Kentucky Western Recorder

MEXICO CITY—Acknowled-ging Christians “will always have conflict,” Paul Msiza of South Africa advocated for conflict resolution during the Baptist World Alliance annual gathering in Mexico City.

Msiza, general secretary of the Baptist Convention of South Africa, recounted how his convention broke away from the Baptist Union of South Africa almost two decades ago.

07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

BWA shows Baptists’ ‘essential unity’

Posted: 7/21/06

BWA shows Baptists’ ‘essential unity’

By Trennis Henderson

Kentucky Western Recorder

MEXICO CITY (ABP)—The Baptist World Alliance ushered in its second century by unveiling plans to expand participation in the international organization.

For starters, BWA’s annual General Council meeting was renamed the BWA annual gathering, signaling a desire to expand participation beyond BWA’s leadership circle.

07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

Bell decides not to seek 2nd BGCT term

Posted: 7/21/06

Bell decides not to seek 2nd BGCT term

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

LUBBOCK—Michael Bell will not seek a second term as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

The convention’s first African-American president told participants in the African American Fellowship of Texas annual meeting he would follow the example of Ken Hall and Albert Reyes in holding the presidency for only one year.

07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

African-American leader Evans elevates focus on church

Posted: 7/21/06

African-American leader
Evans elevates focus on church

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

LUBBOCK—Michael Evans, the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ African-American ministries director, is resigning to focus on pastoring his Mansfield congregation and spend time with his sons.

07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

Russian siblings to be separated if families don’t adopt

Posted: 7/21/06

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Russian siblings to be separated
if families don’t adopt

By Russ Dilday

Buckner News Service

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—Two sets of Russian siblings will be separated—perhaps forever—if they are not adopted soon, reported Debbie Wynne, director of Buckner International Adoption.

In order to speed their adoption, donors have enabled Buckner to waive several key costs normally paid by adoptive parents.

07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge

My Father’s House offers a safe home for a fresh start

Posted: 7/21/06

My Father's House offers
a safe home for a fresh start

By Ken Camp

Managing Editor

LUBBOCK—Monica Limon had no job and faced a no-win choice—live on the streets or depend on her abusive boyfriend.

Child Protective Services temporarily took custody of her two daughters, and agency officials told her if she didn’t press charges against her boyfriend, she would lose the girls permanently.

07/21/2006 - By John Rutledge