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DBU group sings at White House
Posted: 12/23/05
DBU group sings at White House
The Dallas Baptist University Chamber Singers, a select group of DBU music students, traveled to Washington D.C. to sing at the White House on Dec. 11. They performed in the Grand Foyer for special guests that were touring the White House. “All Things Bright and Beautiful” was the performance theme. The Chamber Singers are led by professor of music Stephen Holcomb. Robert Brooks, dean of the college of fine arts, Sue Mitz, professor of music, and Patti Holcomb also accompanied the singers on the trip. (Photo courtesy of Dallas Baptist University)
01/03/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist Briefs
Posted: 12/16/05
Baptist Briefs
CBF leader meets with secretary of state. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinator Daniel Vestal and a dozen other religious leaders met in Washington, D.C., with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. They called on the United States to lead in global poverty reduction initiatives at a World Trade Organization meeting. The interfaith group challenged Rice to advance proposals that would open global markets to trade and boost economies of developing nations. The religious leaders also lobbied for a $5 billion increase in poverty-focused development assistance in President Bush's 2007 budget request.
First Korean state convention president elected. New England Baptists elected their first non-Anglo president and the first Korean president of a state convention. Messengers to the 23rd annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of New England in Londonderry, N.H., elected Paul Kim, founding pastor of Berkland Baptist Church in Cambridge, Mass., president without opposition. Kim, who was named a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary distinguished alumnus in 2004 for his work in church planting, serves as a trustee of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board. Tommy Oliver, pastor of New Life Baptist Church in Stratham, N.H., was elected vice president. Messengers unanimously passed a $2.8 million budget for 2006–a 5 percent increase and the first increase in more than five years.
First ordained Southern Baptist woman pastor dies. Addie Elizabeth Davis–whose 1964 ordination by Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., to pastoral ministry marked a first among Southern Baptist churches–died Dec. 3 in Covington, Va., after a brief illness. She was 88. Davis, a graduate of Meredith College and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, both in North Carolina, served churches in Vermont, Rhode Island and Virginia. The Baptist Women in Ministry organization provides annual scholarships to female ministerial students through a fund established in Davis' honor.
12/20/2005 - By John Rutledge
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