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Time to ‘show up, pay up & speak up,’ Bell insists
Posted: 11/18/05
Michael Bell (right), pastor of Greater St. Stephen First Baptist Church in Fort Worth, and Michael Evans of the Baptist General Convention of Texas enjoy worship at the Texas Baptist African-American Fellowship rally. Time to 'show up, pay up & speak up,' Bell insists
By Craig Bird
AUSTIN–It's time for African-Americans “to show up, pay up and speak up” in the life of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Michael Bell told the 2005 meeting of the Texas Baptist African-American Fellowship at Austin's Rosewood Avenue Baptist Church.
Speaking on the eve of his election as the Texas convention's first African-American president, Bell closed the fellowship rally by challenging participants to “walk through the door that has finally opened” because “a lot of people–of all races–have worked too long and too hard for make this day happen.”
11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Opportunity knocks during CityReach
Posted: 11/18/05
Eva Agueera accepts Christ as her Savior following a gospel presentation by Robert Flores of Iglesia Bautista Principe De Paz in Austin. Opportunity knocks during CityReach
By Miranda Bradley
AUSTIN–Opportunity knocked this week for Eva Agueera, a five-year Austin resident. When she answered the door, Robert Flores stood with a Bible in hand. After a brief conversation in her apartment doorway, Agueera accepted Christ as her Savior.
Agueera's was the first home visited by Flores, a member of the Iglesia Bautista Principe De Paz evangelism team. The team of 20 meets three times a week for training so they can make the most of their door-to-door ministry.
11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
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One family, one mission
Posted: 11/18/05
Newly elected BGCT president Michael Bell (left) and incumbent Albert Reyes respond to reporters' questions during the annual meeting in Austin. One family, one mission
By Ken Camp
Managing Editor
AUSTIN–Rallying under a banner of "One Family–One Mission," messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting took decisive steps toward demonstrating the diversity of the Texas Baptist family.
11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Hispanic Baptists celebrate family & mission
Posted: 11/18/05
Hispanic Baptists celebrate family & mission
By Jenny Pope
AUSTIN–Hispanic Texas Baptists gathered at Primera Iglesia Bautista of Austin to worship and celebrate the theme of this year's Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting, “One Family–One Mission.”
Alcides Guajardo, president of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas, introduced BGCT President Albert Reyes, the convention's first non-Anglo president, and First Vice President Michael Bell to the crowd. Bell was elected BGCT president the next day, becoming the first African-American to hold the post.
Hispanic Texas Baptists gather for worship at a rally prior to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in Austin. (Photo by Jenny Pope) 11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Work together to accomplish mission, Nguyen urges BGCT
Posted: 11/18/05
Work together to accomplish
mission, Nguyen urges BGCTBy Haley Wright
AUSTIN–Texas Baptists are a family of believers working together to accomplish God's mission of reconciling the world to himself, Pastor John Nguyen of Vietnamese Baptist Church in Garland told the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.
Nguyen delivered the convention sermon during the closing session of the two-day meeting.
Pastor John Nguyen of Vietnamese Baptist Church in Garland preaches the convention sermon at the BGCT annual meeting. 11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Reyes urges Texas Baptists to share power, resources
Posted: 11/18/05
Albert Reyes challenges Texas Baptists to follow New Testament teachings about stewardship of power, authority and resources. Reyes urges Texas Baptists
to share power, resourcesBy Craig Bird
AUSTIN–There's nothing like a good, first-century church fight to teach Texas Baptists how to act in the 21st century when the battle lines also highlight ethnic, cultural and economic differences, and the details are spelled out in the Bible, Albert Reyes insisted at the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.
And how the issues were resolved in a productive manner–giving equal place and honor to those who came “late to the table”–is even more instructive, he told messengers in his president's address to the convention.
11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist Briefs
Posted: 11/18/05
Baptist Briefs
Arkansas Baptists oppose gambling. Messengers to the Arkansas Baptist State Convention passed seven resolutions, including ones opposing casino and lottery gambling, the sale of beer on college campuses, and homosexual activism. Messengers also called for their leaders to increase their support for the Cooperative Program unified budget, and they took the first step in granting agency status to the Baptist Assembly at Siloam Springs, Ark. The convention adopted a no-growth budget of $19.7 million that includes $8.3 million–42 percent–for Southern Baptist Convention causes.
IMB needs child care volunteers. The Southern Baptist International Mission Board needs 40 volunteers to provide child care for missionary families in Western Europe while adult personnel attend regional meetings in Germany, April 12-18. For more information, contact Janey Barton at jbarton@wero.org.
Rotary helps CBF relief efforts in Louisiana. The Rotary Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to aid the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Louisiana's hurricane relief efforts in Lacombe, a small Creole community about 25 miles north of New Orleans.Earmarked to restore at least five houses in Lacombe, the grant was requested by Rotary Club 99 in Little Rock, Ark. Through a partnership with CBF of Arkansas, Rotary Club 99 learned about CBF of Louisiana's efforts in Lacombe and have been providing supplies, funds and volunteer labor. Rotary Club 99, the eighth-largest Rotary club in the world, first provided a much-needed cargo trailer, which representatives delivered to Lacombe last month. The trailer, along with three new chainsaws donated by Second Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark., have helped CBF of Louisiana's rebuilding efforts.
11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
