North Carolina Baptists still may give to Fellowship

Posted: 11/18/05

North Carolina Baptists
still may give to Fellowship

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (ABP)–Fundamentalists in the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina elected their candidate as president, toughened the convention's stance against gay-friendly churches, replaced the interim executive director and approved new institutional trustees.

11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge

Thanksgiving observances reflect political agendas

Posted: 11/18/05

Thanksgiving observances
reflect political agendas

By G. Jeffrey MacDonald

Religion News Service

ATLANTA (RNS)–Ever since John Winthrop proclaimed in 1630 a mission to establish “a shining city on a hill” to inspire the world, America has grappled with notions of a national destiny led by the hand of God.

11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge

Texas Tidbits

Posted: 11/18/05

Texas Tidbits

DBU named among top wireless campuses. Intel Corporation recently named Dallas Baptist University among the top 25 campuses in the United States for its on-campus wireless Internet capabilities. The process of installing a wireless network on the DBU campus started in 1999 and was completed this summer.

DOM elected Southwestern alum president. David Kimberly, director of missions for Central Texas Baptist Area, was unanimously elected president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's Baptist General Convention of Texas alumni association at the group's gathering in Austin, held in conjunction with the BGCT annual meeting. Elwin Collom, incumbent president of the alumni organization and pastor of First Baptist Church in Coahoma, nominated Kimberly.

ETBU presents Christmas concert. The East Texas Baptist University School of Fine Arts will present "Christmas in Marshall: A Concert of the Season" at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 2 in Baker Auditorium of the Rogers Spiritual Life Center. The event, co-sponsored by ETBU and the Marshall Regional Arts Council, features holiday music performed by groups from the ETBU music department conducted by Choral Director James Moore and Band Director Brent Farmer. Admission costs is $5. For more information, call (903) 935-4484.

11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge

TOGETHER: Texas Baptists have much work to do

Posted: 11/18/05

TOGETHER:
Texas Baptists have much work to do

This year's Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting left me with a profound sense of gratitude at being part of this great family of believers. We celebrated what Baptists, as part of the larger body of Christ, “bring to the table.”

Other Christians bring their gifts, their insights and their faithfulness, but this is what Baptists bring–a passion for missions and prayerful, thoughtful faith.

On Monday evening of the annual meeting, I set forth the following seven-point agenda for the BGCT:

Executive Director BGCT Executive Board

11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge

Storylist for 11/14/05 issue

Storylist for week of 11/14/05 GO TO SECTIONS: • Around Texas       • Baptists       • Faith In Action       • Departments      • Opinion       • Bible Study       •…

11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge

Right or Wrong? Stem Cells (Again)

Posted: 11/18/05

Right or Wrong?
Stem cell research (again)

This past week, my doctor told me that, in a few years, stem-cell research could lead to a cure for my illness. My brother objects to stem-cell research. How should I think about this medical development?

11/18/2005 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for Nov. 27: Everything is to be subjugated to God’s will

Posted: 11/15/05

BaptistWay Bible Series for Nov. 27

Everything is to be subjugated to God’s will

• Judges 17:1-6; 18:1; 19:1; 20:1-5; 21:25

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for Nov. 27: Submission to the will of God is an imperative

Posted: 11/15/05

Family Bible Series for Nov. 27

Submission to the will of God is an imperative

• Job 42:1-17

By Donald Raney

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Explore the Bible Series for Nov. 27: Circumstances can’t defeat God’s purposes

Posted: 11/15/05

Explore the Bible Series for Nov. 27

Circumstances can’t defeat God’s purposes

• Romans 8:28-39

By Trey Turner

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Harris: Leaders model evangelism lifestyle

Posted: 11/15/05

Harris: Leaders model evangelism lifestyle

By Jenny Pope

AUSTIN—Congregations will reflect the lifestyles of their leaders—especially when it comes to evangelism, Pastor Jeff Harris pastor of Grace Point Baptist Church in San Antonio told participants at a seminar during the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.

“Evangelism begins and ends with you,” Harris said. “Either you embody the lifestyle or you do not. If you do not have a passion for lost people, your own people never will. That passion has to come from you, the leaders.”

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

Austin church impacts community by going door-to-door

Posted: 11/15/05

Austin church impacts
community by going door-to-door

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 Baptist 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.

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge

BWA honors Texas Baptists as ‘full members’

Posted: 11/15/05

BWA honors Texas Baptists as 'full members'

By Craig Bird

AUSTIN—Denton Lotz, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, presented Baptist General Convention Texas Executive Director Charles Wade with a framed membership certificate signifying the recent acceptance of the BGCT as a full member in the 100-year-old Baptist fellowship.

Lotz noted when the BWA was founded 100 years ago, “85 percent of the world’s Christians lived in Europe and the United States, but now 60 percent of Christians live in the southern hemisphere. There are 400 million believers in Africa, 550 million in Latin America and 360 million in Asia.

11/15/2005 - By John Rutledge