Committee drafts proposal on North Carolina churches funding CBF

Posted: 8/24/05

Committee drafts proposal on
North Carolina churches funding CBF

By Tony Cartledge

North Carolina Biblical Recorder

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (ABP)—The North Carolina Baptist State Convention board of directors’ executive committee narrowly approved a budget proposal that retains direct funding for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, but it could limit representation from churches that choose to give all or the majority of their national missions offering through the moderate group.

08/24/2005 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for Sept. 4: In the midst of change, God is there

Posted: 8/23/05

BaptistWay Bible Series for Sept. 4

In the midst of change, God is there

• Joshua 1

By Ronnie Prevost

08/23/2005 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for Sept. 4: Purpose stems from a right relationship with God

Posted: 8/23/05

Family Bible Series for Sept. 4

Purpose stems from a right relationship with God

• Ecclesiastes 1:13-2:22

By Donald Raney

08/23/2005 - By John Rutledge

Explore the BIble Series for Sept. 4: What do you think about the gospel?

Posted: 8/23/05

Explore the Bible Series for Sept. 4

What do you think about the gospel?

• Romans 1:1-17

By Trey Turner

08/23/2005 - By John Rutledge

DBU, Buckner share love with orphans

Posted: 8/19/05

DBU, Buckner share love with orphans

By Hailey Erickson

Dallas Baptist University

A group of Dallas Baptist Uni-versity students and staff recently shared the love of Christ in orphanages in Guatemala.

08/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

European Baptists unlikely to join network

Posted: 8/19/05

European Baptists unlikely to join network

By Greg Warner

Associated Baptist Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (ABP)–Baptist leaders in Europe predict the Southern Baptist Convention will have a hard time drawing Baptists from the continent into a new international network that, some say, will compete with the Baptist World Alliance.

08/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

Winding path leads musician to Hardin-Simmons

Posted: 8/19/05

Winding path leads musician to Hardin-Simmons

By David Coffield

Hardin-Simmons University

ABILENE–When he was growing up as the musically talented son of a piano teacher and a police officer, people who knew George Crane never would have predicted the winding path he would follow–through drug abuse and prison before he found God's purpose for his life and a supportive community at Hardin-Simmons University.

08/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

Baylor students apply classroom skills during mission to Kenya

Posted: 8/12/05

Baylor students apply classroom
skills during mission to Kenya

By Haley Wright

Baylor University

Baylor University students from a variety of academic disciplines put skills learned in the classroom to work on the African mission field during the largest mission trip in the university’s history.

08/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

Rainer to lead LifeWay

Posted: 8/19/05

Rainer to lead LifeWay

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP)–Trustees of LifeWay Christian Resources will vote Sept. 12-13 on the nomination of Thom Rainer to head Southern Baptists' official publishing arm.

Rainer, 50, is founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

If elected by the 59-member board, Rainer will succeed Jimmy Draper, 70, who is retiring after 15 years at the helm of LifeWay, one of the largest Christian publishing companies in the world.

08/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

Mane Mission seeks record to benefit ministry

Posted: 8/19/05

Mane Mission seeks record to benefit ministry

By Craig Bird

Baptist Child & Family Services

TYLER–A Texas-sized challenge to support a Texas Baptist ministry is making a run at the Guinness Book of World Records Oct. 8-9 in Tyler.

08/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

Howard Payne student fulfills missions calling in Peru

Posted: 8/19/05

Howard Payne student fulfills
missions calling in Peru

By Jocelyn Delgado

Communications Intern

BROWNWOOD–A Howard Payne University student used his new passion for film to fulfill his calling to a higher passion–Christian missions.

08/19/2005 - By John Rutledge

Student missionaries see God at work in Thailand

Posted: 8/19/05

Student missionaries see God at work in Thailand

By Meghan Merchant

Communications Intern

KHAO LAK, Thailand–Pictures of missing people nailed to trees serve as a reminder, months later, that the devastation of the Dec. 26 tsunami remains in Thailand.

08/19/2005 - By John Rutledge