Nairobi street kids find refuge at center

Posted: 8/12/05

Nairobi street kids find refuge at center

By Amanda Sawyer

Baylor University

Baptist student missions and education team members talked excitedly as they drove out of the heart of Nairobi to the suburbs. Streets became muddy from the new rains and the bus bounced up and down, dodging as many potholes as it could.

08/12/2005 - By John Rutledge

Lady Bears visit the White House

Posted: 8/12/05 Lady Bears visit the White House The Lady Bears, Baylor's NCAA national championship women's basketball team, visited the White House July 20. President George W. Bush honored the…

08/12/2005 - By John Rutledge

Baptist World Alliance Identity Statement

Posted: 8/12/05

Baptist World Alliance Identity Statement

This is he complete text of the BWA's Identity Statement:
Message from the Centenary Congress
Baptist World Alliance
Birmingham, United Kingdom
July 2005

To all Baptist believers throughout the world with love and joy from those assembled together in Birmingham, UK, at the Centenary Congress of the BWA.

Together those Assembled:

08/12/2005 - By John Rutledge

CBF church, Buckner building neighborhood community center

Posted: 8/12/05

CBF church, Buckner building
neighborhood community center

By Lance Wallace

Buckner Communications

DALLAS – Officials at Buckner Children and Family Services and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-affiliated Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Oak Cliff announced plans Aug. 9 to build a community center on the church’s property just south of downtown Dallas.

08/12/2005 - By John Rutledge

Commentary: Christian nurses helping people in difficult circumstances

Posted: 8/10/05

COMMENTARY:
Christian nurses helping people in difficult circumstances

By Sarah Stone, RN

Hendrick Health System, Abilene

My mind is crowded with pictures of nurses caring for people in physical and emotional pain .

08/10/2005 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Bible Series for August 21: God’s power will be revealed in end-time events

Posted: 8/09/05

BaptistWay Bible Series for August 21

God’s power will be revealed in end-time events

• Revelation 19:11–20:10

By Wayne Smith

08/09/2005 - By John Rutledge

Family Bible Series for August 21: Actions always have consequences

Posted: 8/09/05

Family Bible Series for August 21

Actions always have consequences

• Romans 14:10-12; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15; Revelation 20:11-15

By Mitch Randall

08/09/2005 - By John Rutledge

Explore the BIble Series for August 21: Rejoice in the Lord’s sovereignty

Posted: 8/09/05

Explore the Bible Series for August 21

Rejoice in the Lord’s sovereignty

• Daniel 7

By Dennis Tucker

08/09/2005 - By John Rutledge

Rainer picked to lead LifeWay, anticipates ‘big shoes to fill’

Posted: 8/08/05

Rainer picked to lead LifeWay,
anticipates 'big shoes to fill'

By Greg Warner and David Winfrey

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.

The presidential search committee announced its choice Aug. 5 in Nashville, where LifeWay is based. Rainer, 50, is founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

08/08/2005 - By John Rutledge

Praise by ‘every tribe, tongue and nation’ ends congress

Posted: 8/05/05

Praise by 'every tribe, tongue
and nation' ends congress

By Ken Camp

Texas Baptist Standard

BIRMINGHAM, England—In what some participants characterized as “a foretaste of heaven,” about 12,000 Baptists from more than 200 nations joined their voices in worship at the closing session of the Baptist World Congress.

08/08/2005 - By John Rutledge

Texas, Virginia approved as Baptist World Alliance members

Posted: 8/05/05

Texas, Virginia approved as
Baptist World Alliance members

By Robert Dilday

Virginia Religious Herald

BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP)—Texas Baptists and Virginia Baptists became full-fledged members of the Baptist World Alliance following election by the BWA’s General Council.

08/05/2005 - By John Rutledge

Warren calls SBC withdrawal from BWA a ‘silly’ mistake

Posted: 8/05/05

Warren calls SBC withdrawal
from BWA a 'silly' mistake

By Trennis Henderson

Kentucky Western Recorder

BIRMINGHAM, England (ABP)—Affirming that Baptists from around the world can “have unity without uniformity,” Rick Warren told reporters at the Baptist World Alliance’s centenary congress that the withdrawal of Southern Baptists from BWA was a “silly” mistake.

08/05/2005 - By John Rutledge