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Texas Baptist Forum_22105
Posted: 2/18/05
TEXAS BAPTIST FORUM
Risky business
Perhaps many older Baptists feel a cultural aversion to having a woman pastor, but it strikes me as disingenuous to portray this issue as solely or even primarily cultural (Jan. 24).
As a child of the '70s–educated after the rise of feminism–I have consistently been taught that women should be free to do anything men can do. Thus, I hold my belief that a woman should not be a pastor in contradiction to my culture, not because of it. Why? Because I believe I must be obedient to God's word.
I wonder sometimes whether advocates of woman pastors realize the implications of their assertions. When he forbade women from holding authority over men in church, Paul based his argument on the story of Adam and Eve in the Old Testament, not on his culture (1 Timothy 2:11-15).
Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum. "Scrubbing public discourse of religious ideas would remove one of the main sources of social justice in our history."
Michael Gerson
White House speechwriter, speaking about President Bush's frequent use of religious language (Time/RNS)
"I have no problem teaching creationism, but not as a science. I learned my creation in Sunday school, and I learned my evolution in high school."
Joel Leib
Parent of a student in Dover, Penn., where the local school board voted to require ninth-grade science teachers to present "intelligent design" as an alternative to evolution (RNS)
"We believe that the rhythm of work and rest, doing and being, acting and reflecting, acquiring and sharing, is one of the most basic Jewish wisdoms. We see that the modern world is out of kilter: so addicted to the technology of making, doing, producing, consuming–and so contemptuous of contemplation, community and family–that this addiction is endangering both our society and the web of life on earth."
Shalom Report
A Jewish electronic newsletter, quoted by Texas Impact.
02/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Penn Place: A Home for Hope_22105
Posted: 2/18/05
A recreation room at the Pennsylvania Place leasing office provides a safe place for children to enjoy fun and games. (Photo by Felicia Fuller) PENN PLACE: A home for hope
By Felicia Fuller
Buckner News Service
FORT WORTH–When Joyce King cautions young people against fast living and freewheeling, she offers her own life as an example. At her lowest point, she shared a house and a crack habit with a boyfriend who abused her often. All the while, she held high-profile positions in Christian ministry. Through prayer and sweat equity, she reclaimed her life and got clean in 1993. Now, she's on a quest to help others.
02/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Tidbits_22105
Posted: 2/18/05
Texas Tidbits
Campolo to lecture at Wayland. Christian author, sociologist and media commentator Tony Campolo will speak March 2 at Wayland Baptist University as part of the McCoy Lecture Series. He will speak in the 11 a.m. Wayland chapel service, meet with several student groups throughout the day, and speak at 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Plainview. Campolo is professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University in St. David's, Pa. The McCoy Lecture Series was developed by First Baptist Church with an estate gift from longtime member Dorothy McCoy, professor emeritus in mathematics at Wayland. Concert highlights preview weekend at UMHB. Tree63, with special guest Paul Colman, will be in concert at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor at 7 p.m. March 4 in the W.W. Walton Chapel. The concert is part of Crusader Preview Weekend, March 4-5, hosted by the recruiting and admissions office for high school seniors and juniors to visit UMHB and get a feel for college life. During the weekend, high schoolers will sit in classes, eat in the cafeteria and stay in the residence halls with students. For more information, call (254) 295-4520, or register online at www.umhb.edu/Preview/welcome.htm. ETBU launches $40 million campaign. East Texas Baptist University in Marshall has launched a five-year, $40-million development campaign. The Legacy of Excellence campaign includes $22.85 million for capital improvements and $5 million for student scholarships, as well as funds for restricted projects and the university endowment. 02/18/2005 - By John Rutledge
O.K. Bowen to First Church in Hereford as interim pastor. 
