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Steven Curtis Chapman and family view adoption as the ‘visible gospel’_20705
Posted: 2/04/05
Singer Steven Curtis Chapman kisses one of his adopted daughters. Chapman and his wife, Mary Beth, have adopted three girls from China in recent years, doubling the number of children in the family. Steven Curtis Chapman and family view adoption as the 'visible gospel'
By Shannon Baker
Baptist Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–Award-winning Christian songwriter and recording artist Steven Curtis Chapman remembers his “aha moment,” when the gospel of Jesus Christ became amazingly clear to him.
02/04/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Cybercolumn by Brett Younger: My season on the brink_20705
Posted: 2/02/05
Younger with his Youth League ball players. CYBERCOLUMN: My season on the brink
By Brett Younger
“We don’t have a coach for your son Caleb’s team. I don’t know what we’re going to do. I guess children better get used to being rejected, but this isn’t that hard. The coach only has to be at one practice and one game a week. You’d think someone would think these kids are worth two hours. It makes me want to cry.”
The 19th century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard suggested that there are moments that call for a “leap of faith,” but this may have been more of a “look before you make a leap of studipity” moment.
02/04/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State_20705
Posted: 2/04/05
First Church in Mixon held a ground-breaking ceremony for a 6,000-square-foot worship center. Participating were Pastor Joe Ballard, Music Minister Mark Beck, Youth Minister Joseph Orozco, Planning and Building Committee Chairman Preston Lindsey, committee secretary Marli Pike, Sue Lindsey, Bill Lacy, W.A. Pike and architect Natham Mims. Around the State
Two Texas Acteens have been named to the 2005 National Acteens Panel. Abby Baldridge is a member of Rocky Point Church in Steph-enville, and Martha Sicking is a member of First Church in Bay City. In addition, several Texans also have been selected by the Woman's Missionary Union as Top Teens of 2005. Included were Shannon Burdett of First Church in Midland, Ashley Nash of Freeman Heights Church in Garland, Elizabeth Santamaria of Iglesia Bautista Nueva Esperanza in Houston and Kimberly Zimmer of First Church in Kingwood. Houston Baptist University will host an open house for prospective students and their families Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Mabee Theater. For more information, call (281) 649-3211. A single adult retreat sponsored by San Jacinto Baptist Association will be held Feb. 25-26 at Lake Tomahawk Baptist Encampment in Livingston. Open to singles of all ages, the cost is $35. Donna Schmoyer of First Church in Houston will be the retreat leader. Send registration to the association at P.O. Box 1533, Baytown 77522-1533. For more information, call (281) 422-3604. 02/04/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Book Reviews_20705
Posted: 2/04/05
Book Reviews
Who Can You Trust? Overcoming Betrayal and Fear
by Howard E. Butt Jr. (WaterBrook Press)
Whether we're talking husbands and wives, clergy and congregations, or co-workers and bosses, trust issues challenge every human relationship. For a culture that seems to live so easily at the extremes of cynicism and gullibility, Howard Butt provides a careful and much-needed reflection on the “narrow way” of trust and even timely mistrust.
02/04/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Baptist Briefs_20705
Posted: 2/04/05
Baptist Briefs
Baptist Heritage sermon contest announced. Feb. 15 is the deadline for submitting Baptist heritage sermon manuscripts for a competition sponsored by the Baptist History & Heritage Society and the H. Franklin Paschall Chair of biblical studies and preaching at Belmont University. Awards include $400 for first prize, $300 for second prize and $200 for third prize. For contest guidelines, visit www.baptisthistory.org or e-mail Pam Durso at pdurso@tnbaptist.org.
CBF chaplain tapped for national committee. George Pickle, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's associate coordinator for chaplaincy and pastoral counseling, recently was elected a member-at-large on the executive committee of the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces. The national conference is the leading organization for military chaplain endorsers and is the organization that relates directly to each chief of chaplains and their staffs of all branches of the armed forces.
Christian educators focus on engaging culture. "Equipping the Church to Engage the Culture" is the theme of the Baptist Association of Christian Educators' 50th anniversary celebration Feb. 24-26 at Second Ponce de Leon Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga. George Gallup Jr., chairman of the George H. Gallup International Institute in Princeton, N.J.; Michael Lindsay, speaker and consultant on the role of religion in public life; and Sue Mallory, author of "The Equipping Church," will be featured speakers. For more information, visit www.baptisteducators.org.
02/04/2005 - By John Rutledge
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BUA volunteers share gospel in four Latin American countries_20705
Posted: 2/04/05
BUA students and members of a local churches in Guayaquil, Ecuador, spent the pre-dawn hours on Christmas morning giving hot chocolate and sandwiches to homeless people, including a man living in a cardboard box. A group of boys in Ecuador listen to the gospel, presented by students from Baptist University of the Americas. (Photo courtesy of Baptist University of the Americas) BUA volunteers share gospel in
four Latin American countriesBy Craig Bird
Baptist University of the Americas
SAN ANTONIO–Students at Baptist University of the Americas take the “Americas” part of their school's name seriously.
02/04/2005 - By John Rutledge
Two Texas Acteens have been named to the 2005 National Acteens Panel. Abby Baldridge is a member of Rocky Point Church in Steph-enville, and Martha Sicking is a member of First Church in Bay City. In addition, several Texans also have been selected by the Woman's Missionary Union as Top Teens of 2005. Included were Shannon Burdett of First Church in Midland, Ashley Nash of Freeman Heights Church in Garland, Elizabeth Santamaria of Iglesia Bautista Nueva Esperanza in Houston and Kimberly Zimmer of First Church in Kingwood. 
Houston Baptist University will host an open house for prospective students and their families Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Mabee Theater. For more information, call (281) 649-3211. 
