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Straining muscles baptizing no hardship for Daisetta pastor_101804
Posted: 10/15/04
Pastor Kenny Rawls has baptized more than 10 percent of Daisetta’s population in less than a year—118 people in a town of 1,100. Straining muscles baptizing
no hardship for Daisetta pastorBy George Henson
Staff Writer
DAISETTA–Kenny Rawls' ailment is the kind some Baptist preachers would boast about having. He strained muscles baptizing so many people.
10/15/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Dallas Baptists work with Habitat to breathe new life into neighborhood_101804
Posted: 10/15/04
Gerald Davis, Cecil Deadman and Marla Bearden of the BGCT staff and Ray Breeding of Cornerstone Baptist Church replace a screen door during a Habitat for Humanity renovation workday. Dallas Baptists work with Habitat to
breathe new life into neighborhoodBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
DALLAS–After getting their feet wet with an earlier Habitat for Humanity effort in South Dallas, Texas Baptists are getting their hands dirty as they pull out hammers and nails and go to work on a second project to help revitalize part of a community.
10/15/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Filipino church teaches members to adopt missional lifestyle_101804
Posted: 10/15/04
Members of First Phillipine Baptist Church in Houston participate in a recent Vacation Bible School. The congregation partnered with the youth group from Tallowood Baptist Church for the effort. Partnership is one of the hallmarks of missional churches, said Milfred Minatrea, who recently wrote a book on the subject. Filipino church teaches members to adopt missional lifestyle
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
HOUSTON–Actively involved Christians may spend seven hours a week inside church walls. That leaves 161 hours a week they aren't in church.
10/15/2004 - By John Rutledge
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Sloan: Balance demands both_101804
Posted: 10/15/04
Sloan: Balance demands both
Thinking theologically, Baptists need to affirm both the priesthood of the believer and the priesthood of believers, Baylor President Robert Sloan said.
Citing the New Testament book of 1 Peter, he observed: “The church is a 'body of priests,' and that means that I, both as a member of a regenerate congregation and as an individual, need no other priest than Jesus Christ. The church does not need another mediator than Jesus Christ. There is no teaching authority beyond us that tells us how we must observe Scriptures.”
A proper understanding of the priesthood of the believer/believers involves balance, Sloan said.
See related articles:
• Baylor provost's speech sparks debate over Baptist freedom
• Baptist scholars point to tension between individualism and community life
• Sloan: Balance demands both
10/15/2004 - By John Rutledge
