Summer camp means missions service for DBU Pacesetters_82304

Posted: 7/30/04

Summer camp means missions
service for DBU Pacesetters

By Kristi Brooks

Dallas Baptist University

DALLAS—For more than 100 high school students, summer camp meant more than fun and games as they stocked a food pantry, loaded a truck with shoes for orphans and even painted a public restroom in a city park.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Post-Enron age could be era of ethics, values in business_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Post-Enron age could be era of ethics, values in business

By Todd Svanoe

Associated Baptist Press

CHASKA, Minn. (ABP)–As a parade of former Enron executives defend themselves before a federal grand jury, a new era is emerging in American business, according to business leaders and consultants.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

In spite of SBC withdrawal, Baptist leaders in U.S. pledge BWA support_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

In spite of SBC withdrawal, Baptist
leaders in U.S. pledge BWA support

By Trennis Henderson

Kentucky Western Recorder

SEOUL, South Korea (ABP)–While the Southern Baptist Convention has voted to cut ties to the Baptist World Alliance effective Oct. 1, many Baptist leaders in the United States have pledged to continue to support BWA.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

BWA must continue to defend human rights, stand for freedom and justice, leaders insist_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

BWA must continue to defend human rights,
stand for freedom and justice, leaders insist

By Wendy Ryan

Baptist World Alliance

SEOUL, South Korea (ABP)–The Baptist World Alliance must continue in its role as defender of human rights, religious freedom and the separation of church and state around the world, BWA Executive Director Denton Lotz insisted.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Chosengirls ministry teaches teens the merits of modesty_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Chosengirls ministry teaches teens the merits of modesty

By Sarah Farris

BGCT Summer Intern

KELLER–Society may say to young women, “If you've got it, flaunt it.” But directors of the Chosengirls ministry work to reverse that message by creating a culture of modesty among Hispanic girls.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Democratic liaison to religious leaders resigns after drawing fire from Right_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Democratic liaison to religious leaders
resigns after drawing fire from Right

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)–The Democratic Party's first-ever liaison to religious leaders resigned only two weeks after she started, under fire from a conservative Catholic group for her opposition to the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Small church builds big sanctuary to house its pipe organ_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Small church builds big sanctuary to house its pipe organ

By Jo Gray

Special to the Baptist Standard

FORESTBURG–When First Baptist Church of Forestburg decided to expand its building, members weren't just anticipating growth when they constructed a three-story, 6,700-square-foot sanctuary.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Speaker offers parents peacemaking tools, principles for communicating with teenagers_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Speaker offers parents peacemaking tools,

principles for communicating with teenagers

By Sarah Farris

BGCT Summer Intern

KELLER–If teenagers cannot or will not hear their parents, they probably will ignore God when he calls them, a Dallas-area youth minister and evangelism consultant said.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Parents should pray early, often for children’s salvation, consultant says_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Parents should pray early, often for
children's salvation, consultant says

By Sarah Farris

BGCT Summer Intern

KELLER–Parents should begin praying for their children's salvation before the youngsters even understand right and wrong, a Texas Baptist women's evangelism consultant told a Hispanic women's convocation.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

After 44 years of inner-city ministry, Kube still prays: ‘Here I am; use me’_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

After 44 years of inner-city ministry,
Kube still prays: 'Here I am; use me'

By George Henson

Staff Writer

DALLAS–Delores Kube remembers arriving in Dallas at an underground train station: “My first thought when I reached street-level was, 'This sure is a clean city,' and coming from a background of the East Coast and Washington, D.C., it really struck me that way. My second thought was, 'God, here I am; use me.'”

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Temple church believes God used adversity to build renewed sense of unity_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Temple church believes God used
adversity to build renewed sense of unity

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

TEMPLE–Eighteen months ago, Memorial Baptist Church of Temple was rocked to its foundation by a Valentine's Day bus accident that took the lives of several of the congregation's most devoted members.

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge

Houston church see pews packed again after it disbands, donates facility_82304

Posted: 8/20/04

Houston church see pews packed
again after it disbands, donates facility

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

HOUSTON–A church building where pews were packed with people in decades past is now full of new life because of a “kingdom mindset.”

08/20/2004 - By John Rutledge