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Tarleton students see encounter with accident-victim as no accident
Posted: 3/28/08
Tarleton students see encounter
with accident-victim as no accidentAbout a dozen students from Tarleton State University traveled to South Padre Island to offer free van rides, pancake breakfasts and words of Christian witness to partiers on spring break. But they never expected to render emergency first aid to accident victims and minister to anyone in a hospital.
“Our group had an experience unlike any I have ever encountered at beach reach in the past three years,” said Stephen Alexander, Baptist Student Ministries intern at Tarleton.
• See Complete Spring Break Ministry Coverage Here At about 1 a.m., the volunteers who provided van rides came upon an accident scene. Fortunately, one of the Tarleton students, Brian Salge, is an emergency medical technician and trained first-responder.
“He was the first EMT on the scene and immediately started giving first aid,” Alexander recalled.
03/28/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Obama campaign spotlights race, pulpit freedom
Posted: 3/20/08
Obama campaign spotlights race, pulpit freedom
By Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (ABP)—While the political consequences of Sen. Barack Obama’s March 18 speech on race created chatter for cable-news channels, the episode is noteworthy for another reason, according to experts in religion and politics.
For the first time in modern American history, a presidential candidate’s pastor and congregation are the cause of a major campaign controversy.
Sen. Barack Obama delivers a speech on race in response to controversy over remarks by his long-time pastor, Jeremiah Wright, who recently retired at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. 03/20/2008 - By John Rutledge
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BRIEFS: Hymnal contents released
Posted: 3/20/08
BRIEFS: Hymnal contents released
New hymnal contents revealed. Titles of 674 hymns and worship songs included in the new Baptist Hymnal have been released by its publisher, LifeWay Christian Resources. “There is a good mix of hymns, worship music and praise choruses,” said Mike Harland, director of LifeWay Worship. “About 300 of these songs are new ones to our hymnal. Of these 300, about 200 have been published in other hymnals and about 100 are brand-new hymns and songs that haven’t been published in any hymnal before.” The full list of the songs is available at www.lifewayworship.com.
Schools’ group picks leader. The International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities has elected Michael Arrington, provost of Carson-Newman College, as executive director. Arrington, 62, succeeds Thomas Corts, who in September was named by President Bush to coordinate education initiatives for the United States Agency for International Development. Arrington will retire as provost at Carson-Newman effective at the close of the academic year.
SBC preschool/children’s registration opens. Registration is open for families planning to enroll their children in June 8-11 preschool childcare or the children’s conference in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Indianapolis, Ind. For all information regarding registration, visit www.sbc.net and click on “2008 SBC Annual Meeting” then “Children/Students.”
Ouachita dean nominated for CBF post. Hal Bass, a dean at Ouachita Baptist University, has been nominated for moderator-elect for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Bass is a native of Corpus Christi who graduated from Baylor University and Vanderbilt University. He teaches political science and is dean of the school of social sciences at Ouachita. North Carolina pastor Jack Glasglow is the current moderator-elect. He will assume the office of moderator on June 20 at the conclusion of the CBF General Assembly in Memphis, Tenn. Harriet Harral of Fort Worth is the fellowship’s current moderator, and she will become chair of the nominating committee after the general assembly.
03/20/2008 - By John Rutledge
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IRS scrutiny of Obama’s denomination may signal political-speech crackdown
Posted: 3/20/08
IRS scrutiny of Obama’s denomination
may signal political-speech crackdownBy Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (ABP)—What is the IRS thinking?
That’s the question that many church-state experts asked themselves when news broke in late February about the Internal Revenue Service’s investigation of Sen. Barack Obama’s denomination.
03/20/2008 - By John Rutledge
