Baptist Building staff breaks the bank to aid Texas hunger offering_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Baptist Building staff breaks
the bank to aid Texas hunger offering

By Ken Camp

Texas Baptist Communications

DALLAS–Baptist Building staff recently offered hope and help to hurting people through bashed banks, bottled water and books bought for children.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

In Africa, youth witness a miracle of loaves and fishes_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

In Africa, youth witness a miracle of loaves & fishes

By Jo Upton

CBF Communications

When Christian teenagers from North America and Kenya visited the Baptist Children's Centre Orphanage in Nairobi, the true spirit of cultural exchange occurred.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

Texas students hit the road on mission during Christmas holidays_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Texas students hit the road
on mission during Christmas holidays

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

While Texas Baptists are celebrating Christmas with warm fires and loving families, many college students will be taking the holiday spirit beyond their campuses.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

First African-American Executive Board chair has law background_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

First African-American Executive
Board chair has law background

By Ken Camp

Texas Baptist Communications

HOUSTON–When John Ogletree first felt God's calling into ministry, he thought there must have been a mistake.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

JOY ON FOUR LEGS Pet ministry in Houston_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Nancy Malley and Niko, a poodle, greet Irene Tesch at the Regency Village Nursing Home in Webster, where pets are used as a therapeutic ministry.

JOY ON FOUR LEGS:
Pet ministry in Houston

By George Henson

Staff Writer

HOUSTON–Joy comes in all shapes and sizes, and sometimes with four legs.

12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

Storylist_122203

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12/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

SBC ethicist joins criticism of ‘Rickshaw Rally_120803

Posted: 12/19/03

SBC ethicist joins criticism of 'Rickshaw Rally'

By Bob Allen

EthicsDaily.com

Churches in the Southern Baptist Convention should consider avoiding the Asian-themed “Rickshaw Rally” Vacation Bible School material produced this year by the SBC's publishing house, says a consultant for the SBC's moral concerns agency.

12/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

Akin nominated to succeed Patterson as Southeastern Seminary president_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Akin nominated to succeed Patterson
as Southeastern Seminary president

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (ABP)–Daniel Akin, academic dean at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., will be recommended as president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., next month.

A special meeting of Southeastern's trustees has been set for Jan. 15, when the recommendation will be presented, said Timothy Lewis, trustee chairman and chairman of the search committee. If elected, Akin will succeed Paige Patterson, who left to become president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. All three seminaries are owned by the Southern Baptist Convention.

“Dr. Akin is a man with great vision, keen insight and spiritual understanding,” Lewis said in a news release. “His enthusiasm is contagious and genuine. We do not feel any other man in Southern Baptist life could better follow Dr. Patterson than Dr. Daniel Akin.”

12/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

Counselors urge frank talk on what is sex_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Counselors urge frank talk on what is sex

Editor's note: This story contains frank dialogue about sexual matters and may not be appropriate for all readers.

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

12/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

As teen abstinence message spreads, effectiveness lessens_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

As teen abstinence message spreads, effectiveness lessens

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

Signatures on many sexual abstinence commitment cards may not be worth the paper they are written on, according to a recent university study.

12/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

Six teens named to Texas Acteen Advisory Panel_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Baldridge	Busha	Chapman	Sicking	Stanfield	Taylor

Six teens named to Texas Acteen Advisory Panel

By Ken Camp

Texas Baptist Communications

Six 11th and 12th grade Baptist girls have been selected to serve on the Texas Acteens Advisory Panel for this year.

12/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

Around the State_122203

Posted: 12/19/03

Young Han	Miwha Han	Helmer Jensen	Shannon Jensen	Mike Shattuck	Vicki Shattuck

Around the State

Appointments

Three Texas couples were among missionaries appointed by the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention last month in Lexington, Ky.:

Young and Miwha Han will serve in the Caribbean Basin, where he will be a church starter. He is a former associate pastor of Korean First Church in Dallas.

12/19/2003 - By John Rutledge