Baptist Briefs_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Baptist Briefs

New PK head is Baptist. The new president of Promise Keepers, Thomas Fortson, is a member of Riverside Baptist Church in Denver, a Southern Baptist Convention church. Fortson had been executive vice president of the ministry.

Huckaby at Southwestern. Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will speak at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's Veterans Day chapel service Nov. 11. Huckabee, a former pastor, attended Southwestern.

Robert Burton

Bryan dies. Charles Willis Bryan, a former Southern Baptist missionary to Costa Rica, Peru and Colombia and retired senior administrator for the Foreign Mission Board, died Oct. 11. He was 80. Missionary colleagues praised Bryan as a visionary leader who had a gift for involving others in creative strategies to take the gospel to the whole world. In 1980, he was elected senior vice president for overseas operations and joined the staff at the IMB home office in Richmond, Va. After his 1988 retirement, Bryan helped Virginia Baptists establish missions partnerships with seven countries as director of the Virginia Baptist Mission Board's newly formed mission partnerships department. Most recently, he has served as a volunteer in the partnership missions department of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Prior to missionary appointment, he served in the U.S. Navy and was pastor of Sadler Baptist Church in Sadler. He is survived by his wife, the former Patricia Morgan Deaton of Wilmington, N.C.; two daughters, Carol Ann Griggs of Fort Worth, and Elizabeth Ann Bryant of Fort Worth; two stepdaughters, Joanna Deaton Bradley of Greenville, N.C., and Andrea Deaton of Philadelphia, Pa.; and four granddaughters. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Martha, and his second wife, the former Lois Blackburn.

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Lesson for 11/16: Instructions for walking with God_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Nov. 16

1 Thessalonians 4: 1-12, 5:14-22

Instructions for walking with God

By Dan Curry

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Lesson for 11/2: A church for which to be grateful_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Nov. 2

1 Thessalonians 1: 1-10, 2: 13-14

A church for which to be grateful

By Dan Curry

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Lesson for 11/23: Hope for loved ones and ourselves_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Nov. 23

1 Thessalonians 4:13- 5:11

Hope for loved ones and ourselves

By Dan Curry

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Lesson for 11/30: Faith that works in the workplace_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Nov. 30

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Faith that works in the workplace

By Dan Curry

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

BaptistWay Lesson for 11/9: Leadership that inspires followers_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Nov. 9

1 Thessalonians 2: 1-12; 5: 12-13

Leadership that inspires followers

By Dan Curry

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

Bush’s faith-based plans find another door_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Bush's faith-based plans find another door

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)–Continuing a trend of piecemeal implementation of his plan to provide government money to religious social-service organizations, President Bush expanded his “faith-based initiative” through regulatory changes Sept. 22.

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

Cartoon_102003

Posted: 10/17/03 News of religion, faith, missions, Bible study and Christian ministry among Texas Baptist churches, in the BGCT, the Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC ) and around the world….

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

Defense Dept. clarifies chaplain selection_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Defense Dept. clarifies chaplain selection

By Adelle Banks

Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS)–The Department of Defense clarified its procedure for approving chaplains Oct. 14, after a yearlong review and at a time when members of Congress have questioned how Muslim chaplains in particular are selected.

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

Bills aim to strip courts on church-state cases_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Bills aim to strip courts on church-state cases

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON (ABP)–A senator and a House member have introduced two bills designed to limit the federal courts' authority in church-state cases.

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

GUEST EDITORIAL: BGCT format to deliver more information to messengers

Posted: 10/17/03

GUEST EDITORIAL:
BGCT format to deliver more information to messengers

By Bob Campbell

As you probably know, this year's Baptist General Convention of Texas annual session Nov. 10-11 in Lubbock has been restructured.

Workshops will replace reports.

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge

Crews named chancellor at Golden Gate; presidential search launched_102003

Posted: 10/17/03

Crews named chancellor at Golden Gate;
presidential search launched

MILL VALLEY, Calif. (BP)–Bill Crews has been named chancellor of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, and the trustee board's executive committee has been charged with finding his successor as president.

Crews, 67, will continue to fulfill the duties of president until his successor is named, although he has officially vacated the office of president he has held for 17 years.

Trustees affirmed the transition process in their Oct. 14 meeting on the campus near San Francisco.

Bill Crews

10/17/2003 - By John Rutledge