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Baptist Briefs_90803
Posted: 9/5/03
Baptist Briefs
Georgia convention moving. The Georgia Baptist Convention has sold its building and property in northeast Atlanta to Mercer University for $12 million. The five-story building sits on a 25-acre site adjoining the Atlanta campus of Mercer, which has its main campus in Macon. The 200,000-square-foot building is about 40 years old. The convention plans to move to a new facility in suburban Gwinnett County.
New Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Dorothy Patterson signs the faculty roster in an Aug. 26 chapel service, signifying her agreement with the 2000 Baptist & Faith Message. Looking on are her husband, President Paige Patterson, left, and Provost Craig Blaising.( Richard McCormack/SWBTS Photo) Dixons return to Spain. David and Susie Dixon, former International Mission Board missionaries to Spain, are returning to Spain in a new role. The Dixons, who have Texas roots, were among 14 missionaries fired by the IMB for refusing to sign the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message. In an Aug. 21 letter to friends and supporters, the Dixons announced David Dixon has been called as pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Madrid. The part-time pastorate will allow Dixon to continue teaching at the Spanish Baptist Seminary, where he previously served under IMB appointment. CBF aids burned-out Gypsies. After an accidental cooking fire led to a Banjara Gypsy community disaster in Hyderabad, India, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship mission workers James and Robbi Francovich used $2,300 in economic development funds to aid the Banjara in a unique way. They offered to pay half the cost of a new bicycle or bicycle rickshaw for anyone who could sign a contract to pay the remaining half within four months. The bicycles are a key source of the Banjara's daily income. The venture provided 26 bicycles and 30 bicycle rickshaws. Banjara pastors have worked as rickshaw drivers for several years as an outreach opportunity.10/10/2003 - By John Rutledge
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CBF aids burned-out Gypsies. After an accidental cooking fire led to a Banjara Gypsy community disaster in Hyderabad, India, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship mission workers James and Robbi Francovich used $2,300 in economic development funds to aid the Banjara in a unique way. They offered to pay half the cost of a new bicycle or bicycle rickshaw for anyone who could sign a contract to pay the remaining half within four months. The bicycles are a key source of the Banjara's daily income. The venture provided 26 bicycles and 30 bicycle rickshaws. Banjara pastors have worked as rickshaw drivers for several years as an outreach opportunity.
