Baptist Briefs
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Pastor says SBC light on gays. Anti-homosexual agitator Fred Phelps, pastor of Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., plans to protest outside the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Atlanta next month because he believes the convention has failed to condemn member churches that are too open to homosexuals. Phelps, whose church is not affiliated with the SBC, specifically cited churches in North Carolina and Missouri, as well as the membership of President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore in SBC churches.
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_ Texan chairs credentials. Mike Tignor, pastor of Memorial Baptist Church in Baytown, has been named chairman of the Southern Baptist Convention's credential committee by SBC President Paige Patterson. Ronnie Yarber, pastor of Meadow Creek Community Church in Mesquite, also will serve on the committee.
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__ Texans named as tellers. Two Texans have been appointed to the Southern Baptist Convention's tellers committee by SBC President Paige Patterson: Yutaka Takarada, president of the Japanese Southern Baptist Fellowship and a member of Japanese Baptist Church of North Texas in Dallas, and Michael Toby, pastor of First Baptist Church of Woodway.
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__ Columbine family to speak. The father and brother of a slain Columbine High School student will speak at a contemporary Christian concert June 12 and a Sunday worship service June 13 scheduled as part of evangelistic events prior to this year's Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Atlanta. Daryl Scott, father of Rachel Scott, and his 16-year-old son, Craig, will speak at the 7 p.m. concert and 9:15 a.m. worship service, both to be held in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park. Rachel Scott was one of at least three students killed or wounded after a perpetrator of the Columbine massacre asked if they believed in God.
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