February 23, 2000
Baylor center offers ministers' retreats
___WACO--A statewide church staff retreat and a similar conference for staff of Hispanic churches will be offered soon by Baylor University's Center for Ministry Effectiveness.
___The third annual Church Staff Retreat will be held Feb. 28-29 on the Baylor campus in Waco.
___The retreat will feature addresses by Richard Couey, professor of health, human performance and recreation at Baylor; Roger Olson, professor of theology at Baylor's Truett Theological Seminary; and Joe Ratliff, pastor of Brentwood Baptist Church in Houston.
___Breakout sessions for dialogue among ministers holding similar positions on church staffs will be offered. Participants also will have an opportunity to attend special-interest seminars on worship styles and trends, balancing family and ministry, ministering in grief and crisis, budgets and finances, and media services and public relations.
___The Conference on Ministry Effectiveness for Hispanic church leadership will be sponsored jointly by the center and Hispanic Baptist Theological School, March 3-4 at the school's campus in San Antonio.
___ Albert Reyes, new president of the school, will present the keynote address, "Ministry Effectiveness in the Hispanic Context."
___The conference also will feature special-interest seminars on overcoming stresses of women in ministry, mobilizing laypeople through ministry teams and developing a healthy church.
___"The goal of each of these conferences is to provide encouragement for staff members and their spouses and to help avoid problems that often lead to burnout," explained Winfred Moore, the center's director.
___For more information or to register, call the center at (254) 710-4676.
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