Baptist Briefs
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Pastor to be nominated. A Florida pastor has announced he will be nominated for first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention when it meets June 13-14 in Orlando, Fla. Brad Hoffman, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Tuscawilla, Fla., said he would be nominated by Richard Behers, pastor of First Baptist Church in Largo, Fla., and Alan Berry, minister of music and youth at Catawba Springs Baptist Church in Brewton, Ala.
___ BJC names development officer. Todd Heifner has been named director of development for the Baptist Joint Committee, a Washington, D.C.-based religious-liberty organization. Heifner has been director of endowment and capital funds at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala., since 1995. He is a graduate of Samford University with the bachelor's degree in public administration and master of business administration degree. He also holds the master of education in higher education administration from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and is working toward a doctorate in political science.
___ Wounded Ministers luncheon set. The Wounded Ministers luncheon, a complimentary lunch and program sponsored by the LeaderCare ministry of LifeWay Christian Resources, will be Monday, June 12, preceding the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. The luncheon will be in the Orange County Convention Center's Valencia Room from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. LifeWay took over the program begun by Texas evangelist Freddie Gage. Free tickets may be obtained on a first-come, first-served basis by e-mail to leadercare@lifeway.com, by fax at (615) 251-5618 or by telephone at (615) 251-2173.
___ Land wants meeting with Bush. Since presidential candidate George W. Bush met with a group of homosexual Republicans April 24, Richard Land and 11 other "pro-family" leaders have requested a meeting to counter what they believe Bush heard. Land, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, in a letter warned Bush homosexual activists are seeking to use the GOP, "as a vehicle to achieve their strategic objective of harnessing government and corporate power to impose acceptance of homosexual behavior." Other signers of the letter included Family Research Council Chief Executive Officer Chuck Donovan, American Family Association President Donald Wildmon and Concerned Women for America Chairwoman Beverly LaHaye.
___ ABP to open D.C. office. Associated Baptist Press will open a bureau in Washington, D.C. It will take over a role filled for 40 years by the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, which recently lost its press credentials to cover Capitol events. By representing an independent news agency, the ABP bureau will be able to reapply for the press credentials. News bureaus are not allowed to affiliate with organizations that attempt to influence government.
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