Around the state
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First Baptist Church in Rota, Spain, is searching for a pastor beginning in the summer of next year. If interested, contact Pastor Barry Barnet at barrylinda@teleline.es.
___ The Baptist Student Union of West Texas A&M will hold a reunion July 7-9. For
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| FIRST CHURCH IN ALLEN recently broke ground on a 1,500-seat worship center. Six hundred church members brought their own shovels and participated in the ceremony. Chad Selph is pastor. |
more information, call (214) 503-8530.
___ Nine faculty members of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor were approved for promotion by the university board of trustees. Teachers promoted were: Carolyn Allemand, assistant professor in modern foreign languages; Amy Bawcom, assistant professor in English; Candy Carlile, professor in education; Cliffa Foster, associate professor in exercise and sports science; Helen Kwiatakowski, assistant professor in art; Caia McCullar, professor in music; David Roland, professor in education; David Sloan, associate professor in education; and Joseph Tabarlet, associate professor in mass communications.
___Anniversaries
___ Gary Rodgers recently celebrated his 15th year as pastor of First Church in Lockhart.
___ First Church in Crowell will celebrate 111 years of service and the 25th anniversary of its current facilities June 25. Former pastor Joe Ainsworth will be the guest speaker, and Juanita Ainsworth will sing. Former members also are to share memories and sing. For more information, call (940) 684-1623. Richard White is pastor.
___Deaths
___ Roy Davidson, 70, June 10 in Atlanta, Ga. Davidson, an emeritus Southern Baptist missionary to Malawi, Botswana and Swaziland, was appointed in 1965 with his wife, Patsy. He served as a church developer in Malawi until 1975. The family transferred to Botswana in 1975, where he served as a church developer and mission chairman until 1983. The Davidsons were the first Southern Baptist missionaries assigned to work in Swaziland in 1983, when he began serving as an English-language evangelist, as well as a professor and director of the seminary center. Prior to missionary appointment, Davidson was pastor of several Texas churches. He is survived by his wife; three sons, Guy, Gill and and Gay; and one daughter, Gwen Schmidt.
___ Eunice Bradshaw, 94, April 29 in New Braunfels. She and her first husband, Milton Leach, were appointed by the Home Mission Board in 1944, after serving 22 years in pastorates throughout South Texas. They served with the language missions department to Spanish-speaking people in Texas and New Mexico until retirement in 1965. She is survived by her husband, Charles Bradshaw; two sons, Milton and Charles Leach; and two daughters, Dorothy Salser and Hattie Welch.
___Ordained
___ David Johnson, Steve Payne and Randy Russell as deacons at First Church in Allen.
___ Basil Sims, David Plunk, Rodney Ward and Scott Dickson as deacons at Miller Heights Church in Belton.
___ John Beck, Joe DeCoste, Kent Harms, Ben McKay, Preston Rowan and John Webb as deacons at First Church in College Station.
___ Doyle Henderson as deacon at County Line Church in Rogers.
___ George Scales and Jimmy Gage as deacons at East Side Church in Killeen.
___ Gary Poyner, Allen Dulaney and Ken Tierce as deacons at Calvary Church in Abilene.
___ Ed Brown, Ron Cobb and Willie Mitchell as deacons at Southeast Church in San Antonio.
___ Walter Cook, Frank Proctor, Lester Stegall, Roger Walcik and Bob Chappell as deacons at Bel Air Church in Marshall.
___Revivals
___ Freedom Church, Amarillo; June 24-July 1; preacher, Micah Caswell; music, Shelly Witherspoon; pastor, Robert Bennett.
___ Baxter Church, Athens; June 25-28; *preacher, Gary Newman; pastor, Billy Sutherland.
___ Williams Creek Church, Axtell (at the high school); June 25-28; *preacher, Clifton Jansky; pastor, Matt Baker.
___ First Church, Woodrow; June 25-28; *preacher, Herman Cramer; *music, The Cherrys; pastor, Jerry Gentry.
___ Normanna Church, Normanna; June 25-30; *preacher, Gerald Roe; *music, Don Thornton; pastor, Kenneth Walker.
___ First Church, Sinton; June 25-30; preacher, Bryan Padgett; music, David Quinones; pastor, Ed Brennan.
___*vocational evangelists
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