August 14, 2000

Baptist Briefs
___ Horace Burns dead at 85. Horace Burns, associate editor of the Baptist Standard from 1946 to 1948, died Aug. 8 at the age of 85. He was residing

THE TEXAS BAPTIST ALL-STATE Choir, Band and Strings, under the direction of James Moore from East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, perform at the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. Two performances there this summer were among several concerts that followed a week of rehearsals, Bible studies, worship and recreation at Dallas Baptist University. The church music department of the Baptist General Convention of Texas sponsors the Texas Baptist All-State program. (Photo by Ken Camp)

with his wife, Elizabeth, in Wagoner, Okla. A home missionary and pastor in the Northwest, Burns also served 12 years as editor of the Baptist New Mexican in Albuqueruque, N.M. He was instrumental in establishing many of the leading Baptist churches and associations in the Northwest, including the first Southern Baptist mission in Canada.
___ Creed to assist BJC. Brad Creed, professor of church history and former dean at Baylor University's Truett Seminary, will serve this fall as a scholar-in-residence at the Baptist Joint Committee in Washington, D.C. He will spearhead educational activities at the religious-liberty agency and engage in speaking and writing projects on Baptist principles and religious liberty. He is on a brief sabbatical from Truett.
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