 November 19, 2001
___ Preaching contest announced. A worldwide Baptist Heritage Preaching Contest open to any Baptist man or woman currently preaching in some capacity has been announced by the Baptist History and Heritage Society and Belmont University. Authors will receive cash awards for the top three sermons, and the first-place winner will receive a trip to the United States to preach the sermon. Awards will be presented at the annual meeting of the Baptist History and Heritage Society June 20-22. Sermons will be judged on the basis of biblical accuracy, attention to traditional historical/heritage issues, originality, timeliness of topic, quality of construction, and ability to motivate/inform about heritage issues. For entry guidelines, contact Baptist History and Heritage Society, P.O. Box 728, Brentwood, Tenn. 37024-0728.
___ Anderson dies. E.S. "Andy" Anderson, author and creator of the Sunday School-oriented Growth Spiral Program, died Oct. 31 in Fort Myers, Fla. He had been in a coma since suffering a cerebral hemorrhage May 15. He was 74. Anderson conducted church growth conferences in hundreds of churches, teaching the Growth Spiral Program, which was an outgrowth of his ACTION enrollment plan.
___ Women in Ministry names director. Susan Miller assumed duties as executive director of Baptist Women in Ministry Nov. 5, becoming the first to hold this position for the 18-year-old organization. Miller is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She has served on the staff of Wornall Road Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., and also has edited "The Weaver's Cloth," a worship resource.
___ Conservatives hold on in Georgia. Georgia Baptists reinforced the conservative dominance in their convention Nov. 12-13, electing four conservatives to office and defeating an attempt by a "mainstream" Baptist group to elect four laypeople. Valdosta pastor Wayne Robertson was elected president with more than 86 percent of the vote. His solid defeat of layman Preston Williams of Montezuma was followed by an equally overwhelming election of three vice presidents endorsed by fundamentalist leaders. Like Williams, the three losing vice presidential candidates were lay leaders supported by the Baptist Heritage Council.
___ Arkansas likes 2000 BF&M. Arkansas Baptists elected conservatives to three convention offices and took the first of two votes to establish the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message as the convention's doctrinal guide. Jim Lagrone, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church of Bryant, was elected president without opposition. A final vote on the faith statement will come at next year's convention.
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