SBC turns back three tries to
amend 2000 Baptist Faith & Message
___By Charlie Warren
___Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine
___NEW ORLEANS--Attempts to revise the recently revised Baptist Faith & Message statement and to take a stand against homosexuality dominated the 28 motions made by messengers during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting June 12-13.
___Of the 28 motions, three were attempts to amend the faith statement that was adopted last summer and has become a major dividing point between SBC leadership and more moderate-minded Baptists and state conventions. All three attempts failed overwhelmingly.
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Houston churches, association damaged by flooding
___By Ken Camp
___Texas Baptist Communications
___HOUSTON--Deer Park First Baptist Church has been without a pastor for nearly a year, but Tropical Storm Allison revealed that the church has a couple of hundred ministers.
___The church, located in a blue-collar suburb southeast of downtown Houston, was oneof several Texas Baptist congregations sustaining serious damage from the killer storm that dumped up to three feet of rain on the Houston area over five days.
___Floodwaters, ranging from 5 to 19 inches high, covered 40,000 square feet of the floor-space inside Deer Park First Baptist Church. Preliminary estimates put damage at roughly $1 million, according to Donna Hanson, minister of administration. Unlike many Houston-area residents, the church has flood insurance.
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Baylor & Baptist Standard launch
Truett Preaching Award for Texas
___The George W. Truett Preaching Award, which will recognize and encourage excellence in preaching, has been created by Baylor University and the Baptist Standard.
___The first Truett Preaching Award will be presented this fall, announced Howard Williams, Baylor's director of church relations, and Marv Knox, editor of the Baptist Standard.
___The award is named in honor of the late pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, widely regarded as the foremost Texas Baptist preacher of the 20th century.
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