___ New England students sought. Baptist campus ministers in New England are seeking information on Texas Baptist students who will be enrolling in New England universities this fall. Baptist volunteers are willing to meet students upon arrival, provide transportation and orientation. Send information to the Baptist Convention of New England, 87 Lincoln St., Northborough, Mass. 01532, (508) 393-6013.
___ Virginia students sought. The Baptist Student Ministry serving Virginia Military Institute and Washington & Lee University seeks information on Texas Baptist students entering either school this fall. Contact Daniel Ingram at 120 W. Nelson St., Lexington, Va. 24450, (540) 463-5366.
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JIM CULP
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___ Culp honored. The 10th annual Black Southern Baptist Convention Heritage Award was presented July 4 to Jim Culp, who recently retired as coordinator of the black church development division of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. The award was presented at a banquet during Black Church Leadership Week at LifeWay's Glorieta, N.M., conference center.
___ Penn.-Jersey affirms BFM. The Executive Board of the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey unanimously approved a resolution and recommendation affirming the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message. Board members recommended that candidates for elected staff positions be asked to affirm the doctrinal statement as well.
___ Land calls for firing. The United States surgeon general's report on promoting "responsible sexual behavior" is a flawed approach that demonstrates why there should be a new person in the office, according to Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. Land issued a public statement July 10 urging President Bush to replace David Satcher.
___ SBC gifts slow down. Undesignated gifts to the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program were 0.68 percent behind the same period last year at the close of the convention's third quarter June 30. Designated gifts, however, were up 3.87 percent for the three quarters. Undesignated receipts for the first nine months of the fiscal year were $133.2 million, compared to $134.13 million the previous year. Despite the decrease in undesignated giving, the funds distributed from the SBC Executive Committee to various Cooperative Program-supported agencies were nearly 6 percent ahead of budget due to designated gifts.
___ IMB targets churches, associations, states. The Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board has appointed staff members to three new roles intended to provide direct links between the IMB and local churches, associations and state conventions. Jerry Daniel will lead the church services team. Terry Sharp will lead the state and associational relations department.
___ Beaty daughter born. Abigail Clara Beaty, the daughter of Southern Baptist missionaries Charles and Christy Beaty, was born healthy July 10, weighing in at 6 pounds, 4 ounces and measuring 19 and a half inches. Her parents were featured at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting during the IMB report. Her father has untreatable lung cancer and is nearing the outer limit of the projected life span given by doctors last fall. However, Mrs. Beaty reports that her husband is getting stronger rather than weaker, even though he leans on a cane, coughs frequently and experiences nausea and shortness of breath.
___ Mohler takes to radio. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler has launched a weekly radio program in Louisville, Ky. "Truth on the Line" is a 30-minute program billed as discussing contemporary culture and its interaction with the gospel. Mohler is the second leader of a Southern Baptist Convention agency to have his own radio program. Richard Land, president of the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, has a nationally syndicated weekday radio program called "For Faith and Family."
___ Europeans won't follow Carter. The president of the European Baptist Federation says the organization has no interest in being part of a new "alliance" suggested recently by former President Jimmy Carter. Carter, who renounced ties with the Southern Baptist Convention last year, recently called on the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and other "traditional" Baptists to combine efforts for missions, education and other causes. Ole Joergensen, president of the European Baptist Federation, responded that 51 European Baptist unions and conventions are satisfied to be affiliated in that federation and with other Baptists through the Baptist World Alliance. He said the federation has no interest in being part of or forming a new alliance, because it might be perceived as taking sides in controversy between Baptists in the United States.
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