___ Evangelism Conference lineup announced. Rick Davis, director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Center for Strategic Evangelism, has announced the lineup of speakers for the 2002 Evangelism Conference. The annual event will be held at Memorial Auditorium in San Antonio Jan. 28-29. Monday night's program will include messages by evangelist Freddie Gage and pastor Ralph West of the Church Without Walls in Houston, and a recognition of vocational evangelists. Tuesday morning speakers will be Daniel Vestal, former Texas pastor and coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and Rolando Lopez, pastor of First Multi-Cultural Church in San Antonio. The Tuesday evening session will feature messages by Richard Jackson, longtime pastor and Texas evangelist, and by James Merritt, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of First Baptist Church of Snellville, Ga. Also at the Tuesday night session, Davis will outline his vision for helping Texas Baptists share Christ with every person in the state.
___ Baylor social work accredited. Baylor University's master of social work degree program, which is becoming a major feeder program for Baptist social ministries across the state, has been fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
___ Texans attend Mexico meeting. Three Hispanic Texas Baptist leaders recently attended the annual meeting of the National Baptist Convention of Mexico to explore ways Baptists in Mexico and Texas can work together. Texas participants included Antonio Estrada of Houston, president of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas; Rudy Sanchez of Dallas, chairman of the BGCT Executive Board; and Jimmy Garcia, director of Hispanic work with the BGCT. In addition to bringing fraternal greetings to the convention, the purpose of the meeting was to "dialogue on how Baptist churches on both sides of the border can work together in partnership to reach the millions of Hispanics for Christ, and to determine how Mexican pastors and church leaders can participate more fully at the annual meeting of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas, and vice versa," Garcia said.
___ HSU names Young Associates. Hardin-Simmons University has named officers and new members for its Board of Young Associates, a select group of alumni under the age of 40. Officers are President Lynne Woodward Bridgeman of Dallas, President-elect Lynn Wheatley of Dallas, Vice President Cathy Millican Ingram of Frisco, Vice President Brian Bessent of Abilene, Secretary Darren Wickham of Irving, Parliamentarian Phil Wilson of Irving and Immediate Past President Jeanene Stellrecht Lester of Celina.
___ DBU students serve others. Back to school means back to ministry for incoming freshmen and returning students at Dallas Baptist University. Students fanned out across the Metroplex Aug. 17 to participate in a variety of ministries. Some helped collect donations for Buckner International's Shoes for Orphan Souls program. Others did landscaping work at a shelter for homeless women and children and helped renovate 11 apartments to be used as transitional housing for homeless people. Still others assembled a library for homeless children.
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