October 14, 2002
___ BCE adds Turrentine. The Baptist Center for Ethics has elected veteran Woman's Missionary Union editor Jan Turrentine as associate director for educational resources. Turrentine has been managing editor for products at WMU's national office for five years and previously was a design editor at WMU for 14 years. BCE trustees also elected Karen Zur-heide, director of Positive Tomorrows and a member of First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, as chairwoman and added Sylvia Deloach, a member of First Baptist Church in Richardson, to the board.
___ HPU to honor alumni. Howard Payne University will honor 16 alumni during its homecoming awards banquet Oct. 25. The Distinguished Alumnus Award will be presented to Ron McMillan of Houston and Charles Ries of Weatherford. Medal of Service recipients will be Chester Clay Jr. of Giddings, Robert Elkins of Brownwood, Nell Hoffman of Bedford, C.B. Hogue of Auberry, Calif., Jody Towery of San Angelo and Matthew Winn of Calhoun, Ga. The Outstanding Young Graduate will be Barry Creek of Brownwood, and Coming Home Queen will be LaVerne Gore of Salado. Ray Hildebrand of Overland Park, Kan., and Jill Jackson Landon of Northridge, Calif., will be grand marshals of the homecoming parade. Andrew Villarreal of San Antonio will receive the Jose Rivas Distinguished Service Award. Sports Hall of Fame inductees will be Keith Crawford of Austin, Jerry Millsaps of Pecos and David White of Brownwood.
___ SBC Cooperative Program sets record. The Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program unified budget received a record $182.3 million during the 2001-02 fiscal year. The SBC also received almost $170.1 million in designated gifts, the second-highest total, primarily through its missions offerings. Counting Cooperative Program and designated gifts together, the SBC has set contribution records for nine consecutive years.
___ Acteens to visit 'SyncroNations.' More than 8,000 teenage Baptist girls will gather in Nashville, Tenn., next summer for "SyncroNations," the National Acteens Convention that will focus on global missioins. Special guests will be 110 young women from the 15 regional areas of the Southern Baptist International Mission Board and the seven continental unions of the Baptist World Alliance. Acteens is the missions program for teenage girls operated by Woman's Missionary Union. Registration for the July 29-Aug. 1 event begins Jan. 1. For more information, see www.SyncroNations.com.
___ White reprimanded in grade-fixing scandal. Trustees of Gardner-Webb University privately reprimanded President Chris White for his role in helping a star basketball player remain eligible to play in 2000-2001. Chairman Tommy Hardin earlier reported trustees at the Baptist school in Boiling Springs, N.C., affirmed White's continued leadership and said he acted within his authority in telling the school's registrar to recalculate Carlos Webb's grade-point average in a way that allowed him to play basketball. With White struggling to keep his job amid increasing calls for his resignation, however, Hardin now says trustees didn't publicize actions against White because they considered it a personnel matter. "The president didn't get off scot-free," Hardin said. At least three professors have resigned in protest of related actions to demote Gil Blackburn, vice president and academic dean, and Phil Williams, his assistant, for their role in displaying Webb's transcript at a faculty meeting.
___ Virginians produce heritage study. "Freedom for the Journey," a church heritage study resource, is available from the Baptist General Association of Virginia's Center for Baptist Heritage and Studies. The text includes biographical sketches of key figures from Baptist history and discussion questions. The kit includes a companion CD for PowerPoint presentation. For ordering information, contact the center at (804) 289-8434 or www.baptist-heritage.org.
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