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Chaplains seeking BGCT endorsement
___By Ken Camp
___Texas Baptist Communications
___COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--As command chaplain for the United States Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs, Col. David Park lives in a culture that values integrity, innovation and camaraderie.
___The need for a place to stand without compromising his theological integrity, the desire to be a part of an exciting new venture and a hunger to belong to a closely knit family of chaplains led him to seek endorsement by the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Park said.
___On March 25, Park accompanied Bobby Smith, director of chaplaincy relations for the BGCT, to Washington, D.C., to meet with the U.S. Armed Forces Chaplaincy Board and formally request that the BGCT be approved as a chaplain-endorsing agency.
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Gallup: 47 percent 'unchurched'
___PRINCETON, N.J. (RNS) --Nearly half the United States population reports no meaningful relationship with a church of any kind, according to the Gallup Organization.
___A December 2001 Gallup Survey found 47 percent of the population could be classified as "unchurched."
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