 May 27, 2002
Executive Board hears missions challenges
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___the proceeds from the sale will be placed in an endowment to support Houston-area Baptist Student Ministry. The remaining third will be used for renovation of other Baptist student centers in Texas.
___ Approved plans to sell the Baptist Student Ministry building at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The 50-year-old house needs significant repairs, and an advisory committee has recommended selling the building and conducting Baptist Student Ministry meetings in campus facilities made available by SMU. Neither a price nor a buyer has been identified yet.
___ Allocated $604,965 in unrestricted current funds from last year's budget to be placed in the BGCT's contingency reserve account. The overage came from interest earned on investments.
___ Accepted the clean audit without notation of the BGCT's books for 2001.
___ Approved a budget goal of $47.5 million for 2003, the same amount as the current year's budget. The budget recommendation further stipulates that the convention's new strategic plan "direct the 2003 BGCT budget priorities."
___ Elected two men to fill vacant terms on the trustee board of East Texas Baptist University: Don Anthis, a member of Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston, and Harlan Hall, minister of music at First Baptist Church of Longview.
___ Heard an update from Clyde Glazener, chairman of the convention's Missions Review & Initiatives Committee. The committee currently is conducting listening sessions across the state and has been gathering information from BGCT agencies and institutions, he reported.
___ Learned that negotiations for a proposed merger of Baptist Health System in San Antonio with Christus Santa Rosa Health Care have terminated unsuccessfully and that other options are being explored.
___ Learned that Jerry Johnson, a former Texas director of missions, is serving as interim president of the Valley Baptist Missions/Education Center and that the institution's board of trustees is working to discover a vision for the Harlingen center's future.
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