July 1, 2002
___ Cotton presides at national meeting. Roy Cotton, a church-starting consultant with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, presided over the annual meeting of the Black Southern Baptist Denominational Servants Network in St. Louis. The meeting was held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention. Cotton delivered a presidential address based on Philippians 2, in which he called participants to be servants of one another to create a stronger web of ministry. "We believe there is nothing higher for a child of God than to be a servant of Jesus Christ," he said.
___ Bush disagrees with Vines. President Bush "definitely disagrees" with recent comments about Islam made by Jerry Vines, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the president's spokesman said. "It's something the president definitely disagrees with," White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer said June 20. "The president has said that Islam is a religion of peace." Fleischer was asked to respond to comments by Vines at the SBC Pastors' Conference, where he said Islam's founder Mohammed was a "demon-possessed pedophile."
___ Vestal disagrees with Vines. Daniel Vestal, coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, issued a statement to the nation's Muslims June 20 expressing his disappointment with comments made by former SBC President Jerry Vines. "As a Baptist Christian who formerly was affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, I wish to convey my deepest sorrow and regret over recent statements made by Southern Baptist leaders," Vestal said. "This rhetoric is not in the spirit of Christ, and it negatively affects the mission of the church to the world. To malign or denigrate the historic or current leaders of Islam contradicts our Christian commitment of love for all people."
___ Wake Forest honors Dunn. James Dunn, former executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs, was awarded an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Furman University June 1. The native Texan now is president of the Baptist Joint Committee Endowment and a professor at Wake Forest University.
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