August 12, 2002
___ Retreat offered. A New Mexico Baptist couple is offering modestly priced retreat lodging for Texas Baptist ministers who need a time away for rest and reflection. Eagle Mountain Lodge, operated by Charles and Jamie Wilson, is located in Eagle Nest, N.M. The lodge operates primarily as an adult-oriented ministry to pastors, missionaries and Christian couples and can accommodate up to seven couples or 16 women or 14 men for staff retreats or training. Accommodations are offered on a suggested donation basis of $20 per person per night. More information is available at www.eaglemountainlodge.com.
___ Young adult mission project planned. Current, a network of young Baptists within the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, will host a simultaneous nationwide mission project Sept. 14, commemorating the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks with constructive acts. Across the country, individuals and churches will participate in activities ranging from rural poverty work to building houses with Habitat for Humanity. In Texas, several volunteer sites are being organized. For more information, contact Nicole Kenley at (281) 381-0878 or lemongelatin@yahoo.com.
___ Missouri paper reports on funding. Six months through the year, the Missouri Baptist newspaper Word & Way made up just under 45 percent of funds held in escrow by the Missouri Baptist Convention. The paper reported gifts totaling $79,704 between January and June in its Aug. 1 issue. That compares to $178,347 earmarked for the paper for the same period in the state convention budget but held in escrow over a leadership dispute. Word & Way is one of five Missouri agencies to have funds held in escrow after their trustees voted to create self-perpetuating trustee boards.
___ Mason to co-chair campaign. Dallas pastor George Mason will co-chair a national fund-raising campaign for Associated Baptist Press slated to begin next year. Mason, pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church, and Ed Vick, a member of First Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., will lead the campaign for the independent Baptist news service. The campaign goal is to raise $2.5 million over three years to be used for operating and endowment funds.
___ LifeWay acquires Serendipity. LifeWay Christian Resources has acquired Serendipity House, a Colorado publisher of small-group resources for churches. The 40-year-old company was founded by Lyman Coleman. The publisher will become part of LifeWay's New Ventures initiative to acquire ministry-type businesses and develop alliances with influential churches and authors, said LifeWay President Jimmy Draper.
___ Southwestern names registrar. Judy Morris, formerly associate dean of enrollment services at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has been named registrar for the seminary. Doug Jones, who served as registrar since 2000, has been named associate director of student counseling services.
___ SBC prof warns against childless marriages. Pastors should think twice before marrying couples intent on not having children, a Southern Baptist Theological Seminary professor said on the national radio program "FamilyLife Today." William Cutrer, professor of Christian ministry at the Southern Baptist Convention seminary, was a guest on the program July 15-19 during a week-long discussion on family planning. "The (marital) relationship is one of sacrifice and other-seeking, a relationship with God first and then a beautiful covenant intimate relationship ... where you grow to know one another in very deep sorts of ways over time. And children are often--and I think naturally, if I may use that term--the outpouring or the fruit of such a relationship. For some that means quite a number of children. For others, because of genetic or medical problems, they may not be able to have children at all." Cutrer said he would be "very reluctant" to marry any couple who purposely decided not to have children.
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