May 12, 2003
___ WMU gives to BWAid. In support of refugee relief efforts related to the Iraqi war, Woman's Missionary Union and the WMU Foundation have given a $2,500 grant to Baptist World Aid, the relief and development arm of the Baptist World Alliance. The grant comes from WMU's Humanitarian Emergency Aid for Rebuilding Tomorrow fund.
___ McLaren to address leadership institute. Pastor and author Brian McLaren, considered an expert on the emerging church, will lead the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Congregational Leadership Institute June 26 in Charlotte, N.C. McLaren is founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in the Washington, D.C., area. The institute is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call (770) 220-1637 or visit www.cbfonline.org and click on "2003 General Assembly."
___ Whitehead to chair SBC committee. Michael Whitehead, an attorney and member of First Baptist Church of Raytown, Mo., has been nominated to chair the Southern Baptist Convention's committee on order of business next year. Whitehead is a former vice president and interim president at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
___ Patterson ponders Southwestern. A May 8 story in the Raleigh News & Observer headlined "Seminary leader considers move" noted the "armchair speculation" around Wake Forest, N.C., that Paige Patterson could be headed back to Texas to replace Ken Hemphill as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. "I'm hopeful they won't make me make a decision. But I know how things work. It's possible I would end up being asked. Needless to say, it's an intensely uncomfortable time in my life" the paper quoted Patterson, currently president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Denny Autrey, chairman of Southwestern's presidential search committee, told the News & Observer the committee was to meet May 10 to consider some names. But "speculations that it's a done deal are ludicrous," Autrey said. Of Patterson, he added: "He'll be in the pool of those recommended." Patterson also told the paper: "Contrary to speculation about me, I'm more a man of peace than war. I don't like conflict. But things are not fully settled there (at Southwestern). Whoever goes there will have some confrontation to deal with."
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