2005 Archives
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Texas Tidbits_53005
Posted: 5/27/05
Texas Tidbits
History & Heritage Society honors Texans. Rosalie Beck, associate professor at Baylor University, will receive the distinguished service award for outstanding contributions to Baptist history from the Baptist History & Heritage Society during the group's annual meeting, June 2-4 at Samford University's Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham, Ala. Beck has been a member of the society more than 20 years and served as its president from 1995 to 1997. The society will present the Davis C. Woolley Award for outstanding achievement in state Baptist history to the Texas Baptist Historical Collection. Alan Lefever is director of the collection, and Naomi Taplin is librarian. Dan Kent, retired Old Testament professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and his daughter, Barrett Kent Border, former catalog librarian at Southwestern Seminary, will present a paper on "The Quiet Revolutionary: Amelia Bishop" during the society's annual meeting. Other Texans presenting papers include Scott Bryant and Kenneth Scott Culpepper, doctoral students at Baylor University; Laine Scales, associate professor of social work at Baylor; Kirsten Thea Timmer, a Southwestern Seminary graduate; and Richard Taylor, assistant professor of history at Hardin-Simmons University.
Urban Training Institute slated. City Core Initiative, a Baptist General Convention of Texas-supported effort to revitalize urban centers spiritually, is sponsoring the Urban Training Institute of the Southwest, July 19-22 in Dallas. Leonard Sweet, author and evangelism professor at Drew Theological School in Madison, N.J, will be the keynote speaker during a day devoted to ministering to "emerging generations." Jimmy Dorrell, executive director of Mission Waco, will speak on urban issues and community development, and Bob Lupton, executive director of Family Consultation Service Urban Ministries, will talk about how to develop and restore communities. David Frenchak, executive director of Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education; Milfred Minatrea, director of the BGCT Missional Church Center; and Ted Elmore, who leads the BGCT's prayer ministries, will guide sessions focused on ministry models and transformational leadership. The North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church, the Dallas-Fort Worth Lutheran Inter-church Network Coalition, Central Dallas Ministries and numerous Texas Baptist groups such as Dallas Baptist Association, Dallas Baptist University and Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary have been involved in planning the event. For more information, visit www.utisouthwest.org.
Christian service scholarship set up at ETBU. The family of T.M. "Red" Davis has established a Christian service scholarship at East Texas Baptist University in his memory. Wilma Davis, his wife of 53 years, along with their three children–Vickie, Susan and Russell–created the scholarship to assist students pursuing their education in the fields of Christian service and leadership. Davis served ETBU as building program chairman and trustee, including two years as chairman of the board. He was a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Marshall.
05/27/2005 - By John Rutledge
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TOGETHER: Hispanic ministries touch the world_53005
Posted: 5/27/05
TOGETHER:
Hispanic ministries touch the worldMany Texas Baptists are unaware of the rich relationships that exist within the fellowship of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. For many years now, our convention has embraced the cultural diversity of Texas.
Among our 5,700 cooperating congregations are 1,200 Hispanic, 700 African-American, and 250 largely Asian and African congregations. They will hold meetings this summer that will gather thousands of participants for fellowship, training, inspiration and planning.
Executive Director
BGCT Executive Board
When we gather in Austin this November for the BGCT annual meeting, Texans who have come from around the world will join in a great celebration of our unity and our calling. The theme will be “One Family … One Mission.”
05/27/2005 - By John Rutledge
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OVER THERE: War impacts faith, veterans agree_53005
Posted: 5/27/05
Sonny Spurger, a BGCT consultant, speaks at a recent reunion of his squadron. OVER THERE:
War impacts faith, veterans agreeBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
One evening in late 1968, Sonny Spurger was thinking about the same thing he had all day–the blood stain on his combat boot.
05/27/2005 - By John Rutledge
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