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Mohler’s ‘gay baby’ blog stirs bio-ethics debate
Updated: 3/30/07
Mohler’s ‘gay baby’ blog stirs bio-ethics debate
By Robert Marus & Greg Warner
Associated Baptist Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP)—Even if a genetic cause for homosexuality is found, gay behavior would still be “sin,” and Christians should support a genetic cure for it too, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President Al Mohler claimed.
Comments by Mohler in a column on his personal website are prompting strong reactions from the left and right. His column—titled “Is Your Baby Gay? What if You Could Know? What if You Could Do Something About It?”—appeared on www.albertmohler.com.
03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Dismissed professor files lawsuit against Southwestern seminary
Updated 3/30/07
Dismissed professor files lawsuit
against Southwestern seminaryBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
FORT WORTH (ABP)—Former professor Sheri Klouda has sued Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, charging fraud, breach of contract and defamation for forcing her out.
Klouda, who was hired in 2002 to teach Hebrew in a tenure-track position at the Fort Worth school, lost her job last year—allegedly because of her gender. She filed the lawsuit in federal court.
Sheri Klouda pictured at Southwestern Seminary's convocation August 29, 2002, affirming her adherence to the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message. (The photo appeared on Wade Burleson's blog). 03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Powell to retire; Garland named dean at Truett Seminary
Updated: 3/30/07
Paul Powell to retire; Garland
named dean at Truett Seminary
Paul Powell has announced his plans to retire as dean of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary May 31, and New Testament scholar David Garland has been named his successor.
Randall O’Brien, provost and executive vice president at Baylor University, announced Garland’s appointment, effective June 1, noting he was the unanimous choice of the Truett faculty.
David Garland Paul Powell Garland is associate dean for academic affairs and the William B. Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures at Truett Seminary.
In February 2001, Powell, the retired president and chief executive officer of both the Robert M. Rogers Foundation of Tyler and the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annuity Board was appointed as Truett’s dean. During Powell’s six-year tenure, Truett Seminary’s enrollment more than doubled to 381 students, while the seminary’s endowment increased to more than $38 million.
03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Christians join war protest in Washington
Updated 3/30/07
Christians join war protest in Washington
By Robert Marus
ABP Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (ABP)—Thousands of Christians braved frigid temperatures, icy conditions and even arrest in Washington to protest the Iraq war.
The “Christian Peace Witness for Iraq” began with a service at Washington National Cathedral and ended with about 200 protesters being arrested in front of the White House March 16. It kicked off a weekend of demonstrations marking the four-year anniversary of the war, which has resulted in the deaths of more than 3,000 American military personnel and thousands of Iraqi military and civilians.
Anti-war protesters walk from the National Cathedral to the White House on the fourth anniversary of the United States’ war with Iraq. (RNS photo courtesy of Ryan Beiler/ Sojourners) 03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Hammond elected NAMB president, plans closer relationship with IMB
Updated: 3/30/07
Hammond elected NAMB president,
plans closer relationship with IMBBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (ABP)—In a unanimous vote March 21, trustees of the North American Mission Board elected Geoff Hammond president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s stateside mission body.
Hammond, 49, will start full-time work for NAMB May 22. Hammond is currently senior associate director of the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia. Trustees recommended him for the new position March 1, after a nine-month search to replace disgraced president Bob Reccord.
Geoff Hammond 03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baylor engineering team to bring electricity to Honduran village
Updated: 3/30/07
Chris Matcek of Katy, a graduate engineering student at Baylor University, and Brian Thomas, Baylor faculty adviser for Engineers with a Mission, take measurements of a river near Pueblo Nuevo, Honduras. (Photos courtesy of Brian Thomas) Baylor engineering team to bring
electricity to Honduran villageBy Matt Pene
Baylor University
WACO—Baylor University graduate student Ryan McGhee has spent nearly every free minute the last several months doing one thing—trying to build a device that will bring a basic necessity to people in need.
“It’s an act of worship for me,” said McGhee, who is pursuing his master’s degree in engineering at Baylor.
Baylor engineering students (left to right) Jonathan Crabtree, Leah Richter and Ryan McGhee explore the feasibility of installing a hydroelectric generator on a small river near Pueblo Nuevo, a remote village in north central Honduras. 03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Generous Arkansas family receives generosity from TV makeover
Updated: 3/30/07
Generous Arkansas family receives
generosity from TV makeoverBy Stella Prather
Arkansas Baptist Newsmagazine
MURFREESBORO, Ark. (ABP)—Thanks to a popular network television show and an eclectic array of others, one Arkansas Baptist family now has a lot more room to breathe.
Dennis and Kim Collins, their son, Mitchell, and the five young cousins they’ve cared for during the past few years recently received the keys to their new five-bedroom, 4,900-square-foot home. The massive new manse is the focus of an episode of ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
The story of the Collins family of Murfreesboro, Ark., will be featured on ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, April 22. (Photo courtesy of www.realsteelhomes.net) 03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Teens look to parents, clergy for guidance on sex
Updated: 3/30/07
Teens look to parents,
clergy for guidance on sexBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
WASHINGTON, D.C. (ABP)—More than three quarters of teens think religious leaders should do more to help prevent teen pregnancy. And that’s even more than the 64 percent of adults who think the same.
But while 76 percent of teens think religious leaders should do more to educate them about the risks of teenage sex, teens consistently say parents most influence their decisions about sex, according to an independent study commissioned by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
“One of the primary findings here is really good news for parents—that they are more influential on the topic than they thought they were." 03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Author wrote a book he can no longer read
Updated 3/30/07
Author wrote a book he can no longer read
By George Henson
Staff Writer
DALLAS—Dallas Baptist University professor David Naugle’s thoughts and views are being read and discussed by students in a language he can neither read nor understand.
Naugle’s book, Worldview: The History of a Concept, has been translated and published by Peking University Press for student use in China.
David Naugle, a philosophy professor at Dallas Baptist University and member of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, wrote a book that has been translated and published by Peking University for student use in China. (DBU photo by Tim Gingrich) 03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 3/30/07
Around the State
• The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will perform its 68th annual Easter pageant at 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. April 4. All performances will be outdoors in front of the Luther Memorial arches on Vann Circle Drive. The free student production draws 5,000 people each year.
• Baylor University will hold a symposium on congregational renewal May 11. The topic for the 9 a.m. session will be “Assessing the Current State of Religion in America,” and the 10:45 a.m. session will investigate three versions of congregational renewal—small church, multi-ethnic church and downtown/suburban church. A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided free of charge. To register or for more information, call (254) 710-4677.
Anniversaries
• Bill Wright, 15th, as pastor of First Church in Plains, March 25.
• J.D. Templeton, fifth, as pastor of First Church in Cotton Center, March 31.
Baylor University presented the 2007 Baylor University Founders Medallion to Ralph Storm of Corpus Christi and, posthumously, to his wife, Jean, during the university’s annual Founders Day. The Founders Medal is reserved for men and women whose service and contributions have been unusually significant to the life and future of the university. He has been a Baylor trustee and regent 27 years, is a lifetime member of the Baylor Alumni Association and Founders Association, and a member of the Medallion Fellowship, Heart of the Order, Old Main Society, Heritage Club, Development Council, Baylor Bear Foundation, Friends of Truett Seminary and the Endowed Scholarship Society. He was named a distinguished alumnus in 1978 and was awarded the Herbert H. Reynolds Award for meritorious service to students in 1985. He also has been greatly involved in the ministries of First Church in Corpus Christi, as was his wife prior to her death in 2003. 03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Baylor fraternity brothers serve God in the Ozarks
Posted: 3/30/07
On a spring break mission trip, 65 members of Baylor University fraternity Kappa Omega Tau enjoyed the serenity of the Arkansas Ozarks while rebuilding a stairway to an outdoor chapel. Baylor fraternity brothers
serve God in the OzarksBy Barbara Bedrick
Texas Baptist Communications
WACO—Armed with pick axes, drills, shovels, chainsaws, rakes and a mission-minded attitude, 65 Baylor University fraternity brothers traveled to Ponca Bible Camp in the Ozark Mountains over spring break to renovate the encampment.
Members of Kappa Omega Tau, a Baylor service-oriented fraternity, spent three days climbing 20-foot ladders up hills, restoring cabins, building retaining walls, burning leaves and improving the Christian camp. Mission Trip Chair Alex LaRue helped plan the spring break effort.
Students Minister at Spring Break
• Beach Reach volunteers immersed in missions service
• Baylor fraternity brothers serve God in the Ozarks
• DBU students build homes in South Carolina & South Dakota
• HBU students take local & global missions plunge
• ETBU nursing students put training into practice in Mexico
• Students find missions calling through BSM
• More than a day at the beach
03/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
