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Small-church pastors challenged to make a difference
Posted: 12/28/06
At the conclusion of a recent WorldconneX conference for smaller church pastors, Ridge Adams, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dublin, takes his turn leading the group to pray for a people group his church is seeking to reach for Christ. Small-church pastors
challenged to make a differenceBy David Williams
WorldconneX
WAXAHACHIE—God must love small churches since he made so many of them. That was the message pastors of small churches heard at a recent conference conducted by WorldconneX, Texas Baptists’ missions network.
Titled “More Than You Think You Are,” the meeting at Lakeview Conference Center in Waxahachie was billed as “a new conversation for the smaller-church pastor.”
12/28/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Former WMU President Huis Coy Egge dead at 95
Posted: 12/27/06
Former WMU President Huis Coy Egge dead at 95
Former Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas President Huis Coy Egge died on Christmas Eve. She was 95.
Huis Coy Egge Mrs. Egge, a native of Logansport, La., was a charter member of Broadway Baptist Church in Houston, was a member of First Baptist Church in Corsicana from 1978 to 1997 and most recently was a member of First Baptist Church in Friendswood.
She was president of Texas WMU from 1976 to 1980 and was affiliated with the missions organization most of her life.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Clarence W. Coy, and her second husband, Elvis H. Egge.
12/27/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Volunteers’ love encourages Moldovan women
Posted: 12/26/06
Texas volunteers, Debra McCammon (from Mesquite), Lori Hudson (from Skidmore) Bea Mesquias (from Harlington), and Jerri Warren (from Texarkana), join close to 1,000 women in praying for Moldova. Volunteers’ love encourages Moldovan women
Dressed in a borrowed winter coat, a Texas Baptist volunteer slowly approached a family working outdoors. They watched her curiously. She obviously was a stranger to their village but had a warm and loving face that made them want to stop and chat.
Susan Edwards of Dallas flashed a smile. Caught off-guard, the family smiled back. There’s not much to smile about in this small, central European country. Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe. In villages outside of the capital, Chisinau, unemployment is well over 90 percent. Most survive like this family, from food grown in their yard.
A kiss on each side of the face is one way Moldovans express their love and gratitude. Bea Mesquias receives a “thank you” for sharing her life stories at the national Women’s Ministry Conference. Without a common spoken language between them, Edwards simply patted the woman’s hand and pulled out a Russian Bible. With the simple gesture, she offered this family a chance to find a reason to smile.
Edwards, along with five other Texas volunteers, spent a week offering hope and encouragement to Moldovan women through an ongoing International Initiatives partnership between Woman’s Missionary Union and the Moldova Baptist Union.
12/26/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Pastors rank among top 10 on ethics list
Posted: 12/23/06
Pastors rank among top 10 on ethics list
By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
DALLAS (ABP)—Americans may trust their pastors almost as much as they trust their nurses.
That’s according to a recent USA Today/Gallup Poll. For the sixth year in a row, nursing topped the list as the most ethical occupation in America, according to a survey of public perceptions of honesty and ethical standards for 23 occupations.
12/23/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Christmas Card 2006
Posted: 12/21/06
Wishing You the Blessings of Christmas! The Baptist Standard family gathers to send a holiday greeting to our readers.
Left to right are Stefany Bales, receptionist; George Henson, writer/ classified ads; Editor Marv Knox; Leroy Fenton, development; James Wright, mailer; Charlie Nichols, mail manager; Doug Hylton, advertising/ newsletters; John Rutledge, webmaster; Beth Campbell, editor's assistant; Gary Phillips, business manager; David Clanton, marketing; Ken Camp, managing editor; and Linda Majors, circulation/ records.
12/22/2006 - By John Rutledge
