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Sloan elected as Houston Baptist University president
Posted: 8/18/06
Sloan elected as Houston
Baptist University presidentBy Ken Camp
Managing Editor
HOUSTON—After 10 years as Baylor University’s president—the last few marked by deep division among the Waco school’s varied constituencies—Robert Sloan never thought he would want to lead another university.
But at an Aug. 8 called meeting, Houston Baptist Univer-sity’s trustees overwhelmingly elected Sloan, 57, as president of their 2,300-student school, effective Sept. 1.
Robert Sloan becomes president of Houston Baptist University Sept. 1. Trustees elected him at a called meeting Aug. 8. Sloan served 10 years as Baylor University’s president. 08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Sri Lankan violence forces change of venue for volunteers
Posted: 8/18/06
A possible ear infection gets medical attention for the CERI foster child in Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Texas Baptists, through CERI, are providing on-going care for tsunami orphans. Sri Lankan violence forces
change of venue for volunteersBy Craig Bird
Baptist Child & Family Services
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—As Sri Lankan military and Tamil Tiger rebels traded mortar fire and accusations of mass slaughter, a team of volunteers from Baptist Child & Family Services treated the sick, comforted the traumatized and dug septic tanks in the tropical heat.
Two staff members from the Texas Baptist family services agency, four members of Cibolo Creek Community Church in San Antonio, two doctors and a nurse from Tyler and two counselors from Wisconsin worked with Children’s Emergency Relief International, the overseas arm of BCFS.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Faith sustains family through dark days of son’s illness
Posted: 8/18/06
Emily and Scott Hall say their faith sustained them through the ordeal. Faith sustains family through
dark days of son’s illnessBy David Alvey
Special to the Baptist Standard
GARLAND—Scott and Emily Hall had big plans this summer. He intended to teach their 15-year-old son, Ryan, to drive. The whole family had volunteered to work in Vacation Bible School at their church. And they wanted to take a road trip to the Grand Canyon.
Instead, the Halls found themselves weathering the most difficult storm of their lives when a mysterious lung disease claimed Ryan’s life.
Ryan Hall, age 15, died June 20 after the sudden onset of a mysterious illness one month earlier. 08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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South Texas heat? No sweat for KidsHeart volunteers
Posted: 8/18/06
Girls from Crossing Baptist Church in Mesquite take time out from construction to play a pick-up game of foosball in Progreso. (Photos by Scott Collins) South Texas heat? No sweat
for KidsHeart volunteersBy Russ Dilday
Buckner Benevolences
RIO GRANDE VALLEY—Richard Buerkle wiped a sweaty forehead with an equally sweaty forearm as he paused from his carpentry work in 100-degree heat and oppressively high humidity.
Buerkle and his team of volunteers from First Baptist Church in Gatesville, were repairing a home in Monte Alto, near the Mexican border, in preparation for repainting the home.
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08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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KidsHeart project makes missions a family affair
Posted: 8/18/06
Tonya Mathews is among several members of First Baptist Church of Gatesville who is leading 46 children in Vacation Bible School in Monte Alto as part of the KidsHeart missions event in July in the Rio Grande Valley. Among the children are her own, including Jordan, 7 (wearing No. 7). KidsHeart project makes missions a family affair
By Russ Dilday
Buckner Benevolences
RIO GRANDE VALLEY—During the first full workday of KidsHeart, it became clear families had become a powerful force in the weeklong event—a joint missions effort of the Cooperative Baptist Fellow-ship and Buckner Benevolences that matches churches with needs in the Rio Grande Valley.
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At Monte Alto Baptist Church, Tonya Mathews was one of several members of First Baptist Church of Gatesville who led the first day of Vacation Bible School. Among the children participating were her own—ages 7, 5 and 2.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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VBS shines light in the darkness this summer
Posted: 8/18/06
Grace Temple Baptist Church in Waco is one of a growing number of churches holding Vacation Bible School in the evening. (Photos by Diane Lane/BGCT) VBS shines light in the darkness this summer
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
Many Vacation Bible Schools in Texas this summer decided to shine light into the darkness.
The majority of Texas churches who reported 2005 Vacation Bible School statistics to Lifeway Christian Resources held their Bible schools at night—a change from the typical weeklong events held in the morning.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Around the State
Posted: 8/18/06
Several former pastors and their wives helped celebrate First Church in Melvin’s 100th anniversary. They are (l-r) Betty Gauer, Pastor Robert Gauer, former Pastor Gerald Hendon, Sandra Hendon, Billie Mosley, former Pastor Maurice Mosley, Ramona Akins and former Pastor Ferris Akins. Former members, family and friends accounted for 128 of the celebrants. Sue Steelhammer and the Keith Jackson Family provided the special music. Around the State
• Rutledge McClaren, director of institutional planning, assessment and research at East Texas Baptist University, will retire Sept. 1. He has served more than 45 years in higher education—41 of those years at ETBU, serving as either a mathematics professor or an administrator.
• Six Baylor University faculty will step into roles as chairs of academic departments for the new school year. New chairs and the departments they will serve include Jaime Diaz-Granados, psychology; David Garrett, communication sciences and disorders; Danny Leonard, aerospace studies; William Bellinger, religion; Timothy Kayworth, information systems; and Allen Seward, finance, insurance and real estate.
Corinth Church in Cisco presented Pastor Benny Hagan with an etched mirror to commemorate his 22 years as the congregation’s pastor. He has been a Baptist pastor for 52 years and has served several Texas churches. Corinth also was Hagan’s first pastorate in 1954. • Dallas Baptist University awarded undergraduate and graduate degrees to 230 students Aug. 4. Eighty-three graduate students and 147 undergraduates took part in the ceremonies. Joseph Kim of South Korea was the commencement speaker and the recipient of an honorary doctorate of divinity.
• The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor graduated its 150th class Aug. 5. Seventy-one students received degrees during the ceremony—65 bacalaureate degrees and six master’s degrees. Amy Ivy received the award for the highest overall grade-poijnt average. Adrienne Henderson received the Loyalty Cup, given to the student selected as the most representative of the ideals, traditions and spirit of the university.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
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Book Reviews
Posted: 8/18/06
Book Reviews
The Shark God: Encounters with Ghosts and Ancestors in the South Pacific by Charles Montgomery (HarperCollins)
Charles Montgomery, an award-winning Canadian travel writer, offers in his first book a challenging journey of both body and soul. At 10, he discovers the memoirs of his great-grandfather Henry Montgomery, an Anglican missionary to the islands of Melanesia almost a century earlier. At 30, he decides to recreate the journey through the South Pacific in order to determine the impact of Christianity on the pagan beliefs of the people.
Ultimately, the book is a journey seeking truth. Montgomery is a skeptic, both of religious faith and tribal myth.
What are you reading that other Texas Baptists would find helpful? Send suggestions and reviews to books@baptiststandard.com. Yet he desperately desires to believe in something. The book provides relevant insight into the cynical struggle shared by many people. The conclusion he reaches may surprise you.
08/18/2006 - By John Rutledge
