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Huntsville church embraces people in correctional system
Posted: 11/04/05
Dub Wallace hands out forms during a Welcome Back ministry meeting with inmates who will be released the next day. (Photos Courtesy of First Baptist Church, Huntsville) Huntsville church embraces
people in correctional systemBy Marv Knox & George Henson
Baptist Standard
HUNTSVILLE–When David Valentine arrived at First Baptist Church in Huntsville four years ago, he looked across the street and saw a mission field. And the more he looked around Walker County, the more the field grew.
11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Founder sees DRAMA as avenue for evangelism, worship
Posted: 11/04/05
University student Laura Watson (center), the founder and director of DRAMA–Disciples Running Around Madly Acting–and member of Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, poses with cast members. Founder sees DRAMA as
avenue for evangelism, worshipBy Leann Callaway
Special to the Baptist Standard
DENTON–During Laura Watson's college years at the University of North Texas in Denton, she was at a crossroads while searching for a place to serve in collegiate ministry.
11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Texas Baptist Forum
Posted: 11/04/05
Texas Baptist Forum
Root causes & accountability
Hurricane Katrina uncovered a multitude of reasons for great poverty in New Orleans, not the least of which is longstanding graft and corruption.
Letters are welcomed. Send them to marvknox@baptiststandard.com; 250 words maximum.
"Mrs. Parks was much, much more than the bus woman. Rosa Parks shifted the gears of the universe all her life. Now she belongs to the universe. Thank you, Sister Rosa. Thank you, Rosa Parks."
Julian Bond
Chairman of the NAACP, a civil rights organization in which Parks was active, recalling how her simple act transcended the globe (RNS)"Many of us, particularly those of us who are raising teenagers, feel like we're in a battle for our kids' hearts, minds and souls, and sometimes we're not winning. It occurred to me the other day, the only people who don't have sex on network television are married people."
John Carr
Secretary of the Department of Social Development and World Peace of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (RNS)"The issue is not whether you accept Jesus, but whether he accepts you! I'm afraid there will be people in hell who prayed to receive Christ, but who never allowed him to deal with their sin."
Henry Blackaby
Author of Experiencing God, emphasizing the need for repentance (ABP)Throwing money at the problem will not solve it there. Good citizens and taxpayers must demand that as rebuilding begins the same people who facilitated the poverty are held accountable and not allowed to participate in the “new” New Orleans. If the root problems of poverty are not addressed, all the money in the world will not solve it. More money is spent on poverty now than ever before if you look at individual giving, government spending and corporate giving.
11/04/2005 - By John Rutledge
Braxton Edwards to Paramount Church in Amarillo as music associate. 
