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TBM responds to Myanmar cyclone
Posted: 5/13/08
TBM responds to Myanmar cyclone
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
Texas Baptist Men sent a rapid-response team to Bangkok, Thailand, in response to a devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar.
The seven-person team left the United States May 11. The team hopes to enter Myanmar—also known as Burma—as soon as possible to assess needs. Once in Myanmar, the relief volunteers will look for opportunities for follow-up teams to meet needs in the country.
TBM team leader Dick Talley plans to stream another live video report Thursday at 8 a.m. Central Time on their progress from their staging area in Bangkok, Thailand. Watch it live on the BGCT website.“We try to go wherever doors open and see how we can minister to people in need,” said Mickey Lenamon, Texas Baptist Men associate executive director. “That’s what Texas Baptist Men has been doing for 40 years.”
Official counts indicate nearly 23,000 people are dead following a cyclone that hit Myanmar. Another 42,000 people are missing. Some observers expect those totals to rise further as more information becomes available.
TBM responded to a request for help from Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and The Fellowship of the Woodlands near Houston.
Baptists from Australia, Hungary and the United States also are currently in Bangkok, Thailand, awaiting visa application approval to enter Myanmar.
To support TBM disaster relief efforts, visit http://texasbaptistmen.org/dnn/donate_asp_1.html.
To give through the Baptist General Convention of Texas Disaster Response Fund, visit http://texasbaptistmen.org/dnn/donate_asp_1.html.
05/14/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Student worship leader keeps collegiate ties
Posted: 5/09/08
Blake Bollinger said wants his concerts to spark life-changing encounters with God. Student worship leader keeps collegiate ties
By Leann Callaway
Special to the Baptist Standard
WACO—The Blake Bollinger Band’s roots run deep at Baylor University in Waco.
As a freshman at Baylor in 1999, Bollinger was asked to lead worship for chapel services, which put him in front of thousands of students each week.
05/12/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Concern for needy people is gospel truth, not partisan politics, CBF’s Vestal insists
Posted: 5/09/08
Concern for needy people is gospel truth,
not partisan politics, CBF’s Vestal insistsBy Marv Knox
Editor
WACO—God identifies with the poor and the powerless, and Christians encounter Christ when they serve the weakest of the world’s citizens, Daniel Vestal told participants in the Baylor University School of Social Work’s annual “family dinner.”
“Concern for the poor and the powerless is not partisan politics. It is central and integral to the gospel of Jesus Christ,” stressed Vestal, staff leader of the Atlanta-based Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
Daniel Vestal, executive coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, addresses a dinner gathering sponsored by the Baylor School of Social Work. (PHOTOS/Baylor) 05/09/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Blogging Baptists
Posted: 5/09/08
Blogging Baptists
By John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
For some people, blogs are like a family reunion where people barely know each other. There’s a lot of talking going on, but there’s little agreement on much of anything.
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But for many of the increasing number of Baptist bloggers, that’s the beauty of it.
05/09/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Blogs become Baptist battleground
Posted: 5/09/08
Blogs become Baptist battleground
By Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (ABP)—One classic joke about Baptists is that wherever two or three are gathered, there are four opinions among them.
The same can be said of bloggers, and Baptists seem to have taken to blogs with particular gusto, on both the institutional and individual levels. But as a democratically governed and notoriously fractious bunch, blogging Baptists also seem to have put a new virtual twist on the time-honored tradition of contentious business meetings.
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05/09/2008 - By John Rutledge
TBM team leader Dick Talley plans to stream another live video report Thursday at 8 a.m. Central Time on their progress from their staging area in Bangkok, Thailand. 
