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DOWNHOME: Not-so-patiently learning to wait
Posted: 1/04/08
DOWNHOME:
Not-so-patiently learning to waitIf you pray for patience, God might move you to a Texas neighborhood with plenty of trees.
(By the way, never pray for patience or wisdom unless you really mean it. Those are wonderful virtues, but their acquisition comes with a steep, steep price.)
Joanna and I moved to our home in Coppell, in far northwest Dallas County, not quite a year and a half ago. Our girls both had graduated from high school, and Jo and I realized we could trim our commute time without uprooting our progeny. So, we moved.
From a practical standpoint, we were thrilled with the shorter driving times each day. From an emotional standpoint, we reveled in the homey-ness of our house. And from an almost spiritual standpoint, we adored all the trees.
01/04/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Bird-eye view of Valley left indelible impression on long-tenured pastor
Posted: 12/28/07
Bird-eye view of Valley left indelible
impression on long-tenured pastorRIO HONDO—Considering the median tenure for Southern Baptist pastors at any given church is 4.2 years, Gene Horton’s 40-years-and-counting at First Baptist Church in Rio Hondo places him among the ranks of less than one percent of his peers.
Horton, who has been in the ministry 55 years, credits his lengthy of service to “God’s keeping power.”
Gene HortonFrances Knight, who has been a Sunday school teacher at the Rio Hondo church for 38 years, believes the secret of her pastor’s success is simple.
“God has kept him steady because he is a man of prayer, and he faithfully preaches the gospel of salvation,” she said.
01/02/2008 - By John Rutledge
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ETBU dormitory furnishings find new home, meet multiple needs
Posted: 12/28/07
East Texas Baptist University, making preparation for the renovation of Fry Hall, donated all the furnishings from the residence hall to Ebenezer Ministries of Clayton. The furniture was loaded onto three semi-trailers, two 16-foot cargo trailers and two 16-foot flat bed trailers, which involved three different ministry organizations to get the donation to its destination in Quemado. (Photo by Mike Midkiff/ETBU) ETBU dormitory furnishings find
new home, meet multiple needsBy Mike Midkiff
East Texas Baptist University
MARSHALL—As a dormitory at East Texas Baptist University gets a major facelift, some of its furnishings are finding a new home in Mexican orphanages, and others will meet needs throughout the Southwest, thanks to a cooperative venture involving several ministries.
After students left campus at the end of the fall semester, ETBU physical facilities employees started to work moving furniture out of dorm rooms in preparation for an extensive renovation of Charles Fry Hall, a one-story men’s residence hall built in 1977.
East Texas Baptist University Utility Technician Michael Welch loads the final piece of furniture onto a truck from the Rick Caywood Ministries of Crawford. ETBU donated all the furnishings from Fry Hall to help needy people in Mexico. (Photo by Mike Midkiff/ETBU) 12/31/2007 - By John Rutledge
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New Baptist Covenant, Huckabee rank as top stories in ‘07, journalists say
Posted: 12/28/07
New Baptist Covenant, Huckabee rank
as top stories in ‘07, journalists sayBy Robert Marus
Associated Baptist Press
WASHINGTON (ABP)—The biggest news story among Baptists in 2007 was about an event that has not even happened yet—the announcement of an unprecedented meeting of Baptists from across North America—according to an informal survey of journalists in the Baptist media world.
The Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant, announced in January by former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton—and the ensuing controversy stirred by its critics—was the top vote-getter in 2007’s Associated Baptist Press survey. The historic pan-Baptist meeting will be held in Atlanta Jan. 30-Feb. 1.
Mike Huckabee speaks at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas. 12/28/2007 - By John Rutledge
