Texas Baptists Committed

Attack on Buckner called ‘public relations terrorism’
By Mark Wingfield

DALLAS—The president of Buckner Baptist Benevolences is “grieved, hurt and perplexed” by a Baptist Press report that attempts to link the Texas Baptist childcare agency with Planned Parenthood and pro-abortion causes.

Bad theology, not to mention mean
By Marv Knox

As Americans pondered the imponderable —the horrendous hijackings that resulted in almost 6,000 deaths in one clear-blue morning —a common refrain echoed across the land: Why?

Church survives challenge over woman’s ordination
By Bob Allen

A Florida Baptist association voted not to suspend a member church for ordaining a female staff member to the gospel ministry.

Lessons Learned at ‘Ground Zero’
By David Massengill

My name is David, and I am homeless, temporarily. But I will be home soon.

Make Sure Your Church is a “Baptist” Church
By Brian L. Harbour

I owe a great debt to Texas Baptists.

Missouri in Turmoil
By Mark Wingfield

Fundamentalists who last year gained control of the Missouri Baptist Convention are working quickly to replace trustees of state convention agencies and members of the convention’s Executive Board with individuals deemed more loyal to their cause.

My Bible is true
By Duke McCall

My Bible is true and trustworthy. It is the all-sufficient rule of faith and practice.

SBTC leaders insist they're not recruiting
By Mark Wingfield

DALLAS—Leaders of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention—formed as a fundamentalist alternative to the Baptist General Convention of Texas—insist they are not recruiting churches to leave the BGCT.

Texas Trustee of IMB sent to prison for fraud
By Mark Wingfield

DALLAS—Two weeks before he was elected a Texas trustee of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, a federal warrant was issued for Russell Kaemmerling’s arrest on 19 counts of fraud.

United We Stand
By Greg Magruder

Bear with me. I am going to write about the upcoming associational annual meeting in October, the SBC/CBF conflict and the recent attacks on America. They all have a common theme. Follow closely.

Walking in Faith through the Open Door
by Dennis Harris

I want to tell a story I told when I was on a mission trip in the Yucatan.

Holding widows and orphans hostage
By Marv Knox

Imagine someone tossing your grandmother out of her home.

Georgia Baptist executive threatens to “shut down” women in ministry meeting if pro-SBC guidelines not met
By John Pierce Executive

ATLANTA—Baptist Women in Ministry of Georgia moved their Oct. 26-27 meeting from a Georgia Baptist Convention conference center to a local church after receiving a letter from GBC Executive Director Robert White threatening to shut down the meeting if participants affirmed women pastors or spoke negatively about the Southern Baptist Convention.

Duke McCall Oral History ‘Powerful and Prophetic’

A new book, chronicling Duke McCall’s up-close and personal eye view of four turbulent Southern Baptist decades, is available from the Baptist History and Heritage Society.

IMB trustees extend BF&M policy

IMB trustees slightly adjusted their policy on the Baptist Faith and Message.

The policy, adopted in
January, requires asking missionary candidates to state whether they are in agreement with the Baptist Faith and Message and to explain
any area of difference. It requires new missionaries and elected leaders to sign statements affirming their agreement with the recently revised Baptist Faith and Message and committing themselves to carry out their
responsibilities “in accordance with and not contrary to” the statement of faith.

Trustees voted to include IMB associate vice presidents in the policy because of their leadership responsibilities, even though they are not under the selection authority of the board. Trustees also voted that they themselves would sign the same statement being required of missionary candidates.
[excerpt of Baptist
Standard article, 9/21/01]