TBC Newsletter, August 2008

CONTENTS - August 2008

MISSION STATEMENT OF TEXAS BAPTISTS COMMITTED
Texas Baptists Committed is dedicated to reaching people for Christ through local churches; promoting and defending historic Baptist principles; spreading an understanding of Baptist heritage and distinctives through education; and cooperating with the mission of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and its related institutions.
TEXAS BAPTISTS COMMITTED
David R. Currie, Executive Director Kerry L. Horn, Associate Executive Director
Board of Directors
Officers Bill Tillman, Chair Debbie Ferrier, Vice-Chair Michael Evans, Treasurer Mike Caraway, Assistant Treasurer Ron Ellison, Secretary/Recorder
Members
Jay Abernathy, Palestine Babs Baugh, San Antonio Bill Brian, Amarillo Chad Chaddick, San Antonio Michael Evans, Mansfield Joy Fenner, Garland Debbie Ferrier, Katy Clyde Glazener, Fort Worth Ken Hall, Dallas James Hassell, Tulia Bill Jones, Plano	Phil Lineberger, Sugar Land René Maciel, San Antonio Mike Massar, Tyler Werth Mayes, Stephenville Lorenzo Peña, Dallas John Petty, Kerrville Debbie Potter, San Antonio Roberto Rodriguez, Harlingen Bob Stephenson, Norman, Oklahoma Bill Tillman, Abilene Steve Vernon, Levelland Steve Wells, Houston
Advisory Board
Michael Bell, Fort Worth Rudy Camacho, Fort Worth Ron Cook, Waco Dean Dickens, Garland Ron Ellison, Beaumont Charles Higgs, Stephenville	Jaclanel McFarland, Spring Dan Malone, Dallas John Ogletree, Houston Albert Reyes, Dallas John Cash Smith, Orange

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Annual TBC Convocation - Helping Texas Baptists Stay Baptist Panel discussions and a closing message from Ellis Orozco will highlight the meeting at Gaston Oaks Baptist Church in Dallas on August 19, 2008.	1
TBC Breakfast at the BGCT Annual Meeting	1
TBC Committees Working on New Initiatives by Bill Jones	2
Program for 2008 TBC Convocation	3
A Rancher's Rumblings by David R. Currie 1. Is the BGCT Inclusive? (Part One)	4
2. Is the BGCT Inclusive? (Part Two)	5
3. The Real Issues - Support of the BGCT and Opposition to Fundamentalism	6
4. My Childhood Comes to an End	8
5. A Reflective Two Weeks for Which I Am Grateful	8
6. Baseball, Daddy, and Convictional Baptists	10
Baptist Reflections 1. Religious Liberty Depends on a Free Press by Joy Fenner	11
Baptist Reflections 2. Why I Chose to Serve on the TBC Board by James Hassell	12
Baptist Reflections 3. Asking You to Partner with TBC by Bill Jones	13
The Hunt Paradox: "Radical Change" & Unity by Marv Knox	14
Baptist Reflections 4. Why I Said "Yes" to TBC by Chad R. Chaddick	15
Baptist Reflections 5. Hispanic Baptist Leaders - Preparing the Field for a Texas Baptist Harvest by Debbie Ferrier	16
Does the SBC Want Me? by Ken Coffee	17
New Baptist Covenant: Unity. Harmony. Now, what comes next? by Marv Knox	18
Ethics and Evangelism Focus of Inaugural Lectures at Howard Payne by Ken Camp A report on the first Currie-Strickland Distinguished Lectures in Christian Ethics	21
New Baptist Covenant Preparing for Regional Meetings	21
Baptist Reflections 6. Racial Reconciliation - Taking It Step by Step by Michael Bell	22
A Rancher's Rumblings by David R. Currie 7. A Mountaintop Experience by David R. Currie Attending the Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant in Atlanta	23