October for CP

With 1'80111111 to go m the 2002-

al year of the Ten­Baptist Convention.

tbraqh the Cooperative are 9 oa percent be­

needs. September, Tennessee

11t1 gave $2,9fi6 .932, the tntn I yo a r-to­

gifls to $31 ,014.51:1. current budget for the $37,191,907.

gifts nflcr 11 months C-"il'.u->2 (Jt 2.59 percent

the sumc period last

tie we are grateful for Tennc see Buptists

thus fnr through Dooera vt~ Progrum. we cmg n serious situn­

.... ._. .... TB .., Executive Di­~James Porch. "Our

n nnd mm1strv needs • ut.• se and nc•·o "' the rn Bupti t ( otWPntion

world ure dc•pl•mlent gt• xw r·o us, frf•c" i 11

.a..nu,· churches ," Porch lnn1n ministries mny he

dUt.• to hu:k of fund",

m confident 'I'cnnes~l~c will ri e to the chnJ­

P""" help make up :-orne II dur;ng the lnst

ofthe fiscnl ~l'nr." •

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Church is first stop for former prisone By Conme Dav1s terrupt their work day or take Baptist and Reflector early lunch h ours to attend the

NASHVILLE - About a y ear ago Carl Boone began preparing for his release from the Tennessee State Pri'3on here . He asked friend J. R. Davis to provide him a ride. And he told Davis he wanted lo spend his first minute s praying in a church.

Davis, a member of Brook Hollow Baptis t Church here, agr eed to pick Boone up. Davis explnined he knew "what an honor that is." especially since Boone has many friends and family members. They would have been glad to pick him up. They had waited for this occa­sion for about 10 years.

Davis offered to let Boone use Brook Hollow's prayer room. The church is located ju:st about a 10-minute ride from the prison.

Boone agreed. Soon, a ser­VlCC was planned at the church for Boone after his private prayer time. About 35 people attended. Those attending had varied connections with the 39-year-old Boone. All had to in-

11 a.m. service. Several employees of the

prison came. They bad worked with Boone, who completed his college degree while in prison by conespondence and n early completed his master's in busi­ness administration degree.

Members of various prison ministries from about four dif­fer ent churches attended, in­cluding Brook Hollow Church and Long Hollow Baptis t Church, Hendersonville. Some members of Brook Hollow at­tended although they were n ot involved in prison ministry. They wanted to support those who were and Boone.

Friends attended, including a childhood friend of Boone who is a member of a church which has ministered to Boone and his family. Family mem­bers of Boone attended, two driving from Atlanta, Ga. And family members of an inmate drove down from White House to attend . They explaine d Boone had helped their son/husband.

The s ervice , led by Tom

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NEWLY RELEASED inmate Carl Boone, right. of Nashvtlle gets a hug from friend J R. Dav1s of Brook Hollow Baptist Church, Nashville. on the day Boone was released. - Photo by Conme Dav1s

Gholson , pastor, Brook Hollow, was a sh ort one. The n n early everyone in attendance lined up to speak to and pray with Boone, who knelt at a prayer bench.

It wa s a time o f hand g ras ps, murmured prayers, smiles, and tea rs .

Da vis m e t Boon e the firs t time he went to lhe pri son to visit his son, Jordan, an inmate.

B e for e h e locntcd .Jord u n , D a vis wa!S approach ed by Boone, who introduced hjm e lf and told Da vi~ s omething which ns tonishcd him.

Boon e e xpJuin e d wh(•n h e was a new. young inmatt~. o n olde r f; hri s ttan in m n t e fw d mentor cd him. "He savcrl me," Boone told Da \•is. Then Buone told him he wa · going t.o do the - See Church, page 4

I 5-passenger vans may cease to IJe availaiJie Baptist Press

BIRMINGHAM. Ala. - The popular form of transportation for churches - 15-passenger ''nns - may soon not be an op­tion at all.

The insurance industry as a whol~ is moving in the direction of not insuring 15-pnssengcr ,·nn5. according to Alejandro Soto, ~poke~person for the In­sm·nnce Information Institute in . · ew York.

Then? ha\·e been ~o many acci dent. and lo" ~uib a nd that' ... ho\\ it has Teall\' affected • in-.urer-..: it just become~ too e -pen::::-h·e to insure. That':- the general trend.'"' .. he ~aid.

h aid that e\ entunlly af O\ m-..ure.r-.. do in ure the m .

" the premmm . likely wm be 0

high that 1t '"ill be chenper fl r th insured to tn\-est in o ' hl­de thnt has o better m--uran rating.

Tht po.5e .. o qu .:-tlon. Are churche ... p:: r in t h ei r ' n

nd ' "' e ... ung an .. fer tr n • port.ntaon or 1gnonng nd •

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spread warning about the dan­gers of 15-passenger vans?

"It would be very e a sy t o bas e our decisions purely on business," said Jeff Hanna. ex­ecutive dtrector of GuideOn e Center for Risk Management. WBut we have the claims a n d stories about people who are be­ing killed in these veh icles -often eight to 15 people dying at once, nnd the impact on a min­istry is phenomenal. Many min­i::.trie~ have neve r recovered from the ...

GuideOn" the nation's lead­i ng i n .. ure r of churche • ha .. topped writing &n) new poh­ci .. on 15-pas .. nger van::. They will con--id r rene ~ing polic.i for the ir e "ti ng cu_ l.omer onh· tf drh rs tt nd a nd pa

• pccinl dnv r t:rmmn g cou

th t te c:h ad~-anced techntqu• in opernting th 15-pa .. n r

' n GU1d On ~mm nd that

11 church • da~c .re center .. . hool • and otb r rou lm-

mec:h t I) c:on.s1d r fi r trons­port tton It rn t1 c ~ nd

a bandon t he use of 15-passen­ger va ns.

These veh icles do not have to pass the passenger tests f1·om the Na tional Highway Tran -porta tion S a fe ty Admini:.tra­t ion (NHTSA I that other pas· ~enger veh1cles dn, nnd driver are no t curre nt.1y requir ed to have a comme rcia) d river'-- li­cen c - t wo factor th uL in­crea e da ng ~r to po eng r . GuideOne' chief oper11ting offi­cer, J an Beck trom, noted m testimon) regardmg \'On afl·ty bc.fore th 1acyl nd lega~ tuf\

carh r thi ~ear. lor than t~o ) car ago the ~ haclc proven by the 'H~

t; for p n r 'troOSJliO~ F deral lega tton anl.ro-

duc d 10 o th • Hou of R pre nt tJ\ nd n t

t.iu pnl tf pa \liOUld dd qutfl m nt h r. all 15-pa •

ng r ,. n p tb m "HT A L ung that 11 oth r

pa n r htcl h , ub tD far J Tin

rend r tm nd o d r 15-pa r

used ror tran porting people II· legal from thi st..nndpoint.

The Natianal Trnffic 1otor Vehicle nfcty Act, me.nnw htlc, io: an cx1 ti ng fen rnl law thnl prohib1ts a deale hip from II­i ng a 15-pa en ter \'lln to school. church, or oth r cnlll..) for the purpo • of trnu porlm ' children through • ong ·r of traditional high hool n ·

Bccau Lh ''on w r ongin JJ} d 1gncd to n} r· go, not pcopl • th v ht 1 • htgh r c nl r of r VJt.~ b.> d • 1gn r ul m poor h 1 nc of

th ,. h:tclc, p ca II) h n c rrytn 15 p opl \'Jtb h cen r of gr '-"ltJ

h t ould out

of tu tn pro p furtb r nd n r

conunu 1.0

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Union receives foundation gifts Union University News Office

JACKSON- The Hammons Charitable Foundation made a $200,000 grant for Union Uni­versity's Roy L. White Hall sci­ence building during a Sept. 30 ceremony featuring Union Pres­ident David S. Dockery and sev­eral foundation board members.

David Moore, president of tpe Arkansas Baptist Found.a­tion and a H ammons board member, presented Dockery with a check during .the Ham­mons Charitable Luncheon, honoring scholarship recipients.

Dockery also received a $102,000 check to be allocated to student re­cipients of the Hammon s Scholarship:

"We are in­deed grateful for the life and legacy of Ed Hammon s "

' Dockery said. DOCKERY "Dr. Hammons was a ma n with a large vision for the importance of Christian higher education and a gener­ous heart to match. Union has been blessed by his kindness and that of the Foundation that carries forth his legacy."

Hammons, a longtime sup­porter and trustee of the univer­sity, died at the age of 57 in 1998. He was an active member of Bellevu e Baptist Church in ·

'· Cordova. . His parents, Otis Pa,rnell and

Evalyn Pierce Hammons·, were 1928 graduates of Union. In 1997 the O.P. and Evalyn·Ham­mons Chair of Pre-Medical Studies was installed at the uni­versity in honor of liis parents.

The new building will be lo­cated across the Great Lawn from J ennings Hall on the wes't side of the campus.

Lead gifts for the new facility include a $2 million gift from Roy White, $500,000 from Jack­son-General Ho~pital, and an anonymous pledge of $1.4 mil­lio~. The two-story science building will house biology -on the first floor and chemistry on · the second - with other science areas such as physics, engineer­ing, ·a.nd computer. science to be added later in the next p4ase of" the facility. Project completion is'scheduled for 2005 with class­es to begin in the new building in August of that year. 0

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Threat level down, food distribution resumes in Iraq Baptist Press

RICHMOND - Southern ' Baptist ministry projects in Iraq

resumed Oct. 7 after a five-week delay caused by concerns for the safety of humanitarian workers in the country.

Small-scale deli'\Zery of food

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Americans support public 111entlon of God: Gal Baptist Press United States into a godless soci~ty.

NASHVILLE- The majority of Americans have no problem allowing references to God in the public square, according to a recent poll.

A USA Today/CNN/Gal!up poll released Sept. 30 found that 90 percent said they approved of the inscription "In God We Trust., on U.S. coins, while only 8 percent disapproved and 2 percent had no opinion.

+ 58 percent said it is a~ptable to Christian symbols in public places or l ment buildings as long as symbols of oth gions are also displayed. Twenty-nine 1 said it is unacceptable to display any rt symbols at all, while 10 percent said it is able to display only Christian symbols.

Also, 7~1 percent said that if they walked into a public school classroom and the teacher's desk had a Bible on it, they would consider that to be a good thing - compared to only 18 percent who said it would be a bad thing and 9 percent who said it didn't matter.

+ 54 percent said any time govemme motes tne teachings of a religion it can ha rights of people who do not belong to th. gion, while 40 percent said the govvnmE do so without harming such people,

A non-denominational prayer as part of the official program at a public school ceremony -such as a graduation or a sporting event­~ould be acceptable to 78 percent of those polled and unacceptable to 21 percent. ·

+ 60 percent said they believe ftligiou ers should not try to influence govesnme1 cy on abortion, while 38 percent saic should.

+ 53 pet:cent said religious leaden shot to influence government policy on prayer i lie schools , while 46 percent said they E not . . Regarding the much-debated display of the

Ten Commandments, 70 percent said they thought it was OK to display a monument of the

. Commandments in a public school or govern­ment building, _while 29 percent disapproved.

+ 52 percent sai~ religious leaders 8

not try to influence government policy 0 death penalty, while 45 percent sai~ should.

' Likewise, 73 percent said they did not belieye

a .monument to the Ten Commandments in a courthouse· sends a message that the justice sys­tem. gives_ special consiqeration to .Jews and Christians over those who belong to other reli- · gions. Twenty-five percent said it does.

In other result~: _

+ 56 percent disapprove of the use of~ funds to support social programs like da and drug reh abilitation run. by Islamic re organizations, while 41 percent approve. I programs were run by Christian religiou, nizations, 64 percent would approve, 34 I would disapprove.

+ 62 percent said they. believe some people file lawsuits opposing such things as prayer in . public schools or displays of religious symbols in government ·buildings because they are trying to protect the~elves and others from having reli­gi~n forced onto them. But 31 percent said they believe those who s ue are trying to turn the

+ 64 percent would disapprove of the • of a monument with a verse from the Kor public school or government building, w' percent would app-'Ove.

boxes packed by. Southern Bap- . tist churches has been going on, hoy.r.ever, .arid a Southern Bap­tist worker.!n th~ region reports God fs using the effort in r e­markable ways to help Iraqis understand how much He loves them.

The ·arrival of Southern Bap­tist volunteer tearps was delayed after information was received that a remnant of Saddam Hus­sein loyalists in the country were intentionally targeting hu­manitarian workers for attacks. The Aug. 19 truck-bomb .attack on the United Nations offices in Baghdad·marked the first time.a non-military humanitarian oper­ation had been targeted since Hussein;s regime was- over­tbiown last spring;

But during the past month the vast majority of attacks have occurr-ed after dark and h~ve been directed at military tar­gets, the worker said. Ministry leaders believe risks can be min­imized by exercising the right kind .of precautions.

"We judge the situation to be sensitive, but we can continue to wo":"k," he said. "The threat level has decreased. We are· hearing very positive things about for­eigners from local people.

"We are resuming volunteer projects focused on the distribu­tion of food boxes. Teams will be smallet:, with fe:w:er than 10 peo­ple."

The boxes of food packed by Southern Baptist churches in late spring began arriving in the country Aug. 21. 0

Poll results a?e based on telephone views with 1,003 adult§ across the nati( ducted Sept. 19.:21. 0

SBC {P .gifts up · slightly; potential

· crisis looms: report Baptist Press

NASHVILLE - Cooperative Program giving reached anoth­er record level · in the 2002-03 fiscal year, but increased by only 0.48 percent. Founded in 1925, the Cooperative Progr~ is Southern Baptists' metho4 of supporting missions and min-

. istry efforts of state and region­al conventions and the South­ern Baptist Convention.

For the fiscal year ending ' Sept. 30, re<;eipts to the Cooper-

ative Progra.m totaled ·$183,201,694.14 - an increase of $878,583.94 over the 2001-02 amount of $182,323,110.20. For the month, CP receipts of $14,152,483.18 were 1.59 per­cent, or $228,744.49, below the $14,381,227.67 received in Sep­tember 2002.

The end-of-the-fiscal-year data was released Oct. 2, just one week after the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee adopted a report warning of a future financial "crisis" unless giving increases.

The report warned against "celebrating incremental gains in income when real giving is dropping." It said that being content with incremental gains "fails ' to properly challenge Southern Baptists to do what is required of stewards."

.:~~Th~ r eport discl1 decades-·old trend sh< gradual decline in g~v ·

percentage of ability­viduals to churches churches to the Coop Program.

Morris H. Chapman · dent of the SBC Executi mittee, said that while gJ

a percentage of ability dined, he is "thankful fo numbers of churches an viduals who continue 1 sacrificially to support~ Baptist missions, mi.n~ and theological educatio~ der to reach the world."

For the fiscal year 2 designated giving $165,985,966.57 was 2.· cent, or $4,106,155.89, gifts of $170,092,122 ceived in 2001-02 . $3,119,044.63 in desi gifts received last mon $5,375.15 above $3,113,669.48 of Sepf 2002, a 0.17 percent incr

Designated contribut elude the Lottie Moon mas Offering for IntenJ Missions, the Annie An Easter Offering tot American Missions, tbe ern Baptist World I Fund, and other special f

Combined, Cooperati gram giving and deai gifts of $349,187,660.71 year were down $3,227, or .92 percent, below t1 bined $352,415,232.66 r in 2001-02. "l

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churches, one size doesn't fit all, B rna sa 1ft( Wingfield iated BapUst Press

TURA. Cnlif. - Small he are moll, und big

rc h1g, for n rcu .. on, ang lo pollster George

._ _.,,~ more ut work than on and population

two factol' often cited 150118 for church growth. n type uf pcoplt> prefer

churcht•. or large a, Rarn u said, and of oJJ sizes play a role

Prll, .. . .. God's work . ., ..... .,rage. churcheB in the

Stales nttrnct f<!wcr 0 ad u lts on n typical

nd, he reported. Sixty of Protcstn nt churches 100 or fewer adults in

ance. La rge ch urch es, tha t dra w m ore than

on a typical week­for only 2 percent

urches. a nothe r va n tage

1 percent of church-go­Its a ttend chu r ches

0 or fewer a dults pres­.o 12 percent of church­tdults attend churches ore t h an 1,000 adults

d on a study of the -going hnb1ts of 4,501 ·;mdomly sampled from , population, Barna dis­l that small churchc~:;

c likely than either faOt-9991 or large

to drnw pt"oplc who coll l'gL' grnduntcs nnd

tlt~ likrly to uppen l to • "'it h lowc.•r household

,.~r. nn cxc.·cpt10n ex­, adult' under 3!1 yc.us

who nrt• more likld\' • d t' r ad u l b t o a l t c n d un:tw~.

cited two po~·dblc ex­n ~ for t h is p n tt t' r n . ngcr adults lend not ildr n. ~~amities \\;th often gravitate to rf'h••'" thut ofTl•r more nd t1pportnnilies for

. H trnn said. the a"t gcnerntion shows

in b,1h. ' bonmer-l~d ntaon:-- ,u\d in Iorge-

r o•r .. arc llllll~ anlt•rc~t­pcr ... onolly kno\\ n

"'-"'\.' ' ·1\:u, "hich mnny be­... , ......... dtfficult to occom-

rgcr churchc-.,"' he

nme tun mid--.t?. d ..: churchc~ tend to at­tngbc r propot·tion of

le'" dult-. - tho~e due t a on nd income n ble the church to re nsk . be more ng­

\n m rketin . ~ nd ourccs from d~ epcl'

!'\ and bro d r bnck-

I andt\'ldu 1 more of­mfl rt blt \\llh 1 d­

rem nts nd dec-1-

ion-muking and t e nd t o be more excited about organiza­tional growth. Barna said. He pointed out that large churches appeal particularly to baby boomers - one­fourth of church-going boomers attend churches of 500 or more adults, compared to one-sixth of church-gomg baby busters.

Adults attending mid-sized and large churches tend to be more conservative in their the­ology as well as their social and political views, Barna added.

The data houJd not b con­~trucd to di count the value of !';mall churchc , Barna ~aid . '"The c in. ights imply identify some of the critical challeng~ ... that the average small church ha to uddre~~.

.. Small churches play an im­portant and valuable role in the religious landscape of America. They reach millions of young adults who have no interest in a larger church set­ting.

"They have tremendous potential for building strong community. as well as spiri-

tua J found •l1o n nd m 11 churc h c oft n g ro~ anto l ar ger church one th } d -velo p sig nif1c nt 1nt rn o l l e ad e r hip D lld r o tn·d.> O\' rcomc lh ir r • our ·c lmn -

. " ta tton:-.. And growth hould not be

the only objective of th · church. he added. ",J<:·~ Ub did not die on the cro s to nn up chw·ch auditorium .. He died . o that people might know God personally and be tra nsformed in all dimcnl; ion~ of their Hfe through their ongom g re la tion­ship with Him. Such a pcn;on-

1 onn lion n an church or n 1 •

!0 pat t h m da tt n­t aon l\ n to m g c.hurch • mall churc.h • '"all contu\u

to b th norm, B rn ad .. \Vc IOl iC.tpnt m1d- I d &: h tt rcb c b commg ' mor • ignifiC' .. nnt forC' m th fulu ' .

\\ ilb m .. ny of tho e rhurch · s pawning ne\\ con reg tlOn ra tbt•r t hnn c pnndmg to b · come m t"'gnchur "h t> . Ito\~ O\ ..

e 1·, l nl'ge co n g r 'got.u>n 1r h ere t o ~tay n n d nh· t th need~ of n s pecific egmcnt of the popula tion ." ,

Tennessee Baptist Convention Proposed 2003 - 2004 Cooperative Program Budget

. Executive Board

Area 2002 - 2003 Approved Recommends Dollar Increase

*Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board .. 6,973.483 6,600,000

I· North American Mission Board 3,178,513 3,008,280

Seminaries 3,018,123 2,856,480

Ethics & Rei. liberty Comm. 207,810 - 196,680

Annuity Board 105,997 100,320

SBC O_Qerating 463,039 438,240

Sub-total 13,946,965 13,200,000 (746.965)

TN Missions and Ministries Evangelism

# Missions Discipleship Fellowship Worship Prayer . Administration Designated Income

+ Sub-total

Christian Education Belmont University Carson-Newman College Unton University Hamson Chilhowee Academy

1 Historical Archives CRV Scholarships

Sub-total

Christian Services TN Baptist Adult Homes TN Baptist Children's Homes TN B~tist Foundatton

Sub-total

Convention Operations Bapttst and Reflector Church Annu1ty Plan

+ Cooperative Program Promotion TBC Confere""ce Centers TBC Meettng & Comms. TBC Audits

Sub-total •

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Cooperative Proaram Total

10,940,635

2 ,504,710 2,504.710 2,504,710

491.516 15,000 . 75,000

8 ,095.646

271 ,950 1,319,506

360,745 1.952,201

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418,871 1 .071 ,267

131 ,807 151 ,433 393,082

90.000 2 .256.460 I

l 37.191.9071

c

2,820,692 4,059,258 1,857,658

724,521 273,734 221,220

1,007.958 _(200.000)

10,765,041

2.117.520 2,117,520 2 ,117,520

491 .516 15.000

-6,859,077

271,950 1,319.506

360,745 1,952.201

441 ,671 1. 157.108

189,087 151 ,433 390382

94.000 2.~23.681

35~200.000 1

(175.594)

• (387.190) (387, 190) (387.190)

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(75.000) (1.236.569}

22.800 85.841 57 280

-(2,700) 4.000

167 221

J1.991 9tl7H

Any amounts received in excess of the total approved budget will be allocated ~ually to Belmont, Carson./ ewnum, until each school has receitled 8 total annusls/locstlon of $2,504,110. Overage thereafter wr/1 be allocated on the

percentage baSIS Of the budget shown.

7he dstnbutron 0 the sac al ocatiOn IS determ 'ned by he Southern BaptiSt ConventiOn The a!OOf.ln•s slwwn tilpresenl percen1a9es approv,(!(J tn the 2002 - 2003 SBC Budget •

% Inc.

-5.4%

-1.6o/4

-15.5% -15.5% -15.5%

0.0% 0.0%

-100.0% -15.3%

0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

5.4% .. 8.0%

.;a 5% 00%

..0.7% 4.4% 7.4%

·5A%1

ndUnlon

+The .... w~ ... 81 01 Cooperatwe Prog am Pro tFOTJ has been movad from lhe Tl ..fJSSIOilS and ms• es sectiOn o a V<.l~ f'.tn/\., 'l..'VIA Fot co..nn~n~n r:JV[nn~t:M: I 2002·2003 has been uszed at:JCO• 01.6Hr n

, under Com'8ntl0n Operatrons n cuvv-cVIJ'"f .. ~-- .,___

%of Total

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37.5%

30.6%

6.0% 6.0% 6.0% 1.4% 0.0% 0 .0%

19.5%

0.8% 37% 1.0% 55%

1 a~/o 3..3% 05% 04%

1% 0~3% 6.9?~

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Church _is first stop for former ••• - Continued from page 1 same for his son.

"And he has done that," said Davis, for three years. As he prepared to l e;ive, Boone· "challenged my son to carry the torch ... to be a spiritual leader in there.

"He (Boone) was a light in a · dark, dark place," explained Davis, noting Boone influenced so many prisoners that many were praying for the service being held for Boone.

Prisoners are "living a victo­rious life behind bars," added Davis. Boone "found his free-· dom years before he was set free."

Boone would befriend fellow inmates, leading them to join him in his spiritual walk, d~­scribed Davis . Boone's kin·d of faith is the key to recidivism of inmates, he said. Recidivism, or the :return rate of prisoners is eight of 10 inmates.

Boone said what he did. dur­ing his imprisonment was sim­ply spending time in the Word and then relating what .he learned to fellow inmates one on one.

"Th ere are men that are hurting in there," he said. T-h ey are looking for "some hope or direction for their lives.

"They need some hope and I think they can find that hope ~ . m the Scriptures." ·

Boone said his trouble· with · the law began when his par­ents died when he was six and 12 years old. His sisters raised

CARL BOONE GREETS people gathe~ed at Brook Hollow Baptist Church, Nashville, on his release from prjson.

him, but he rebelled. While in didn't expect ~he service which college he broke the law. . drew so many people. In fact

His cell mate in- prison he was shocked w)len he dis­started witnessing to him soon covered the crowd. Davis had after he was incarcerated, said· . told him theJchurch wanted to Boone. The man would talk to have a prayer service for him. Boone about his faith for just Yes, he could have gone to a five or 10 minutes before bed- restaurant or to a park. He time, said Boone. He commit- said he really missed nature ted his life to God for. the first while in prison. time as a result of that cell- But the ~ible says "to give mate. God our first fruits and He will

"It's. been an amazing jour- bless. it." _ ney," Boone said, smiling. He Tom Gh~lson, new pastor of knows exactly how long that Brook Hollow Church, said he journey lasted - 10 _year s, was pleased at the. response of eight months, and two days. so ma:q.y members to the re-

. Boone wanted to spend time lease of Boone although many in prayer at a church as his of them don't know him. Davis, first act after being released to and Joel .Emerson, associate ask God's help, he said. Ile pastor, regularly_ minister to '

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Jordan Davis and other in­mates at the prison. Several other membe~s haye accompa­nied them. Ghols0n plans to join the prison ministry. _

Members are already trying tQ help Boone develop a new life and deal with the hurdles his past will present him, he added.

Ghqlson said he and Davis hope this story encourages oth­ers to become involved in prison ministry. They can be­come involved by ministering_ directly to inmates in a prison or jail, ministering to family members of prisoners who car­ry tremendous burdens, he noted, o:r:. he1·ping newly-re-leased prisoner~. 0 ·

15-passenger vans niay - c~ase to IJe . . •••

- Continued from page 1 their design, Hanna said . GuideOne strongly recom­mends that drivers of these vans have a chauffeur's li­cense, a commercial driver's li­cense, or have su ccessfully completed an approved school bus training course.

Jim Swedenburg, coordina­tor of annuity and insurance services with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Mis­sions, strongly recommends that churches allow no one -to drive a 15-passenger van un­less they have a commeicia1 driver's license.

Swedenburg recommends seating people in the front first, then middle seats and re­moving the rear seat entirely. "Never seat people in the rear seat with the middle and front seats vacant, and never tow a trailer with one of these vehi­cles," Swedenburg said, noting these measures will not guar­antee the safety of the vehi­cles.

A chu,rch that knows about the risks and does nothing about it, but continues to use the vans as usual takes a big legal risk, according to Richa1·d Hammar in Church Law &

Tax Report, August 2002. ~If a. court concludes that a church's use of a 15-passenger van amounts to 'gross negligence,' then the church may be ac­cessed punitive damage (which is not covered under its gener­al liability insurance policy) and the members of the church board may be personally li­able," he noted.

The concern over 15-passen­ger vans is one that affects all churches,

"lt's not just a large church issue , because a iot of small churches have one of these vans," Swedenburg said.

While mini-buses with school bus ratings standards cost more than 15-passenger vans, they are gaining in popu­larity, according to bus distrib­utors and transportation ex-perts. _·.

The National Safety Council notes that "the risk of death to a passenger traveling in a school bus is 172 times less than someone traveling in an automobile. In fact, school bus­es are the safest form of trans­portation that exists - they are 34 times safer than train travel and four times safer than commercial aviation."

A primary reason for the safety of school buses is the steel cage enclosure utilized in their design· and construction, Swedenburg said.

To encourage churches to buy mini-buses instead of vans, GuideOne offers dis­counts for buying the "safer transporta ti9n."

Still, more than 500,000 of 15-passenger vans ~till travel the nation's roadways in 2003 . Swedenburg· said if churches plan t0 continue use of their 1~-passenger yans, they should contact their insurance company to find out its policy on the insurability of the vehi­cles.

Julie Pulliam, public affairs director with the American In­surance Association in At­lanta, said insurance require­ments for those insuring 15-passenger vans, such as churches, nonprofits, and oth­er entities, likely will include the U.S. government's recom­mendations· that all passen­gers, regardless . of where they are seated, wear seatbelts and that drivers be train:ed and ex­perienced. If these require­ments are not met, the insur­ance can be revoked and not

reinstated at the discretion of the insurer.

"For the churches that have · vans to sell that nobody wants, they might sell them as cargo vehicles,"·Swedenburg advised. Because the vans were origi­nally built to put carg9 in, business trades such as plumb­ing and electrical could find use for them. . Legal authorities also ad­vise the seller of a· 15: passen:­ger van to obtain the ~uy·er~s signature on a disclaimer with­in the bill of sale' in which the buyer agrees to use the van to transport _c~rgo only, not pas­sengers.

The NHTSA, in its report on 15-passenger vans a couple of years ago, warned that they were much more likely to roll over and result in more fatali­ties than regular passenger vehicles. The risk of a fully loaded 15-passenger van rolling ove1· i s 70 percent whereas the risk of a passen­ger car rolling over is less than 10 percent, NHTSA tests show.

· People or cargo in the back of the van make it too heavy at the back and raises the center of gravity of the vehicle~ caus-

Both feeding unit. sent home For Bapttst and Refleclor

BRENTWOOD- Th Tcnnes::>ee Bapti. t. Dis Relief feeding units Tennessee rej':;ponding t' tims of Hurricane Is have stood down, repc Lloyd Blackwell, Tennt Disaster Relief coordinnt

The state un.~ e· Sept. 21 to Oct. 7.;..a:t Vir, Beach, Va. The Hardc County Baptist laocia feeding unit served at . Bern, N.C .. from Sept. 2 Oct. 1 serving 16,825 ml The two units served a t of 66,541 meals. A to 895 volunteer days w completed.

Four volunteers who rived Oct. 5 will serve on Maryland/Delaware Ba1 Convention feeding uni Virginia Beach.

The DR feeding units other DR work is directe the North American Mit Board.

CleJ:lnup and chain , teams are still needed.

more information. cor Erin Israel of the TBC at 1-800-558-2090 ext. ' (i-15) 371-7935, or eisn tTlbaptist.org.

Setftl donations to nessee Baptist Disastet lief, Hurricane Isabel ponse, Tennessee Ba Chlvelfiion, P.O. Box

Brentwood, TN 37024-07

ing it to handle imprope the roadway. Carrying l or anything else on th greatly aggravates this ance. Because of this and facets of the van's deaip, dents in these vans ftJt\:1

unusually high numbers talities - since 199& than 500 people have killed in accidents while in or driving these v cording to the NHTSA.

The vans came .. · , Tn

when manufacturers ted them, ad<ijng windOWI seats to sell them as P888l vehicles, but they did~ for passenger safety - ~ impact re-enforcement al

. redesign to correct rj problems.

Daimler Chrysler 8 making 15-passenger,. 2002 and General MotAii begun increasing som standards, Hanna said.

"There's a lot of being asked about safety issue," Swe said. "I'm concerned ten takes several vPin•

of our cburches to be certain issues, but I one is moving a li quickly." ..J

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such a:1 o week flf prnycr for our variou mi :;ion-. oft·nng , etc.

In Octob1.!T Southern Baptis ts urc cnc(Juraged to ob ervc "Min· i ter Appreciatiun Month."

Again . do we really need a pccilic month to do thi s'! We

ought to thank God every day for the pastor and ministers that he uses to bless our lives and s how them our appreciation. Now, I know there are some who are thinking theh· ministers may not be a blessing, but that's an en­tirely different matter. This is "Minister Appreciation Month, ..

ignated for the Tennessee Touch Tomorrow Today campaign can he sent to the WMU Fouodation, P .O. Box 11346, Birmingham, AL 35282-8564.

Contributors are encouraged to give in honor or m emory of a womnn who has left a missions legacy.

Candy Phllhps. president TenneRsee W.MU Brentwood 37024

Forgotten history Rccentb there has been much

dis cussiun over the Ten Com­mandments and whether the separation of church and state is constitutional or not . Since net­t her the Constitution nor any founding document uses the phrose "separation of church and state." the most intelligent way to resolve this issue of constitu­tionnlit) is to rely on how the Supreme Com·t ruled pre-1947 lEverson u. Board of Education).

Before this case, the Supreme Court nlwnys cited in compJete form Thomas J efferson's famous let tcr to the Danbury Baptist A1o1sodation. numerous quotes of OtliJ Founding Fathers, the U .S . Congressional Records. and the First Amendment. All of these s tnted that Amenca "' ould not he ruled by one Christian d e­nomination (not that we must remove all J udeo-Chrisban sym­bob nnd phrases from our go\'­t:'rnment and public places >. For c:xnmplc. the Sup reme 'ourl ruled in Rlllikd r. Wi ucmtller thnt -the "hri~:.>tian religion b t h e e ~ t a b li shed r e l i gi o n . - 1 n Churt·h uf rhe Holy Trimly v. U . ... 1t declared thnt ~our civl­lizntion and our institution:. nrc emphatically Chrbtian: (u.;;ing Si court precedent=- to :support it .. conclu~ion ). In \'idol v. GI­rard the Court ~tated, "'\Vhy may not the. Bible be read and taught n ... dh·ine re' elation in .. choolT The first Chief Ju:-tice. John Jnv dated that it i~ in th bc:)t •• ""interc.:-t of our Christinn nntton to ... etc ·t and prefer- hri-.tinn-. for their ruler::.." Abo. Jame-. Mndi .. on the ·father not only of th on .... tilution but J... the Bill of Right.., procl imed thot "e ""hould '"go" m oursch ~ ... accord· in to th · Ten ,..,omnmndm nt .­La .. th in 1 ~ the Hgu ... e Judi-

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-.tern th T , .. t.h be.li f f

o v.; 'r go1ng to focu on lh · po ltn;c.

I can ay \l.iilhout rt: CJ"Hltlon thnt I have on · of the ~t pa -tor. n pcr:-.on can ha~ c. Ke n Clayton at Tuhp Grove Bapti t Church hns henn my pa~tor for nhout 20 years. More important­ly, he is my f1;end.

He has ministered to my fam­ily numerou~ times over lbese years and I hnve supported him as well We have not alway~ agreed on everything (show me two Baptis t s who dol but we have a mutual respect and love for each other. Ken Clayton is truly a man of God.

our people in the pure doctrines and divine truths of the gospel of J esus Christ."

Today it appears that Ameri­ca has forgotten its history (or h as n ever coJTectly been taught it ). Our true system of govern­m ent , as prophetica lly stated in 1853, is now falte1ing at a quick­ening pace because we have tak­en our sights ofT of wh at held u s together. If we as a nation hold to the post-1947 pattern of judi­cio} decisions that continue to erase Ch1istianity from our gov­ernment and accept these judg­menLs as tru ly constitutional, then we should prepare for our conclu::;ion as exclaimed by Thoma s Jeffers on , " Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice can not sleep forever."

Hunter Callts Henderson 38304

Jesus is truth David S . Dockery reminded

us of some fundamental issu es in his recent B&R article on Aug. 28. Stepping butside of the context of hi s primary issue of the tragic potential for fragmen­t at ion '' ithin the Episcopal Church. I would suggest that we as Baptists have much to learn about John 17. Docket'} is dght in focu~ing on the intent of J e;;;us for His Church to be both Holy and Universa l. The teachings of Jesus point u~ to the truth that cnn make that a reality. The tragedy among Baptil:lt::- is that we do not really belie\·e that uni­ty i::; thnl important, except as n mean~ for fundrni ·ing. _

Recently, I hnve been confront­ed with the continual hreech nrnong Bnptists of all breed~. es· pccially the uther:n and cooper­ative type:.. Thb fragmentation n mong Bnpti t .. ha, created a multitude of label .. cla-. ... tf);ng God' .. people. a if ,,.e were w be color-cOded. \\ 1th each color com "'

d finition or peru:ption of ~bat the w ... rer of that oolor mu,t be Hke. We ha,•c Jo .. t tru-L and fel­lo" hip uncharnctc.ri .. ticalf.l: of whnt God d 9res HI.S people to ex· peri<.'nce. J n 17 was J ... 'deep-

t hope fOT Hi dlSCip , n j~ the aposti ll not dream. but hope based on l patcntial

proyer for peo:pl to b} fi r God nd ~eac:h ........ ~ ·en tia1 lifi o;thefWi:sc.

Tuhp Gro~ I o h b n bl d '" tth number of oth r e cellcnt mana t l c J 1m I n m n. Jock Lc" a , Phal Lund) along w1th num· be1~ of oth \\ ho fill nunt l<'nnl role . Each of them p •rform vitnl mini trv Hnd thcv do tl . ~

faithfully in ob~.>dicnce to .ud. While l udmil I nm prejudiced

in favor uf my mini~t •r. I know wilhout. n doubt there nr • n lot of fine. dedicated men nnd wom~n who fill pas torates nnd mini. ter­ial role::. within our 3.000 or ~O Tennessee Baptist churche:- nnd missions.

I would encourage you to drop

I am not s ure whe re Dockery would make the his toric cutoff point for the lheological develop~ ment within the Church Univer­sal. H e r efers to the •·truth taught by the Apostles" and "gr ounded in the teachings of Chri st' s ApoRlles." Jes u s was clear when H e sa id, "I am the Truth, the Way, a nd the Ljfe." I believe the intent of .Jc!'us wa:. for unity a nd holine~s to be hom in the relationship that one has \\ ith Him. not in a particular 10-

terpretation of Scripture. Intcr­pretntion can be helpfuL inf'ight­ful, and enl ighte ning. but it is the rela tionship with Christ and the Church Umvcrsal t h a L pro­duces a life that t e::. tifie::> to truth. A s imple loyall) ~:~tate­ment to writing~:; about the reJa~

tionship does not make one holy. I apprecia te what Matthew

John , P a ul , and Peter have s hared with me, but truth for me is what the truth was for them, namely Jesus C'hrist It all must point in His direction, or it j ut,l is not true. He i~ the a uthor and finisher of my faith.

Dockery states that the "very ::;oul of the church for whom Je­sus Christ died" is at stake. I be­lieve h e io thinking about the i.­~ue of homosexunlity , "'bile 1 would focu" on the fragmenta­tion of the church. In n wnrld that suffer~ deeply bccnu e of di­visive religiou::. nnd political :.pint:-. we need voacc ... cryinJ! in the wildcrne~~ for unity among God's people. Pcnple who have often prR) cd nnd llthored tog.:th­er in the name of .Jc. u. Ch:r+ .. t. A.rroganc12 and pride mor" than theology too ott.en divide uco. I it a ny wonder thut the world doub we are people of troth?

I concur with Dock ry m hi clo:-ing tntemcnt, "1 ·t u pm) indeed for a p1cture of umt} among God' peapl C\ r.:n h "' but voould modif) hi tcmcnt further to ay. a umt) found d upon a r lation h•p rtt.b J su

hn t eking t,o b Ha Hoi) pcopl J beh 1 tthew. John. Peter nd Paul ould bnc m up ll tar and Luk

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God hn hi dour chu h with the nnnt \ r ond Lh 1r ~pou~c . Let' thnnk God ror them nnd let them knnw \\ lo\ic and appr •cint • them. ,

-the prc fabri calcrl chnpcl thnt he h e lped to con. trucl nround Campino~. SAn Pnulo, Hrm:il. H e he lped stnrl 18 churcht• in thnt region and thusc church<• un• thrivmg und hcnlthy toclny.

H e nnd ot herA from i'~ast Tl'll· n e~sec bll~tts(•d mnny lives in Braztl. wcludin~ out~" · We WIn·

missionariP~ in Campinu \\hen Bennie and hi crPW cu nw t u plant New Tcs lnment churchc . \\hat hlc~~illJ.:S tlwy nn• to the kmgdom of God.

God bll's. the Hcnnic u •I family in thc:->c diOicult dn .

Dan nne/ Mury llur/ IMB emcritu. rnis innnrw

Cleburne, Texns 7fl031

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new gtrls' cditiun of thf' Bihl • have been intcrest1ng. One rc· s pon::,c was thul it wal:-1 tuo mw·h Hke a magnzin•}. Another rl'· spon~e WfUI quot ·d II A "' dc- ­ploruble" n nd hnt lhP /Jtb/1 should sumd ulon •.

Christian~ , wukc.· up! L1fc i out there. l'hc Harry Pott •r hook rcvcnlcd that kad n1 go· in~ to read nnything 1f1l1 mtcr· e. ting. Rcmcmh "T the old· fo h· ioned cookbook of y • l rycnr gathered hy our moth r nnd gnmdmothcr ? The) cont.osncd laundry and c ,king bp , c1 nn · ing ider , nnd omP humor

We loved them. r nd th •m. nnd lcnmcd a 1C'It.

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NASHVILLE- Pirates not 'Only have ruled the Caribbean at the box office this summer, they've continued to ravage the music industry- including the Christian music industry.

Illegal compact discs and In­ternet downloads are pushing people out of work and driving creativity and variety out of the Christian music industry, ac­cording to insiders.

Christian music sales have fallen for the first· time in two years, and piracy is largely to blame, according to John Styll, president of the Gospel Music Association. Although he does not have solid numbers of Chris­tian music ·downloads from file­sharing sites, he said several factors indicate large amounts of activity.

. Many songs from Christian artists appear on peer-to-peer file-sharing sites, where people can trade electronic files across the Internet. Songs from artists like Michael W. Smith , Third Day, Amy Grant, and Stephen Curtis Ch apman are readily available.

Additionally, recordable com­pact discs outsold music CDs by a 2-to-1 ratio this year in North America, according to t h e Recording Industry Association of America. Sales. of MP3 play­ers, which play ·the digital files, jumped 56 percent last year.

Couple these facts with the 10 percent decline in Christian · music sales in the first s ix months of this year compared to last year, and Styli believes the

' connection is obvious. Proponents of file sh aring

claim the process does not hw:t anyone because the artists al-

ready make outrageous amounts of money.

Styll agrees the average re­tail price for albums is too high, but illegal downloading and CD burning hurt everyone in the in­dustry - from engineers to pro­ducers to CD manufacturers, he added. One record label cut its work force 10 percent because of the sales reductions, he said.

"I would keep makip.g music for free, but because I work for a label, I don't think those people should work for free," said mul­tiple Dove Award nominee Shaun Groves.

. Piracy also decreases the vari­ety of Christian music available, said Groves. Recording labels are allowing their artists to take few­er risk s, he said, because the profit margin is so slim that in­vestors cannot afford for any al­bum to lose money. To' ensure projects make money, executives produce only albums that will ba ve mainstream appeal.

Good motives of Christians aren't an Associated Baptist Press

DALLAS - Freely downloadiD.g songs or copying albums without artists' permission is like stealing a Bible, according to Christian music ipsiders: GoO<l motives don't ~xcuse ille­gal acts.

Cmistian music industry leaders largely blame piracy for the- current decline in Christ­ian music sales. An:<f they say ministers may be arr.toDrJ:ft~he best-known pirates. J{)jf!fi;~~.1;yll, president of the G.o-ipel Music ­

Assog~ !~On, cited $ecdota) evide-.»ee to SUp­port;.~ .'l;'<~~v\IJLvu that'tn1inisters com~only down­

for tlieir ehurches Witho-qt per-

J.Vl~~D:Ysinuus.teJr~ ;t~-¥- tQ keep th(:~n:- servtces ~th co~-

On another level, downloadiq 18taic lates ministerial ethics, accordbtc to of the Baptist General Conv8D.\iall Christian Life Commission.

lllegally obtaining music is ai=ftlr someone else's sermons or idena mission or accreditation, he points of ministerial ethics is rize other people's stuff."

Groves and Styli say the i"s sue education problem where Inl·nuab tians in general, don't real -songs through peer-to-peer 1Dt49r: legal unless artists give pe1rmilSI material to be shared.

Recording artists Todd said they empathize with DeJl1e1re to use the music to teach their -~11 me your story, I'll send yau

"~~~ congre-. .. .saj.d. ~Q1l.tE~miP01r·iU'Y Christian - "Whatever you need to reach

I have to But piracy is' against a law called to faithfully uphold,

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topics out of contemporary make a second r ecord. his music they have copied . right laws, Styli said. Christian music , Groves "We're swimming as fast as rathet. than bought because he A board of directors fron mourned. It also means signing we can to keep our heads above . ·does not believe peop-le under- major labels is investigatin fewer new artists and cuttil}g water;'' he said. stand it is illegal. ital issues. One of their other performers faster. Had Despite the negative effects Ryan Gregg of Dallas-based steps i s to begin insert such a .mentality prevailed !n of illegal downloading and CD Addison Road, a band trying to piece of papeF in each a the past , artis t s like Rich burning, Styli and tlie a·rtists get sigxl.ed to a m?-jor label, does th1;tnking the owner for Plli Mullins, who was not immedi- .agree that digital· music can not agree with illegall?urning or ing the music rather tha1 ately successful', would have ha,ve a positive purpose. Main- downloading, but he looks at a gally copying it. been dropped and not blossomed stream artists such as Toad the copied album as an avenue to Several labels have al into major Christian music .fa- · Wet Sprocket and John Mayer larger fan support. prjjlt~d, ''Unauthorized dt vorites, he added. · gained' popularity through fans , "If someone is willing to burn tion pr~ibited by law" c . · "If you make music that has spreading their m1:1sio without a 'CD, maybe in the lang run CDs. Rocketown Recerds i the whole truth of Scripture, it's buying it. · . they'll come to a show or buy a ty added the warning: "Tb risky," Groves said. .. But the artists must choose T-shirt," he said. "This is not to eludes downloading anc

Todd Agnew, whose first sin- to market themselves that way, say we support b~ning our CD, s'1u;ing.':..bu.t since has ch gle off his · debut album shot to Styll said. ' but I just don't think it is cool to the wording to simply: " No. 1 on the Christian pop _ ·whether they make that get mad at·p~ople about it." steal music." charts, echoed Groves' thoughts, choice·· or not, porpular_artists Meanwhile, the Chvistian "~t'S a small bit of typ1 saying he does not ,ex:.pect _to most likely-will end up on a file- music industry is working to hopefully it will feed the m a k e money duri n g his first sh aring network. Gtqves does harness the promotional po- science of a buyer or two,l year of touring behind. the a l- - not· get upset with people V{ho tential of the digital age, while Angela Magill, vice presid1 bum but hopes to s urvive to ask him to autograph a CD of educating the public on copy- business affairs and gel

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and other ''ha~d" media. Artists and labels alread

encouraging fans to use le mate web sites such liquid.com that charge .00, cents per song to download.

"The industry has got to vert to the digital world make it easy and afforda Styli said.

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ARTBURG - People u unity think tpnkB an n still mull voice but thh;

hear! H1m in the Rtorms of life. hearing of the storms that people racing. for example, hairdresser Sampson realizt•d there was some­she rould do personally to be on mis­

her life nnd to help maximize what Baptist Church here was doing local-

Jt"W&S in a blizzard that pastor IIJiciOtY acquired a second ministry: ra­hnlll bCNJt.

eeems like the more we give, the we hove," Mooty said. He was talk­

.IPHnthe church's giving, but he could have been talking about his mem-

gifts of time and talent to kingdom

fall, First Baptist and the five sur­._ ... " counties in East Tennessee saw

the benefit of Southern Baptists' ll,....·t;ing cooperative mission endeav-

IIJV'"'" 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 10, five dev­tornados in n single mega-storm

variom) areas of Morgan County, seven people. More than 120 fami­re displaced or their homes dam-

ns in the wake of the tornado's dev­that church members realized the

,venc~1s of their preparation for Dis­ief. including the eight members ht·cn trained ns Southern Baptist

v cap .. Oisu8t~r Relief volunteers. 1dd1lwn to n thriving food ministry

fou r-hou r-a-dny •·ad to ministry, Bapt.i~t's outrcnch he~ worldwide vin lted g1 v1 ng to rn Baptist mis­vu,..h the Coopor­

~f"rut"ra m. t Baptist has es­

a pattern of in­lg its ghing to CP

s by one-hulf per- MOOTY year, with no end in

he Cooperative Program/C.P Mis­tht• wny Southtn·n Baptists pool

ds needed for training. ministry. angclism ucros~ Tennessee, North ca. and nround the world. First rg also hns been increasing its gl\'­

its local Baptist association. church's finance committee voted to ret·ommend the chur'Ch increa$e

during the 2003-04 church year >ercent of undesignated mcome to

ons and 5 percent to Big Emory Association. church olso 'Upports two radio

rie , a deacon·~ benevolence fun<l. "healthy .. amount cuch month for .ries overseen by the church's t' Mi · onary Union. ty, pa8tor at Fir:-t Bapti~t ::iince •a1ted until 1993 to begin edging tregntion toward hi$ ~oal of at percent to CP li. ... ion~. t thmk the church ought to tithe to

·ng vte can't do ourselv<'~.- loot)· ~o can do wh t one cannot. Two d can do a whole lot more than one

nd on it goes n l kno~ of n) other pro~am that pport n ~ rh 10.000 mi:- .. ionarie_ ...

· li\'1Dg ¥f 'J 1\- and ~up port .. tx scmt­-•.d :~ tootl continued. '"'There· .. on~ church or o "ntalt group of could doth t

tnmgth m number:s.~ 1oot) church can~t nd herd on C\"""11

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DISASTER RELIEF volunteers at First Baptist Church, Wartburg, help serve a home­coming meal to members of the congregation known for both their local outreach and their support of missions in Tennessee, North America. and the world through the Coop-erative Program. •

missionary and make sure they're trained, educated, equipped, and supplied, but our Cooperative Program takes care of that through its mission boards."

Recalling the tornados' onslaught last fall, Mooty reflected, "On a worldwide scale, we fthe five counties] don't make a ripple on the world's headlines, but South­ern Baptists have been here every way, in every meeting'' of the. county's local pre­paredness committee, which Mooty chairs. "Southern Baptists brought in their [emer­gency response 1 trucks and helped us in every way. We don't rank up there like 9/11, but they came in and treated us like we were the only ones with a need."

Local folks noticed, Mooty said. His was one of 60 Southern Baptist churches in the area to reap the benefit of people seeking answers from God.

The eight yellow cap volunteers from First Wartburg are trained in food prepara­tion/service/cleanup, childcare, mud-out, and chain saw work. The chain saws still are used regularly as people continue to call for assistance in removing downed trees or cutting down dangerously leaning ones.

Of the church's commitment to Disaster Relief, Mooty said, "That's part of our ·mis­sion as a church. We're very missions­minded - around the world and across the street."

Mary Stmpson exemplifies the way church members find ways to serve in the community, Mooty s8.ld.

First Baptist had started a food clo·set for members in the church, but it wasn't being used and someone had a thought: Considering what time of year it was, why not prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for the community and give bags of groceries to tho-e who came?

• Six familie · in the church prepared a

lansh turkey dinner with all the trim­mings. About 120 people came for the meal, and each family took home enough grocerie~ for a week.

That ~to.rted calls coming in to the church from people needing food. Church member ... rc-.ponded by generou dona­tion~ to the food clo-.et. impson, who~e hair ,a)on i"' a block from the church. be­came the point person.

"They knO\\ th can call me and I v.'lll l!ct the food." ~imp n td "'The) come to tht hn1r lon nd JU't nd there I know what the) ·r there for, and for pnv cy bnng them mto th ba room •

simps n then rro tim to m t the church. h re tb lS keJl~

"We've even had people call from other counties because they know they can get the food right then, and no questions asked," Simpson said. "We have never been taken advantage of; we don't h ave families coming back again and again. This does what it says it does - provides emergency help.

First Baptist members grow closer to the Lord as they experience God at work through them whether in the food min­istry, Disaster Relief, or JUSt bringing the light of God to commumty endeavors, Mooty said.

He knows that personally. The four­hour-a-day radio program he hosts pro­vides a double portion of blessing to his ministry, the pastor said.

It started during the blizzard of 1993, when an operator could not. get to the sta­tion.

ur just walked up there, began ~road­casting, and I've been there ever since," Mooty said. "It's a good audience. There are no limits on what we can do. I bring a gospel presentation as God leads. and sev­en people that I know of have been saved ....

It's a Christian station, Mooty ex­plained, one on which people buy time to air their programming. Hts voice links the programming and fills the space between programs.

"When we take prayer reque;:,ts, people can call and know someone h; there who can pray with them," Mooty said ... I get t.o visit with my memberb every day, if they want to invite me [via radio! into their homes ...

First Baptist, about 50 mile north­west of Knoxville, was founded in 1892. About 200 attend Sunday morning wor­ship, which i. what the building wa de­signed to comfortably seat. Plan for a fellow"hip hall lfarnaly life center arc in the offing.

""Our church i JU t logically the choice where peopl come." 1ooty d ·our fel­lo\\ ...,hip hall b used regularly b\ th com­munity; the fo stry n'l u 1t; th ... lo­cal emerg •uC) p1 nmng comm1ttec. tam -do rebuild committe , nd other m tin of all kind . -

Th cornmunn.y know at cnn count on Fust.. ·w rtbur:g. the pa tor 1d, nd th congregation lik rvmg th commum-t-,.; . "9"o m at" ~o I. at' no-br m r -~

let" nll Y~Or o th r nd t hole lo• mo don "" } r h t th oop r u Pro r m 1 11

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90-year-old go,ing strong For t R

RUTBERF RI> • nt \t turned old n

Jul~ 16 In ddttton h d,,ulJI mpul Y l do· not 1lo\ h• n or hondtc ,, to k p ham from cn"tng th • I ..01'tl

cott crv th n 1 •

tnnt lench~r of th m n Bthln cln ut FJr l B )>la l Church nd t h wh,.,n ~ · •'r cnll•d upon.

Touching 1 not n · for Scott. He hn l •en domg 1t for more thon 50 y ·nr • from children to young ndult , on through the enior ndull men's cln s in whiC:h he 1

member and lhc n 1 tant teacher. He i o dcncou nud titht:s rcgulnrly. •1 still COJO)

serving the Lord."

GENTRY SCOTT

Scott hns been u member at Fm~t Boptisl for 21 ycnr . Prior to thttt he \Ht s 1t nwm· ber of Leawood Rnptist Church, Memphis, for 19 years.

Scott is a I so k nnwn throughout Ruth~rford . Though he cnn't walk, h g · around town wtth the help of "Little Ra cal." h1 mot.on:z d wheelchmr

He will .. coot"' int.o t<n-. n and go to th" b nk nd tor And, when Almn, h1 y; 1f. • of 68 year who 1 batc.hng leukemia, 1 unoblc to drive him to church, h • wall t.ak • "'Little Ra col" W chur h, lo· catcd about thre -qunrtc of a mile from hJS home.

"'} till nJO} hfi , " h • 11d

Jerry Gh n. r tJr d pa tor of L ood B pta l Church, s Jd th • Sco rc good xamplP. not. onl}' m .Rutherford but for II T n ne ce 8 pt1 t •K p on kcep1ng on· tht d c:r1b tht fi ithfuJ coupl CCGrdm lO Gl ho ~cd r

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Profanity on 1V has increased across the IJoard, study s• Bapttst Press sexually suggestive or indecent

language , and censored Ian-NASHVILLE - The use of guage, increased by 94.8 per­

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The report, released Sept. 15, watching. examined all prime-time enter- According to the study, Fox tainment series on the major was the only broadcast network . broadcast television networks to· show any real improvement from the first two weeks of the during the Family Hour, as pro-1998, 2000, and 2002 November fanity on that station decreased sweeps periods, analyzing a to- by 25 percent. But the improve­tal of 400 program hours. ment was overshadowed by a

Foul language, including · 75.3 percent ri s e in foul Ian­curses or intensives, offensive . guage during the second hour of epithets, scatological language, prime time on Fox.

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TEFL is a training workshop for short-term overseas mission volun­teers who want to learn to share the gospel through teaching English as a foreign language. There will be a 12-hour TEFL Workshop on Oct. 17-18 at Christian Church, 4802 ~ranklin Pike, Nashville. The workshop will be lead by Anne Towns, Literacy Mission Consultant, Nas hville, The times are Friday, 6-9:30 p.m. and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. The cost is $12. Make checks payable to Grace Community Church. Participants are asked to bring a sack lunch on Saturday. Drinks and desserts will be provided, as well as snacks on Friday night. The course manual will be available upon registration · for participants to read before the workshop. To· register, please con­tact Lynn Marie Kramp at ~ynnmarie5@aol.com or (615) 790-1993. Deadline is Oct. 13, 2003.

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Offensive language on ABC decreased overall by 17 percent. although profanity increased during the Family H our by 61.7 percent.

During the Family Hour on CBS, foul language increased by 471.3 percent and went up across the board on NBC in every time slot, the study said. Foul language during the Fami­ly ;Hour on NBC increased 114.7 percent.

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MISCEtLANEOU The Tulip Grove Baptist staff trailer is schedule< moval from the premi: agreement with Metro C soon as the new parma tt fices are available for o• cy. We project that will b mid-December, so we c taking bitls for the trail trailer was valued at $ when it was purchas months ago. It has aboL SF c·on~isting of a rae. area, 9 offices, 2 bathr( kitchenette, and a work walk through and inspec be scheduled for interes sons. Bids can be turn the Stewardship Commi· information on the fa available from Cecil Stewardship Committe (Q.an. Call (615) 883-185, .. •••••••••••• • • • • For ss4e: A 1997 Ford E passenger bus , new w/le-ss than 2,000 mile~ 1 0 ply tires, new belt~

.~mp,.....,oses , ale com1 paint job on the box. Gr dition .. Road ready, $15, ooo·. This bus is lo1 Bells, TN. Phone (731) 6 after 5:30 p.m.

. MINISTRIES- MU: Part-time music minister Requires a minimum of in music related ministry. send resume to Music I Search Committee, Victo tist Church, P.O. Box 12 Juliet, TN 37121-1298 . .•. •.. ..• .... . . . .. Boone Trail Baptist Ch seeking resumes to fill tt tion of full -time minister o! Send resume to Jeff C 1985 Carroll Creek Rd . TN 37615 or jconn~ll@ trai I baptist. org.

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Poplar Grove Baptist < Cookeville, Tenn., is se part-time worship teadf responsible for Sunday and evening, blended tr: and contemporary w Compensation comme with experience. Send re the attention of Rev. Bo bastian, Poplar Grove Church, 4365 Rocky Pc Cookeville, TN 38506. F information . call the ch fice , (931) 526-9355.

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isiana seminary remains lone holdout; bal s a Rdpti t Convention i being chaiJenged in c.ourt.

ORLEANS - 1 ru tc OTI an Hoptist Th•~o­

,1 - Smunnr> w:all decide lhis •ft.tl"l.h r to continue a. the h ldout .omong Southern

:l ~ilt Comentwn t.>nt1lh· by :l t.JIIJDg to mRkc the SBG Exec- •

Commattcc the "sol~,; mem­thear corporation.

11 .-J..n Executh•o Committee all the SBC's chools and

•••e~"' boards to make the Je­haftl to pr •vent its tru~tec

1\l•ru from exercis ing the kind e\·~rnl college.., h a ve

tnth state Buptis t convcn-

example, trustees of Bay­Sam(ord, Wake Forc~t. and man u n ivcrsiti•·s have •nd1~d the • choolo' charters

most or a ll of their own memherfl. Similar action

vc agencies of t he Missouri

• 1ew Orleans Semimu:v Pre~

ident C huck K~11ey ,.ay~ he op­po e:-. naming the Executive Committee a:" the :--eminarv'~ "sol~ membe1·" out of principle. He conceives no situation under which the seminary "'ould or c-ould depart from the SBC'

The legal change requested by the Executi ve Committee would not alter the way semi­nary trustees a re e lected, nor would it change t h e cu1Tent gov­ernance of the seminary. How­ever , it would give the Execu­tive Committee legal a uthority to overrule or remove the elect­ed trustees if those trustees act· ed against the wishes of the con· vention.

Kelly opened the acarlemic year at New Orleans Sept. 4 WJth a convocation address ex­p laining the situation to facul· ty , staff, and students. Hi s

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topic wa t.h utonomou or­gnnizotionnl -.tructur:c of Bap­ti

To accede l!O the ExocuLI\' CnmmitLt:e' .. rc4ue t •cou~d larl n fundamental change in

hi:;Loric Bnpti·4 polity and com· promise our practice of organi­zulionul autonomy.~ he de­clared. ft nlso would introduce :1 form of connection alibm into Baptis t life, he said. and start "a movement away from the de­cisive influence of the SBC and toward n direct control b) the SBC."

As evidence of where thi~ connectionalism could lead, Kel­ley pointed to r ecent debates over the future of Midwes tern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Mo. In a recent ad­dress to members of t he Mis· souri Ba ptis t Convention's Ex­ecutive Board, Missouri pastor David Tolliver reported that an SBC Funding Study Committee was con s ideri ng closing or ch anging the focus of M.idwest­ern Seminary.

When Tolliver , who was in a

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In nn att •mpt to qu •11 the CI)OCl·rn 1'nllin•r gcncr·ntcd among Mi:-;~uuri Bnpt rsts \\ rth that report, th • pm:--idcnt oft he SBC Executive Committe~ rc· lensed n letter to :--tute Bapti-.t new:spaper editor:-- Sept. 18. In the letter , Morri~ Chupmnn says no such threat was made.

Chapman concurs that the question wa~ asked about whut would h a ppe n tf l\hdwestern's trustees did n ot con~enl to a change in status proposed by the SBC. But he r ecalls a differ-­ent nuance to the answer: "I an­swered the question by saying: 'The SBC h as left itself no re­course to overturh governing ac­tions of a n entity's trustees. The only course of action available to the S BC is the possibility of

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Kcll ~y lumcnh•d th t B conscn·ntavc .. afier gnuung con­trol of nil llC' boord through prc~idcnlinl nppulllt ment an the 1980-. nnd ·~)0 , wnuh.l r.-• ort to such tactic:. to •n un• thCJ wouldn't hnvc ln t•nll uu God fnr a miracle ugain.

"It sadden~ me thnt tlw hihli­cal conscrvnt:ivc~ would hl· the group of record tn king I he li r l s tep townrd ~onncctiunulism nt thl• nntionul luvel uf SBG lilt>,"' he s aid . ,

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ERLC offers new world hunger kit Baptist Press

NASHVILLE - In the midst of a sluggish economy and the war on terror , the issue of world hunger has moved off center stage. Because of this, the "least of these" continue to fall through the cracks of ne­glect.

It saddens even the hardest h eart to realize that over 800 million people in our world deal with chronic malnutrition on a daily basis. In spite of this stag­gering number, over the last three years giving to the South­ern Bapti s t World Hunger Fund has declined st~adily, leading to less food aid being available on the field.

To raise the profile of this urgent need, the Southern Bap­tist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has unveiled a newly updated resource to mo-

bilize chw·ches- and especial­ly student groups - to lead in the fight against world hunger.

Students all over the United States will s oon mobilize to BEAT Hunger. BEAT Hunger Weekend will be held Oct. 10-12 and is sponsored by the ERLC. The emphasis chal­lenges believers of all ages to get involved in ministry to hirn­gry people. The acronym BEAT stands for "Believers Ever y­where ATtack" Hunger. -

"God cares about people in need and calls His people to demonstrate His love as we share the Good News of the gospel," said Steven S. Nelson, director of hunger yoncerns for the ERLC.

To help groups desiring to get involved in the fight against hunger, the ERLC developed the BEAT Hunger Kit. It is a resource kit to guide student leaders in conducting a hunger retreat. The newly updated kit contains all the materials need-

ed to ct>nduct a hunger week­end emphasis in each of the next three years, including pro­motional video segments for each year, a leader's guide, an event video, Bible stu$lies , posters, and receipt books for use in raising funds.

Student leaders desiring to purchase a BEAT Hunger Kit can e-mail orders@erlc.com or can call_I-888-375-2461.

The kits are $29.95 plus shipping. 0

the SBC ExecutiYe Committe during their meeting Sept. 23.

londablt- r~~ourcc .... ucl ~ aroplt.l post~r: comm, nt. Scriptures rdnt~d to th a s ermon outline b,· R Floyd. pa ' tor of Fir~t B Church of Springdale. Ail bulletin i nse1·ts with : steps to get the nntenc moving through Congre~ out to state legislatures.

Land also noted the has drafted a modt\1 reso on the issue that can be u1 churches, local Baptist u~ tions and state con\'en available on the web s www .faithandfamily.eom

- -SBC to observe Marriage: Protettion Week

In announcing Marriage Pro­tection Week lwww.marriage­protectionweek.com ). Land said the SBC Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission which he leads has worked· with con­cerned ministries, such as Fo­cus on the Family, the Ameri­can Family Association, and Prison Fellowship, "to develop a cohesive and workable plan to aid and assist churches in re­sponding to the well-organized and well-funded effort to rede­fine marriage." Churches are being asked to mark Marriage Protection Week Oct. 12-18. I ~[JJ.\~~~

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NASHVILLE - Southern Bap'9sts are partnering with a host of notable evangeli~al min­istries to help churches get in­volved iri the work to .preserve the divine institution of mar­riage, Richard Land reported to

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MtreYoung change of en on j upon us. Autumn or

bepn a httlc after 6 a.m. on Sept. 23. I al­dmd the coming of Fall as the days shorten

garden plant.s and leaves die. It leaves me

of as the old timers used to say melancholy.

tUe comfort every year at this time that God

p•om1sed us in the book of Genesis that there always be the sem~ons of Spring, Summer,

• and Win ter . I know that in time the days will and the green wilJ reappear in nature.

I am told that t h ere are over 4,000 promises in t he Bible t h at

God has made to us. Every one of

them is afi sure as the promise of

the seasons. I often ask myself

am I standing on the promises of

God as we sing about or am I s it­

ting on the premises. It is a good

quesiaon for each Christian to ask

r God is a gracious and merciful God wh o

bromu~ed each of us m uch more t h an we de-

do I deserve? I deserve absolutely nothing

tha n justice and a devil's hell . But t hanks be

d He does not give me wh at I deserve but

u loving fathe1· gives to his sons an d daugh­

lNone of it because of w ho I am and what I aorw but because of who my elder brother Je­and what lie has done.

Foil settles in I can confidently say, "This ~\11 pass" becau~e of the promise of my heav­~thcr. I t rust t hat you too are st a nding on

r·omiBct:; of Cod and not just sitting on the ''~t•s. 'J - Young. is director of missions, Ten­

Valley Association of Baptists. Dayton.

iu or oda Fre d Wood , r e tire d poator, Memphis

,lrt with a Smile : 8-ycar-old Susie to lO-t

· ld si:-ter .Jane: VMy teacher is mean. I hate

hate her.n Jane: VDon't say that. The Bible

!e. hould not hate anybody."' Susie: "Yeah.

hen the B1ble wa~ written, she hadn't been

e tbis Truth: "Hating people is like burn­

•Yt'tl your house to gt~t rid of n rat ... - Hany Fo~dick

this cripture: .. If a man says I and hntcth hi:-o brother. he is n liar." - I

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The spirit gives new life By J im Cross

Focal Pa••age: John 3:3-8; Romans 8:1-11

There is no greater thrill this side of heaven. Once you have been there at that very moment it be­comes addictive. Those that have had the experience will know exact~ ly what I mean. Have you ever been the one that God the Holy Spirit uses as the reporter of the gospel on the day, at the moment He frees the seeker to hear s piritual truth a n d frees the seeker to respond "YES" to the spiritual truth of the gospel? H ave you been in that mo­ment, to hear the work of the Holy Spirit as He moves in the heart of this future child of God? Have you been there to see the results of the Spirit m oving the seeker from knowledge, to conviction, to trust? Be warned, once experienced it will d rive yo u to be as n oisy of t h e gospel as an old time paperboy sell­ing the headline of the day from the local newspaper.

In this corner physical vs . spiritual (John 3:3-8)

Nicodemus comes to Jesus with the classic struggle Qf humanity. He Jives in a physical world, sur­rounded by physical things. Some­how Nicodemus hears in the teach­ings of Jesus something that moves

him. ,o matter holo't mo' oo, ~acod •• mu .. come \\:ith n ph\' 1cnl ' orld mindsct. ~ tlh ph) .. ar<Ui world que . tion .

,Jesu~ mforms Nicodemu thnt if you wnnt to be pnrt of lhc • piritunl kingdom you must ent(•r through the s piritual birth. 'icod(•mu . locked in his physical world, an­swers, .. Impossible " Je~us countero with, ··what is phys1caJ is physical, and what is spiritual is bpiritual." The Holy Spirit is working 1n all di­rections. The results of the work of the Holy Spirit can be seen in the physical world like the moving of the trees in the wind.

The primitive gospel (Rom ans 8:1-11)

After spending years living and ministering among the Muslim peo­ples of Southeast Asia the first and most basic question that a miss ion­ary must answer is, "What is the gospel?" There is so much we have added to the gospel due •to our cul­ture and our own experience. But what makes up the one, never changing, stripped down, basic, al1 essential, nothing left out gospel? There are three basic elements to the gospel.

A. God-reveale d know led ge -(1) Jesus is who He says He is- De­ity, (2) You are living below the ho­liness of God, (3) You deserve sepa­ration from God for this imbalance

Caring friends By Bill Vest

Focal Passage: Philippians 4:2 -7, 10-19

As Paul nears the end of his let­ter to the Philippians he calls the believers into mature communion. Paul seek~ to foster endurance in the faith by mildly admonishing them for their squabbles and by gtving them a series of exhorta­tions that wm help them stand fast in the Lord (v. 1) and work m peace with one another. Also in this con­cluding chapter Paul once again ex­presses his lhanks for their part­nership with him all the while pushing them to full reliance on Christ.

In verse 2 Paul calls the church to help two women ,,,.ho are having a hard time getting along. He wants them to rest on the common­ality rather than risk the fellow­ship with n frivolous quarrel. With­in thi.. gentle rebuke Paul unveils ~L· wonderful principle:. that will bring health nnd maturity to the whole man " well a .. ~trengthen the communion among belic\·er . The..-. principle re delineated in vers ~ 1-6 with the r ult of th~ir implementation rc\•caled in \er -f.

Paul long for the Philipptnn~ to \\"'r tog ther .. ince th .> nJI bn' e oommon future 3::21 ). 1 l re bein tran_formed •nto the 1m gc of Chn inoo '~ bo' th1 d tin} ~ e r to .. t nd fa t g m l n} d'·er ar • b m unmo\ m from

th pu ofGod "· 1 In 2 Paul dtffi d ut b

Christians that they are to be of the same mind in the Lord. To the Christians who have labored to­gether with Paul nnd these ladies, he asks for help that they might be encouraged (v. 3).

Next he says the Christian life is to be infused with a joyful alti­tude so that we might endure a 11 circumstances (v. 4, 11). Commu­nion i& also to be matured in the fellowship by being gracious to one another <v. 5' La~tly, Paul says that we are to pray in an attitude of thanksgh ing. not doubting the God to whom we speak (v. 6).

When thel"e ~ix principles are employed by individual belie\'er , the whole church benefit . With these guidelines fun,ctioning the

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whole man is af-fected by th~ peace of God: his heart.. hi mind~ hi· emotion , and hi inteUccL \Vhcn the :indrv1dunl arc healthy and mature th church corporate nJOY th peace th t. God

provide . \Vath the 1 ,. lu commumon 1 not only pro c.ted but tr ngthen d m th b h "er and in the chureh

ln lO th pen lh t a gn en to th hoi m n P ul no"' gt'· I.Jbe Ph1hppJ n ex­hortation for furth r ron h n· ing th re] tlon 1p nth th Lon) "'h nth u lit Of} i\

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of holtn . ( ) .Jc u d1 u t kane the pun1 hm •nl ot p U"fthon ou de~ •rv~d fl>r your tmbnl nc. or hoh­ne. $. nnd (fi) ,Jc u 1 Ia\ pro~ ng power over the amhnlon of hoh· nt.!" nnd phy ic~ll dC'nth.

B. God·givcn conviction - A God gi\ en de~ ire, to be fully con­vinced of the re­vealed knoy, ledge.

C . God-given trust - Putting your full trust into Christ.

There is nothmg CROSS

that will energize the joy uf your own salvation more lhon to be '" the moment when the Holy Sp1rit frees your friend to undt•rRtnnd

· spiritual truth, frees your friend to become fully convinced of the re­vealed truths, and then to watch the Holy Spint free them from thoir naturally .. want-to-do-whnt·is­wrong'' nat.ure and ~ay ... YES!-" to Jesus. May we be infected with this addiction of pleasure' .J - Cross IS

pastor of First Bapt1st Church Donal· son.

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In the next ection Pnul rNurn to the purpo~c of th(' letter, thnnk· ing the Philippians for their purt· ner~hip in the furthcr£snc .. of the go~pel. He rejoicP in lhcir dh'ln ly prompted care for him but ol o r -,·eab what mat urc communion bring , namely. coot "~ntment rc· gardle.-,l:> of circum tancc (\ v. 10-l 2J. He can do nil thing Lhmugh Chrii't (v. 13 ) yet Chn toft n meet the need of fJ i oant through th cart.hfy body (v. 1 ). In their obr:!dicnc' t..o the Lord P u1 say that th y hn~e don'' w U.

Lu tJy. PnuJ pcok of the won­derful bcnefi thnt. ccomp n} lO· gethem . Paul rt.-ceJv d from th" Philippsan mon t ry upport throughout h1 tra\ ·I H I h d people lO h • tnumph nd con· c::ern with who ould not onl) h tc.n. but "-OUld re. P ul pnm nl • i fad that h p<! IV t.h IT n not onl} a m r w h T hn for htm but Is ::nrt of r-hlp tow rd od Th ben fi h t n from commun1on r not r ncied to rt.hl,) cooper lion but real p1n I Th commumo:n

th t v. • h r 1th th of pc c II pro,,d u 1th need to hv · for H1m until f uU} f Ol1'Jle:d

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Leaders + George M. and Eliza­

beth Horton of Nashville will be honored by Haywood Hills Baptis t Church, Nashville, Oct. 19. The H ortons are mov­ing to Birmingham, Ala. , to live near family. Horton re­

tired as associate pastor, Haywood H i l l s Church , a f t e r serv1ng f r o m 1 9 7 7 -1995. He formerly

THE HORTONS was pas-tor , S~c­

on!l Baptist Church, Martin. Elizabeth Horton is :retired from Church Media. -Library work at Life Way Christian Re­sources, Nashville. In retire­ment, Elizabeth taught Church Media Library courses from California to South Car­olina and George taught Southern Baptist seminary ex­tension classes. The last seven summers the couple also have volunte~red at Glorieta Bap­tist Conference Center , Glori­eta, N.M. On Oct. 19 George Horton will speak during the 6 -p.:r_n. seniice which will be fol­lowed by a reception. For more information, call the church at (615) 832-6909.

+ Randy Moore has been called as pastor, West Emory Missionary Baptist Church, Knoxville.

+ Mouth of Richland Bap­tist Church, Blaine, has called Benjamin P. Kinney as pas­tor, effective Oct. 5. He former­ly was pastor of Bel Air Bap­ti s t Church, Keokuk, Iowa, since 2000.. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Ar­lington , and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas.

+ Wayne Rowan has been called as pastor of Spring Creek Baptist Church, Spring Creek, effective Oct. 1. Rowan h a s served on t h e staff of churches in West Tennessee and Mississip­pi for 22 years. He ha~ been active in the Baptist a s sociations where he has serve d. Rowan cur-rently is mod- ROWAN erator for Big Hatchie Baptist Association, based in Covington, and is missions development director. He has been a member of the Tennessee Baptist Convention Executive Board. Rowan at­tended · Union University, J ackson, a nd -ha s earned a bachelor of arts and theology degree from Luther Rice Semi­nary, Lithonia, Ga,

+ Matt Plunk has been called as ni"inister of music, Springfield Baptis t Church, Springfield, effective _Nov. 2 .. He has been serving as minis­ter of music and education, Liberty Grove Baptist Church, Jackson.

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+ Sue Conn, media library director, Immanuel Baptist Church, Nashville, was hon­ored Oct. 5 on her retirement after serving 30 years.

+ Bethel Baptist Church, Tazewell, has called Jerry Peck as pastor.

+ Adams Chapel Baptist Church, Dresden , honored Larry Reagan, pastor, recent­ly for serviri.g in the ministry for 25 years.

+ MCM Baptist Church , New Tazewell, has called Tim Dn1mmonds as their pastor.

Churches +Adams Chapel Baptist

Church, Dresden, will hold revival .Oct. 12-15·. Barry Capps, pastor, Sidonia Baptist Church, Sharon, will speak.

+ First Bapti~t Church, Ple~sant Hill, will hold its 50th anniversary celebration Oct. 12. Randy Newcomb, a former pastor, will speak dur­ing the morning worship ser­vice. A meal and afternoon ser­vice will follow ." The church held a tent revival Sept. 7-12. As a result, 23 people made spiritual commitments. Morris Anderson, evangelist . of Maryville, spoke and Sam Nor­rod of First Baptist Church, Crossville, led the music.

+ Liberty Baptis~

ChUrch, ·CovingtQn, will hold homecoming Oct. 12 to c~le­brate its 130'th anniversary. The 10:4q a.m. service will fea­ture Bernard Campbell. A bar---

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• RHEU PAYNE JESSUP, left; and Martha Mae Reate of Baptist Church, Union City, stand with W. H. Sim~ II{ paste. the 135th anniversary celebration of the church. Durlng,.lhe 13-14 celebration, the stained glass window on the- ttill:.was sented to the congregation. It is from the original church tacil

beque lunch will be held fol­lowed by a music program led by Kenny and Charles Allen Goforth. For more information, call (901} 476-5273.

+ Maple Springs Baptist Church, Medon, and Mercer Baptist Church, Mercer; 'along with two other area churches will hold Christian Community Outreach Day in

ing Oct. 27-28 at Victory tist Church, Henning. Sp ing on Monday is Rot Wylie, on Tuesday after1 Mar]s. Ham, and Tues evening James Porch, e tive director, Tennessee ) tist Convention. For more formation , contact association at (901) 476-6 1-800-669'-7823, or bhba~ ingtononline.com.

+ An 11-member team Cumberland Gap Ba1 Association, based in H gate, served in the Ukr Aug. 25 - Sept. 3. The nesseans formed three t~ and,. did evangelism, ch

-the Mercer Fire Hall Oct. 18 from 11 -a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will feature free food, crafts, games, puppets, Gospel music, and the "Jesus" film . The rain date is Oct .. 25. For more information, call Maple Springs Church ~t (731) 935-7033. ' + Second. Baptist ~hurch, Clinton, will ho1d its 3.nJ1ual Reality House Oct. 14-18. The theme is "Reality ... Reloaded," _which includes a

. planting, encouraged C tians, awd fitted people e_:ye~la~ses. As a result, people made professiol faith. "Many needs wer~ d~d i:rroluding the nee •

. matrix opening. Visitors will experience scenes depicting their bodies being ~ccepted at a morgu..e and their funeral. More than 6,000 visitors have experienced Reality House. in the past si~ years. Sixth graders and older are accepted. because. of the theme. Visitors also are encouraged to bring two can:ned goods and a coat for residents of Anderson County. To make a reservation and for more information, call the church at (86.5) 457-2046 or Sue McFarland at (865) 457-1458.

· + Union Grove Baptist_ Church, Beech Bluff, held revival Sept. 14-18. Henry Lin­genfelter, evangelist of Alcoa, spoke. Sixteen people made professiops of faith and three people joined the church by let­ter.

+ Central Baptist . Church, Selmer, held revival recently. As a r·esult, seven people made professions of faith , a family jqined the church, and others made other spir.itual · commitments. Floyd "Lammie" Lammersfeld, evan­gelist of McKenzie, spoke. ~

Associations + Big Hatchie Baptist

Association, based in Coving­ton, will celebrate its 175th an­niversary at its ~nnual meet-

buildings as the house ch1 es have outgrown their ~ ties," reported Clayton l smore, director of mission

Events

+ The Tennessee al] of New Orleans (La.) tist Theological Semi will meet during the an meeting of the Tennessee tist Convention. They meet Nov. 11 at the Col , Dining Room of Union U · sity, Jackson, at 7 p.m. Norman of NOBTS wiD ap Make reservations by No by contacting Raymond ·~ dy" Boston at (731) 285-4 or the NOBTS Alumni 0 at 1-800-NOBTS-01, ext. 3

·schools + Kina Mallard, dire

of Union University's for Faculty Development chair of the departmlll communication arts, ha~l tapped to lead a new created by the Couu-·~' Christian Colleges and sities. Mallard will ..... -CCCU's Virtual Cen Faculty Development. lead a team of experts tify resources, practices to assist C&IDPI

their faculty d forts.