Archive for January 2009
Panel says Muslims must be engaged with Christian truth claims
"You can't destroy radical Islam with bombs. Sooner or later you have to take on that ideology. Someone's got to start confronting that which is motivating them," said Islam expert Jay Smith of London as he displayed a copy of the Quran, the Muslim holy book. "This is what [...]
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France: From Cross to Crescent
PARIS?It's a sight that would shatter most Americans' romanticized image of Paris. Just a 15-minute metro ride from the trendy shops and quaint cafes of the Champs-Elysees, a virtual sea of North and West African Muslims spills out the gates of a neighborhood mosque. Like waves breaking on a [...]
Continue ReadingNorthern Lights pierce Islam's iron curtain
WESTERN EUROPE?Jonathan Hillman needed a miracle. God sent him a porta-potty truck. The 25-year-old from First Baptist Church in Guymon, Okla., watched as police tried to ease the congestion of cars bottlenecked at the mouth of one of Europe's busiest seaports. Hillman was among a team of Southern Baptist [...]
Continue ReadingMulticultural London: 'capital of the world,' faith in flux
LONDON?On a crisp October day in London's Trafalgar Square, the solemn marble monuments of Great Britain's former empire gaze upon a curious scene: It's "Simcha on the Square," a celebration of 350 years of Jewish life in London. Thousands gather?and not just English Jews and gentiles eager to enjoy some [...]
Continue ReadingU.S.-Muslim engagement seen as key to security, prosperity
WASHINGTON?Deep misunderstandings between the United States and Muslim communities around the world are causing serious problems and solving them will require constructing "bridges of understanding," says the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. "Polls show there is a huge lack of understanding of Americans in [...]
Continue ReadingCoffee shop prayer yields fruit in London
LONDON?Patrick and Sarah Sims*, International Mission Board team leaders for London, believe in practicing what they preach. "Our job is to engage the unengaged," Sims said. "We can't ask our team members to do something we're not modeling ourselves." The question, during their transition to a new strategy, was this: "In [...]
Continue ReadingTexas missionaries to Muslims move from fear to friendship
As SBTC Mission Service Corps missionaries, a husband-and-wife team named Carl and Kerry (last names withheld for security reasons) recall their initial fear of working with Muslims in North Texas. "When we first came to Dallas, we were scared of them," Carl, a former music minister, recalled. However, the [...]
Continue ReadingSBTC Empower Evangelism Conf. to focus on Holy Spirit power in fueling an awakening
"In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory." ?Ephesians 1:13-14 EULESS?"Empowered: [...]
Continue ReadingIndiana Baptists assist Ike victims in Galveston
GALVESTON?"You're just an angel in disguise." Bill Crane says he's been called that many times. "And when I hear it, it sends cold chills up and down my spine," he said. Crane?a retired layman, 68, who serves the disaster relief efforts of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana?led 11 [...]
Continue ReadingBaptist church, non-profit join forces in senior housing project
COMO?Pastor Randy Boyte has a tender spot in his heart for retired ministers who spend their golden years without much to live on. He saw his father, a pastor, struggle through a lean retirement. "If it had not been for the Southern Baptist Annuity Board (now GuideStone Financial Resources), my [...]
Continue ReadingKeeping our priorities in order
Happy New Year! This is my first opportunity to visit with you through the pages of the TEXAN since 2008. We are already off to a busy start. Perhaps dominating the news more than anything is the economic downturn our nation has faced in the last quarter of 2008. People [...]
Continue ReadingBesame Mucho
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth?for your love is more delightful than wine. Song of Songs 1:2 I intend to write about marriage a few times this year but let me start with the good stuff a few weeks before Valentine's Day. Married, romantic, erotic love [...]
Continue ReadingWomen's session aiming to equip, inspire
From precepts for Christian living to defending the faith against false teachings, the women's session of the SBTC Empower Evangelism Conference will aim to equip and inspire those attending. The session will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 at First Baptist Church of Euless, 1000 Airport Freeway, with [...]
Continue ReadingSkaggs scheduled for evangelism conference
Renowned bluegrass and country musician Ricky Skaggs will be among the speakers and musicians appearing at the 2009 Empower Evangelism Conference Feb. 16-18 at First Baptist Church of Euless. The conference will also include music from The Booth Brothers, Charles Billingsley, Curtis Brewer, Philip Griffin, and John McKay. The winner of [...]
Continue ReadingSpanish-language portion of conference features Colleyville rally and Euless workshops
Sunday Evening - February 15, 2009 FBC Colleyville Hispanic Evangelistic Rally Presiding: Mike Gonzales ?Preludio?Grupo de PIB Keller ?Alabanzas?Grupo de PIB Keller ?Bienvenida?Mike Gonzales ?Saludos?Hctor Mndez, TBA Hispanic Consultant ?Lectura bblica?Roland Johnson ?Oracin?Ben Lpez ?Msica especial?Frank Lpez ?Anuncios?Mike Gonzales ?Alabanzas?Grupo de PIB Keller ?Mensaje en Arte?Gordon Molengraf ?Alabanzas?Grupo de PIB Keller ?Msica especial?Frank Lpez ?Mensaje?Alberto Mottesi ?Invitacin y Consagracin?Alberto Mottesi Monday Morning - February 16, 2009 [...]
Continue ReadingIniciativa Hispana y Ministerios tnicos
Queridos hermanos en la Fe: Os escribo estas palabras para animaros a asistir, apoyar y orar por la Conferencia para Evangelizar con Poder. Esta conferencia en espaol se celebrar otra vez en la First Baptist Church de Euless en el edificio Campus West el da 16 de febrero de 2009. [...]
Continue ReadingAlabama pastor, Calif. comedian headline luncheons
SBC Pastors' Conference president to speak at CP Luncheon Ed Litton, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference and pastor of First Baptist Church, North Mobile, Ala., will be the keynote speaker at the annual Cooperative Program Luncheon during the Empower Evangelism Conference. The luncheon is at noon Tuesday, Feb. 17, [...]
Continue ReadingHouston pastors protest construction of massive Planned Parenthood clinic
HOUSTON ? A diverse group of Houston-area pastors gathered Thursday ? the 36th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade ? to condemn construction of what they said will be "the largest abortion clinic in the world." Sonny Foraker, spokesman for the Greater Houston Area Pastor Council, told the group of supporters [...]
Continue ReadingTexas' debate over science standards continues
AUSTIN, Texas ? Those on both sides of a debate over science instruction in Texas public schools are calling the latest in a series of meetings by the Texas State Board of Education a mix of success and failure.The state board, in meetings Jan. 21-23 to revise state science standards, [...]
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