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| It was a great privilege to serve as the second vice-president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas in 1999. |
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| (Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Keith Parks chapter in Why I Am a Baptist: Reflections on Being Baptist in the 21st Century, printed here with permission from Smyth & Helwys Publishing.) |
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Jimmy Garcia III, Ethnic
Missions Coordinator for the Baptist General Convention
of Texas, will be the speaker for the eleventh annual Texas
Baptists Committed breakfast.
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As attainment of our Texas 2000 goals is being evaluated, I dare to dream new/old dreams for the next 5 years:
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| Recently this
pew-sitter and possibly the only TBC member in a Southern
Baptist Church, decided there must be some action that might
help the Baptist I joined survive the onslaught of the fundamental
group. |
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| Texas Baptists
should be aware of some inflammatory literature an organization
apparently is mailing out to all Texas Baptist pastors. |
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| I am very grateful
to our kind Lord for the many years of ministry he has given
to me. My work
with churches and my fellow Baptists has been richly rewarding. |
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| I have been
reading with interest the reaction to the recent court ruling
about praying before sports events. For many, the refusal
to allow student-led prayers before sporting events is another
sign of America's steady march to moral bankruptcy. |
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| I am just back from Brownwood where I attended the Howard Payne university Trustees meeting. |
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| A little over
a year ago my dad, Dr. Charles P. McLaughlin, passed away.
The first anniversary of his death and the long awaited
arrival of the headstone for the cemetery in Paint Rock, Texas,
created some moments of reflection. |
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| Christians talk about the kingdom of God more than they are willing to do what is demanded to advance the kingdom of God, speakers said during the annual convocation of Texas Baptist Committed July 16-17 in San Angelo. |
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| What a wonderful opportunity we have before us as Texas Baptists to live out the gospel with conviction and compassion into the next millennium! |
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| We met in Atlanta because we believe that Jesus saves and that preaching the gospel is urgent business! |
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| I want my children
and grandchildren to grow up in a truly Baptistic convention.
When I have grown weary of being so incredibly engaged in
convention work, I've reminded myself: This is not for my
generation alone; it is for those which come after us. |
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The next five years will present a tremendous challenge to Texas Baptists to write a new history. What it will be depends on our response.
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| If Texas Baptists are serious about following the biblical mandate to meet human needs, they should adjust Cooperative Program funding priorities to provide more money for human welfare ministries in the state, Ken Hall told supporters of Texas Baptists Committed July 17. |
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| My father had another side -- the man at home in the privacy of his family. |
President, Buckner Baptist Benevolences