Arrivals/Departures Jimmie Clark, new as pastor of Northside Baptist DeQuincy. Caleb Brown, resigned as youth minister of Wallace Baptist Pelican. Michael (wife Jodi) Trahan, new as pastor of Victory Baptist Esterwood. Rhett Baxley, resigns as children’s minister at First Baptist St. Rose for a similar position in Arkansas. Pastor: Jim Kiltau. Alex Davis, new as youth pastor at Summer Grove Baptist Shreveport. Pastor: Aaron Burgner. Jeff (wife Barbara) Feibel, new as pastor at Woodland Hills Baptist Shreveport. Yvonne (husband Guy) Keller, new as children’s ministry leader at Cross Point Baptist Benton. Pastor: Shane Nugent. Peter Tidovsky, new as music leader at Waller Baptist Bossier City. Wayne DuBose, new as interim pastor of Northwoods Baptist Shreveport. Billy Crosby, new as pastor of Beulah Land Baptist Haughton. Bill Treadway, new as pastor of Mt. Gilead Baptist Vivian. Larry (wife Nancy) new as pastor of Salem Baptist Plain Dealing. Amber Keeny, new as music leader at Providence Baptist Shreveport. Kevin Smith, new as interim pastor of Ida Baptist in Ida. Billy (wife Laura) Arnold Jr., new as pastor of Kaplan Baptist in Kaplan; Laura is new as music director. Scott (wife Dana) Belmore has resigned as UL … [Read more...]
Policy change has Boy Scouts hanging in the balance
By Staff, World News Magazine Briefs Every four years more than 40,000 Boy Scouts and their leaders hold a National Jamboree. This year they are scheduled to gather in July at the new Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. The scouts pitch tents, hike, tie knots, trade patches, and raise their right hands to affirm: “On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country, to obey the Scout law, to help other people at all times, and to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight.” The pastoral scene will belie a crisis in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), one related to that oath. What is “duty to God”? What does it mean to be “morally straight”? On April 19, the national BSA leadership announced a proposed change to its current policy of banning openly homosexual men and boys from participating in Scouting. The proposed policy would walk a tightrope by banning homosexual adult leaders but welcoming boys who identify as gay, while affirming that “Scouting is a youth program, and any sexual conduct, whether homosexual or heterosexual, by youth of Scouting age is contrary to the virtues of Scouting.” The proposed policy emerged after an on-line BSA survey garnered more than 200,000 … [Read more...]
Tackling mental illness becomes priority for Staten Island church
Submitted by philip on Wed, 05/22/2013 - 10:30 On Tuesday nights, Crossroads Church in Staten Island, N.Y., hosts what they call the Freedom Ministry, offering numerous support groups on topics from grief to divorce care. By Erin Roach, Baptist Press STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (BP) – Pastor Ray Parascando had just clicked “send” on an email to his congregation, letting them know of a plan to start monitoring train platforms in Staten Island after a rise in suicides involving people jumping from those platforms. Then he heard the sirens. It had happened again. He ran up the block from the church to find a woman in her mid-30s had attempted suicide but survived. Her body was mangled when the emergency workers pulled her from the tracks. What Parascando remembers is the look of utter hopelessness he saw in her eyes. A week later, Hurricane Sandy devastated Staten Island and the surrounding region. People who already were coping with problems severe enough to press them to take their lives now had lost even their homes. Parascando and Crossroads Church knew they had to act. The Southern Baptist congregation began immediately meeting the physical needs like food, clothing and shelter Staten Island residents had in the … [Read more...]
Business professionals gaining vision for international outreach
Submitted by philip on Wed, 05/22/2013 - 10:32 Paul Hart (name changed) teaches a multi-week Sunday morning study on the customs and culture of the people group to whom the layman and business entrepreneur felt called at First Baptist Church in Hendersonville, N.C. By Tess Rivers, Baptist Press RICHMOND, Va. (BP) – Overseas, the sound of a gate closing often signals the end of the workday when many business, healthcare and engineering professionals retreat into gated homes and communities. For missionaries, though, it can be a despairing sound. “We try reaching out to our neighbors but it’s hard because they work during the daytime,” says Derek Samuels* [star indicates name changed], an IMB financial administrator in Santiago, Chile. “My wife met the housekeepers and we wave to the neighbors every time we see them. Then they go inside and close the gates behind them. “It’s hard to build relationships at that level.” Samuels’ family isn’t alone, says Devah Millsap*, a communication specialist in IMB’s Office of Marketplace Advance. In many countries around the world, she notes, “It is difficult for IMB personnel to build relationships with business professionals. We don’t make sense to business people. They don’t … [Read more...]
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