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BCA
E-Newsletter
August 2000
In this issue:
1. Longtime BCA member Al Shackleford dies
2. 2001 BCA meeting set for South Carolina
3. New missions VP takes office
4. Membership renewals due
5. Grapevine
6. New members
7. Word games
8. BCA officers list
LONGTIME BCA MEMBER AL SHACKLEFORD DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT
Longtime Southern Baptist journalist Al Shackleford, 68, died
from injuries he sustained in a car accident July 23 in
Tennessee. He had been editor-in-chief of Mature Living
magazine at LifeWay Christian Resources since 1992.
The head-on collision involved three vehicles. In the car
with him were his wife, Tommye, daughter Dee Cochran and
two grandchildren. They were treated and released.
Passengers in the other vehicles were injured, but none
fatally.
Shackleford was vice president for public relations of the
SBC Executive Committee from 1987-90. He was dismissed
from his position along with Baptist Press editor Dan
Martin. He previously had been editor of the Tennessee
Baptist & Reflector 1976-87 and editor of The Indiana Baptist 1965-76.
BCA offers two scholarships bearing Shackleford and Martin's
names. The scholarships are offered to students for their
education as well as professionals to attend annual
workshops. Members voted in 1991 to name the scholarships
after them to recognize their service to Baptist journalism.
Funeral services were July 26 in Brentwood Baptist Church,
Brentwood, Tenn. Burial was in Williamson Memorial Gardens,
Franklin, Tenn. Memorials can be made to the Al
Shackleford Memorial Fund, Brentwood Baptist Church, 409
Franklin Road, Brentwood, TN 37027.
2001 BCA MEETING SET FOR SOUTH CAROLINA
The annual BCA meeting will be March 28-30, 2001, at the
Adam's Mark Hotel in Columbia, S.C. Members and guests
may extend their stay through March 31 to spend a day
shopping or touring in historic Charleston.
Scott Vaughan, BCA program vice president, said the meeting
will combine professional development and inspiration
with humor and fellowship.Humorist Dennis Swanberg will be the speaker on
Wednesday evening.
Activities on Thursday will begin with a devotion in First
Baptist Church, Columbia, where the South Carolina
Baptist Convention was born in 1821. Rod McClendon, a
Baptist music minister who combines original music and
comedy, will entertain at a dessert fellowship on Thursday evening.
On Friday, members will enjoy a barbecue at the Riverbanks
Zoo and Garden. Satch Krantz, executive director of the
zoo, will provide a program on non-profit marketing with
an entertaining examination of how the zoo markets to its
audiences. The annual awards banquet will conclude
activities on Friday. One other national business leader has been
invited to speak but has not confirmed.
Vaughan said professional development opportunities are being
organized into five tracks of study, each involving
three, two-hour meetings. Four of the tracks will be
classroom oriented, the fifth will involve a field trip. Subjects are: Market Strategy; Websites; Crisis Media
Relations; and Media Buying. Columbia-area professionals
are being recruited to lead the study tracks. scottvaughan@scbaptist.org
NEW MISSIONS VP TAKES OFFICE
This is the first year for the position of missions vice
president. Past BCA president Mark Wingfield of the Texas
Baptist Standard said the new officer position was
created to assist BCA members in finding mission opportunities
related to their skills as communicators. "It seemed like a
natural thing we ought to be doing," he said. "There are a number of opportunities out there where skills of communicators can be
employed on a short term basis that could help
missionaries or churches to spread the message better
through printed material, video or any other medium our
members work in."
Tanya Dawson, communications specialist for Woman's
Missionary Union, was elected to the position by BCA
members during the annual meeting in Chicago. She and a
committee will establish contact with mission agencies to
learn about opportunities for members. Interested members can
contact Dawson for more information at 205-991-4013.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS DUE
The BCA membership renewal fee is $75, and renewal forms were
mailed in late June for the 2000-2001 year. If you
haven't received a renewal form, please contact Keith
Beene in the BCA office at 615-904-0152 or bca.office@att.net,
and he'll be glad to send you one.
GRAPEVINE
Amanda Phifer is a student and recruitment coordinator
for the office of recruitment and admissions at Golden
Gate Seminary in Mill Valley, Calif. She previously was a
staff writer for the marketing department of the South
Carolina Baptist Convention. She is pursuing a master's degree in
intercultural ministries with the goal of overseas missions. Her husband's
name is Daniel. amandaphifer@yahoo.com.
Kelly Matthai is the new design editor for the
Christian Index in Georgia. She is a graduate of
Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C., with a
degree in communications, emphasis in electronic publishing.
Greg Brett is the new managing editor for the
Christian Index in Georgia. Most recently, he was vice president for
institutional development at Truett-McConnell College,
Cleveland, Ga. He and his wife, Carol, have three
children. gbrett@christianindex.org.
Brian Smith is the new publications director for
Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala.
Previously, he was director of communications for
Prestonwood Baptist Church, Dallas. He plans to marry Paula Dockins Sept.
15 in Dallas. bmaxwellsmith@yahoo.com.
Jim Edminson is the new communications coordinator and
editor of Charity & Children for the Baptist
Children's Homes of North Carolina.Previously, he was associate director of
development and communications for the Louisiana Baptist
Children's Home. He and his wife, Kathy, have four
children. jedminson@bchfamily.org.
Heather Brill's husband, James, and brother-in-law
Scott Nesbitt drowned in a canoeing accident August 1 in
Vermont. Heather worked in the public relations office of
Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., from spring
1999 to spring 2000. The Brills were helping the Nesbitts launch a
summer youth camp. Cards can be sent to Heather and her sister, Holly, at
68 S. Larand Dr., Holts Summit, MO 65043.
Mike Duduit and his wife, Laura, have welcomed their
second child, a son, into their family. Born April 14,
his name is Stephen Michael. Mike is executive vice
president of Union University in Jackson, Tenn.
Melanie Thomas is the new public information officer
for Penn State University, Fayette campus in Uniontown,
Penn. She is a Fayette campus graduate and is a native of
Uniontown. md1118@psu.edu
If you have "Grapevine" news items, send them to
Stacey Hamby at shamby@wordandway.org
NEW MEMBERS
BCA welcomes our new members. They are: Judy
Woodward Bates, Freelance Communications, Birmingham, Ala. Amy
Bliss, graphic designer, South Carolina Baptist Convention Norma
Goldman, editor, LifeWay Christian Resources Greg Heyman
and Sarah Pavlik, news writers, The Alabama Baptist Lee Insko, marketing/online communications, Samford University
Michael
Leathers, editor, Illinois Baptist State Association Kristi Letlow, student, University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Bob
Simpson, director of communications, Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware James
Tew, director of communications, Judson College, Elgin,
Ill. Carol Woodward, director of marketing/public
relations, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
WORD GAMES? WHAT'S YOUR TROUBLE SPOT?
In the last newsletter, we asked you to respond to the
question: When do you use missions and when do you use
mission? (Some say missions trips and some say mission
trips) Here's what you had to say:
Tony Cartledge, Biblical Recorder, North Carolina: I use
whichever one makes the green squiggly spell-checker line
go away -- which usually means switching from
"missions," which I use by Baptist habit, to "mission,"
which is more grammatically correct, unless you have more than
one mission in mind.
Mark Snowden, International Mission Board: I try to encourage
missionaries to use "missions" when referring to all the efforts of
all the missionaries in general, as in we study missions.
However, "mission" is a deliberate act. For
instance, an individual goes "on mission" in response
to God's leading. It is a mission trip for a church and never a missions
trip. WMU promotes the mission work of missionaries who are engaged
in missions.
Larry Thompson, Bellevue Baptist Church, Cordova, Tenn.: Our
style is to always use the word "missions" as
both a noun and an adjective, whenever the context is a
Great Commission endeavor. Thus, we say "missions trip" or
"missions and evangelism." We use the word "mission"
whenever the context is the purpose or vision of an
organization or effort. Thus, we say "mission
statement" or "the mission of the missions trip is to share the
Gospel."
Brenda Sanders, Central Baptist Seminary, Kansas City, Kan.:
We have a professor here for whom this topic is kind of a
crusade. He gave me a lengthy explanation one time about
this topic because I was doing a brochure for our annual
"Missions Day" and he kept telling me that it should
be "Mission Day." We wound up officially changing the title of the event to Mission Day because of his convictions.
Robert Johnson, associate professor of
church history and missiology at the seminary says,
"In general, the practice has emerged to think of mission as the 'mission
of the church.' Missions are specific acts of 'mission.' So, the
general word we use is mission. The church engages in mission. However,
we employ a variety of 'missions' in carrying out the 'mission.'"
If you have a question for "Word Games," send it to
Stacey Hamby at shamby@wordandway.org
and we'll include it in a future issue.
YOUR BCA OFFICERS ARE:
President
Scott Collins
214-758-8060
sacollins@buckner.org
Membership VP
-- Vacant --
Program VP
Scott Vaughan
803-765-0035
scottvaughan@scbaptist.org
Program VP-elect
Denise Withers
502-245-4101
denise_withers@kybaptist.org
Awards Chairman
Miller Murphy
864-942-1400
cmchmurphy@greenwood.net
Professional Develoment Coordinator
Marty Croll
804-219-1527
marty.croll@imb.org
Newsletter Editor
Stacey Hamby
573-635-7931, ext. 555
shamby@wordandway.org
Treasurer
Tim Norton
770-936-5376
c2r@mindspring.com
Historian
Roy Jennings
901-754-3457
hroyj@aol.com
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