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AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS FOR JAN. 22, 1999
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ffice of Communication
merican Baptist Churches USA
.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851
hone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320
ichard W. Schramm, Director
E-mail: RICHARD.SCHRAMM@ABC-USA.ORG)
PDATE: January 22, 1999
NTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES MISSIONARIES AND STAFF GATHER
or the first time in the history of American Baptist International Ministries ne
arly all of the overseas missionaries and executive staff have met together in o
ne place. One hundred twenty-nine of the organizations 134 missionaries, repre
senting assignments to 23 different countries, gathered with International Minis
tries executive staff from Valley Forge Jan. 5-9 at the American Baptist Assemb
ly in Green Lake, Wis.
For me its a renewal and a chance to learn about what is going on in other miss
ionaries areas, said Janine Gravley, missionary to Hong Kong. Even though we
see the names [in] e-mail and over the Internet its wonderful to be able to pu
t faces with them, to know who youre praying for and to learn about their strug
gles. Sometimes what theyre struggling about in Africa is what were strugglin
g about in Hong Kong.
issionaries had a chance to network and exchange ideas on various overseas minis
tries, effective communications with U.S. supporters, personal spiritual develop
ment and raising children overseas, among other topics. They also were able to
discuss specific concerns with International Ministries staff and to spent time
participating in the next phase of the Called to the Future Together planning
process. Its great that International Ministries is relying on the people on
the ground to participate in the whole of the process to create the strategies
for the future, said Dan Cole, missionary to the Republic of South Africa.
hile the parents were in meetings the 96 missionary kids present had a program a
ll their own. After spending each day in their own carefully designed program th
e children and youth participated in the evening worship services, giving a fami
ly atmosphere to the conference.
This has been a week quite unlike anything I have experienced before, said Dr.
John Sundquist, executive director of International Ministries. We thank God t
hat we were able to gather all members of our family together to worship, to wor
k and play, to talk and just to get to know one another better. It was wonderfu
l.
RAWLEIGH NAMED EDUCATIONAL MINISTRIES TREASURER AND CEO
aniel J. Rawleigh has been named treasurer and chief operating officer of the Am
erican Baptist Churches Board of Educational Ministries, effective Feb. 1. The
Board will vote to officially confirm Rawleighs appointment as an officer of t
he Board at its June meetings.
awleigh has been manager and treasurer of the American Baptist Mission Centers
ABCON Credit Union since 1990. While at ABCON Rawleigh has overseen growth of n
early 300 percent in the organizations assets and growth of more than 300 perce
nt in credit union loans.
LUNDGREN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF RECONCILIATION MINISTRIES
he Rev. Dwight M. Lundgren, pastor of First Baptist Church in Philadelphia, has
been appointed director of Reconciliation Ministries for National Ministries, Am
erican Baptist Churches USA. He will begin Feb. 1.
n his new position Lundgren will be responsible for encouraging and participatin
g with American Baptists in direct activities for reconciliation. He will devel
op worship and action resources for Peace Sunday, write Bible studies and other
resources and lead workshops on reconciliation. Lundgren will provide staff sup
port for the ABC/USA General Board Committee on Policy Statements and Resolution
s and for the Statements of Concern Committee.
undgren also will staff the development of resolutions and policy statements for
National Ministries through the Issue Development Council and National Ministri
es task forces. In addition he will serve as a liaison to other organizations w
orking in the areas of reconciliation and mediation, including representation of
American Baptist Churches USA with the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North Americ
a.
or the past two and a half years Lundgren has participated in the Empowering Ch
ristians for Reconciliation with Justice training for mediation and negotiation
skills, which involved participants from the African-American, Hispanic, Korean
and European-American communities.
n American Baptist pastor for nearly 30 years, Lundgren also served churches in
Providence, R.I., and in Branford and Shelton, Conn. While pastor of First Bapt
ist Church in America (Providence), he served as chair of an ecumenical organiza
tion that involved seven denominations working together on advocacy and direct s
ervices to address social needs in the community.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: MISSIONARY UPDATE
American Baptist International Ministries officials have reported that several m
issionaries who were evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo last Au
gust are planning to return to that country. Members of some families, however,
may be going back to Durban, Republic of South Africa, until it is deemed safe
for them to return.
That determination, consistent with communications between International Ministr
ies and the leadership of the Baptist Community of Western Congo (CBCO), Interna
tional Ministries partner in the Congo, was made following a day-long meeting i
nvolving the missionaries and members of the Crisis Management Team during the r
ecent all-staff gathering at the American Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, Wis.
len Chapman will be the first missionary to return to Kinshasa; he will be follo
wed shortly by Bill Clemmer and George Win. They will assess the situation ther
e and, together with CBCO and other sources, provide information that will be us
ed to determine the return dates and placements for the other missionaries.
The full return of International Ministries personnel, of course, is dependent o
n whether the conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are safe for ou
r missionaries and their families to remain, said Dr. John Sundquist, executive
director of International Ministries. The missionaries are working with the Cr
isis Management Team to draw up contingency plans in case the missionaries have
to leave once again. During this time of transition, said Sundquist, we ask
for your prayers for our missionaries and their families and for our brothers an
d sisters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We pray that the war ends so
on.
AMERICAN BAPTIST MEN NAMES PRESIDENT, SETS PRIORITIES FOR MENS MINISTRIES
merican Baptist Mens Council, meeting Jan. 9, 1999 in Los Angeles, elected Larr
y Callahan of Sacramento, Calif., as president of ABMen for 1999 and 2000 and es
tablished priorities for strengthening mens ministries throughout the denominat
ion.
allahans term commenced with the meeting and will conclude Dec. 31, 2000. He h
as served as president of ABMen of the West and as an ABMen district director. C
allahan is a minister at the Antioch Progressive Baptist Church in Sacramento, w
here he directs mens ministries and music ministries. He also is a member of t
he Statement of Concerns Committee for American Baptist Churches USA. He previo
usly worked in a counseling ministry and as a social worker.
he ABMens Council provides support for National Ministries Mens Ministries an
d Director Z. Allen Abbott. Mens Ministries became a function of National Mini
stries in 1998 by action of the General Board in an effort to strengthen mens m
inistries in American Baptist Churches USA. Members of the ABMens Council were
selected following the General Board action.
n addition to Callahan, members of the ABMens Council are Stan Brinkley of Firs
t Baptist Church of Lamar, Colo.; William Hawkins of New Shiloh Baptist Church i
n Baltimore; Carl Prophet of Highland Park Baptist Church in Colorado Springs; F
red Robbins of St. Pauls Baptist Church in Philadelphia; and Charles Young of E
mmanuel Baptist Church in Charleston, W.Va.
riorities and strategies were set for 1999 that will result in significantly str
onger ABMen organizations at all levels. Significant leadership training will b
e available for ABMen district directors at the Baptist Mens conference in July
and for ABMen regional presidents thereafter. As a program of National Ministr
ies Mens Ministries is experiencing much greater stability and resourcing for g
rowth. In 1998 alone disaster trailer ministry expanded from one to six trailer
s nationwide. Plans are being developed for translation of the ABBoys and Young
Men curriculum into Spanish.
NORTHERN SEMINARY RECEIVES $1.5-MILLION LILLY GRANT
orthern Baptist Theological Seminary, an American Baptist-related school in Lomb
ard, Ill., has received the largest foundation grant in its history from the Lil
ly Foundation Inc. of Indianapolis.
ortherns grant of $1.5 million will be used to provide more than 100 Presidenti
al Scholarships to outstanding ministerial candidates, renovate student apartmen
ts into subsidized housing specifically for recent college graduates, and develo
p a pastoral mentoring program for younger students.
LINFIELD COLLEGE RECEIVES LARGEST-EVER GRANT
merican Baptist-related Linfield College in McMinnville, Oreg., has received the
largest grant in its history from the W.M. Keck Foundation of Los Angeles, Cali
f.
infield President Vivian A. Bull said that the $5-million, three-year grant will
be used in funding the development of the newly purchased Hewlett-Packard prope
rty, which adjoins the McMinnville campus. The former HP property adds 17 acres
with four buildings and parking areas immediately adjoining the Linfield campus
.
EDMUND SHAW, LEADER IN AMERICAN BAPTIST AUDIOVISUAL MINISTRIES, DIES
dmund C. Shaw, former director of American Baptist Films and a leader in America
n Baptist audiovisual ministries for more than 35 years, died this week. He was
86.
haw began his work with the then Northern Baptist Convention in 1941 as a staff
member in the Department of Visual Aids. That department and its successor, Ame
rican Baptist Films, developed under his leadership to include a resource catalo
g of more than 200 American Baptist-oriented films and filmstrips and American B
aptist film libraries in Valley Forge and Oakland, Calif. He retired in 1977 as
director of American Baptist Films, which was a part of the Division of World M
ission Support.
haw previously had been a faculty member and administrator at American Baptist-r
elated Bacone College in Muskogee, Okla., and was long active in ministries with
Native Americans.
KENNETH LOSH, FORMER MISSIONARY IN THE PHILIPPINES, DIES
ord has been received of the death of the Rev. Kenneth P. Losh, former American
Baptist International Ministries missionary in the Philippines, on Dec. 29, 1998
in Claremont, Calif. He was 73.
osh was pastor of First Baptist Church in Anderson, Ind., when he and his wife,
Marie, accepted an American Baptist Foreign Mission Society appointment to the P
hilippines in 1957. They served there until their resignation in 1968. In the
Philippines Losh was pastor of the Central Baptist Church at Central Philippine
University in Iloilo City and shared responsibility with a Filipino associate a
s a chaplain for the students at the university. He also coordinated the studen
t Christian activities and taught Bible in the theological college.
n 1970 Losh was appointed minister of educational ministries for the American Ba
ptist Churches of the Pacific Southwest, a position he held until his resignatio
n in 1981 to accept a call to ministry in the United Methodist Church.
HARPER RESIGNS FROM NATIONAL MINISTRIES STAFF
O ACCEPT NEW POSITION
ose M. Harper, vice president of Financial Services for The American Baptist Ext
ension Corporation (ABEC), left that position Jan. 15 to accept a position super
vising the Institutional Tax Service Department for The Vanguard Group, Malvern,
Pa. Harper, a commissioned American Baptist home missionary, has served on Nat
ional Ministries staff for eight years.
uring her tenure Harper managed the repayment of loan funds totaling $44 million
, worked with ABECs field staff to provide loan counseling and process church l
oan requests, supervised the ABEC investment program and implemented the marketi
ng and promotion of the corporations financial services. Harper served on a Na
tional Ministries geographic ministry team supporting local churches in Mid-Amer
ica and the Dakotas.
EGOLF-FOX RESIGNS AS DIRECTOR OF MINISTERIAL LEADERSHIP COMMISSION
merican Baptist Educational Ministries Executive Director Dr. Jean B. Kim has an
nounced the resignation of the Rev. Brenda L. Egolf-Fox as acting executive dire
ctor of the American Baptist Ministerial Leadership Commission, effective Feb. 1
. Egolf-Fox has accepted a position as executive director of Habitat for Humani
ty of Montgomery County, Pa.
golf-Fox, co-pastor with her husband, the Rev. L. Kim Egolf-Fox, of Calvary Bapt
ist Church, Norristown, Pa., joined the Ministerial Leadership Commission in Aug
ust 1996. She replaced Dr. Craig Collemer, who resigned to join the pastoral te
am of an American Baptist church in Massachusetts. Among her responsibilities w
as staffing the 1996 and 1998 national Orientation to ABC Life conferences at th
e American Baptist Assembly, Green Lake, Wis.
he Ministerial Leadership Commission, which works to develop and support well-tr
ained leaders for all American Baptist congregations and related ministries, is
administratively related to Educational Ministries. A search process is underwa
y for the position of executive director.
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