wfn.org | ABCUSA: Frame is Templeton Foundation 'Power of Purpose' Essay Winner

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American Baptist News Service (Valley Forge, Pa. 9/22/04)--Randall L. 
Frame, National Ministries' acquisitions editor for Judson Press, was one 
of four third-place winners in this year's Templeton Foundation Power of 
Purpose essay competition. The recognition includes an award of $25,000.

The Templeton competition focuses on "the question of purpose, and its 
powerful effect on our lives, our families, our nations, and our world." 
Frame's essay, "Fixing Haiti," drew upon his personal experience during a 
week-long visit to the country in the mid-1990s.  It was among the top nine 
essays to be recognized from some 7,300 entries from all 50 U.S. states and 
97 countries.

"We are, of course, very proud of Randy and glad for the recognition this 
brings to him and to us," said Laura Alden, National Ministries' associate 
executive director for Communications and Publishing. "Randy brings a 
missionary purpose to all of his work. This essay simply and beautifully 
expresses his focus and feelings. In particular, he reflects on how God 
achieves God's purpose in our lives -- and in the lives of others -- even 
when we think we are accomplishing it by ourselves."

Those interested in reading Frame's essay may access it at 
www.powerofpurpose.org.

Frame plans to donate a portion of the award to International Ministries in 
appreciation to Herb Rogers, an IM missionary serving in Haiti, for reading 
the essay. He also will make donations to his home church and to National 
Ministries, Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Eastern University.

Judges for the Power of Purpose essay competition were Nancy Brinker, 
founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; Paul Davies, 
professor of Natural Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; 
Hugh Delehanty, editor-in-chief of AARP Publications; Rick Warren, pastor 
and author of The Purpose Driven Life; and Marian Wright Edelman, founder 
and president of the Children's Defense Fund.

Frame joined Educational Ministries/Judson Press staff in 1997 and National 
Ministries' staff in 2003. He previously had worked in the communications 
office of Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa.

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