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ALTERNATIVE Giving 4 Seeking a Less Crazy Christmas >> This is the December 2013 issue containing the January Bible Study Lessons Emmanuel McCall to receive 2014 Judson-Rice Award 6 baptiststoday.org ALTERNATIVE Giving 4 Seeking a less crazy Christmas FA TH™ BIBLE STUDIES for adults and youth 17 John D. Pierce Executive Editor [email protected] Benjamin L. McDade Executive Vice President [email protected] Julie Steele Chief Operations Officer [email protected] Jackie B. Riley Managing Editor [email protected] Tony W. Cartledge Contributing Editor [email protected] Bruce T. Gourley Online Editor [email protected] David Cassady Church Resources Editor NURTURING FAITH EXPERIENCE: ISRAEL [email protected] Page 6 Terri Byrd Contributing Writer PERSPECTIVES Vickie Frayne Art Director We are fragile 7 Jannie Lister John Pierce Customer Service Manager [email protected] Welcome to Watonga 15 Kimberly L. Hovis Elizabeth Evans Hagan Marketing Associate [email protected] Check your congregational aroma 37 Lex Horton Bill Wilson Nurturing Faith Resources Manager [email protected] 38 IN THE NEWS Walker Knight, Publisher Emeritus Responsible Freedom Jack U. Harwell, Editor Emeritus Supreme Court affirms monks’ rights Founding editor, current DIRECTORS EMERITI to sell caskets 10 editor discuss the mission Thomas H. Boland R. Kirby Godsey Sistine Chapel pollution may lead of Baptists Today Mary Etta Sanders to fewer visitors 10 Winnie V. Williams Religion not main motivator for FEATURES BOARD OF DIRECTORS home-schooling families 11 Donald L. Brewer, Gainesville, Ga. (chairman) Hollywood looks to the Bible for screen- Cathy Turner, Clemson, S.C. (vice chair) Hispanic ‘nones’ growing play potential 41 Nannette Avery, Signal Mountain, Tenn. 11 Mary Jane Cardwell, Waycross, Ga. C. S. Lewis’ legacy shines in U.S., not in Jack Causey, Statesville, N.C. Church giving reaches Depression-era lows 12 Anthony D. Clevenger, Pensacola, Fla. his homeland 42 James M. Dunn, Winston-Salem, N.C. Falwell’s legacy: Liberty University Jack Glasgow, Zebulon, N.C. keeps growing 13 Frank Granger, Athens, Ga. Cynthia Holmes, St. Louis, Mo. Conservative Judaism turns 100, David Hull, Huntsville, Ala. Fisher Humphreys, Birmingham, Ala. seeks to hold middle ground 30 Andrew McGill, Chattanooga, Tenn. William T. Neal, Stone Mountain, Ga. Loss of biblical literacy impacts preaching 36 Roger Paynter, Austin, Texas Kathy B. Richardson, Rome, Ga. Church news outlets struggle to keep Charles Schaible, Macon, Ga. editorial independence 43 Macon Sheppard, Clemson, S.C. Walter B. Shurden, Macon, Ga. Jim Strawn, Dunwoody, Ga. Leo Thorne, Valley Forge, Pa. DIG DEEPER: What will your class study Sarah Timmerman, Cairo, Ga. next year? 32 David Turner, Richmond, Va. Tom Waller, Alpharetta, Ga. Clem White, St. Petersburg, Fla. Vickie Willis, Murfreesboro, TN Cover photo by John Pierce. Many Christians are changing their buy- Cynthia Wise, Birmingham, Ala. ing habits and seeking more meaningful ways to celebrate Christmas. Donna Wood, Macon, Ga. Story on page 4 READERS SERVICES Mission Statement Baptists Today serves churches by providing a reliable source of unrestricted news coverage, thoughtful analysis, helpful resources and inspiring features focusing on issues of importance to Baptist Christians. Advertising in combination Individual and Gift Subscriptions Baptists Today, P.O. Box 6318, Macon, GA 31208-6318 Group or Bulk Subscriptions pd. by single check or credit card Bulk sent to single address Single Issues Baptists Today, P.O. Box 6318, Macon, GA 31208-6318 Tax-deductible Gifts Baptists Today, P.O. Box 6318, Macon, GA 31208-6318 [email protected] organization. Letters to the Editor Writing Submissions Contact Information Baptists Today, P.O. Box 6318, Macon, GA 31208-6318 Baptists Today (ISSN 1072-7787) is published monthly by: Baptists Today Periodical postage paid at Macon, Ga. 31208 and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address corrections to: Baptists TodayAll rights reserved. Executive Editor Alternative Giving Seeking a less crazy Christmas A hippopotamus for Christmas? No, but perhaps a water buffalo. That’s the kind of alternative Christmas giving some people are doing to combat the growing commercialization and frenzy of the season. ather than putting fancy wrapping and ribbon around a sweater for a friend or R relative whose closets are overflowing, a charitable gift in that person’s name might be considered a better way to honor God’s gift of the Christ child. Heifer International, like other charities, makes such alternative giving possible. For $250, a water buffalo is provided to a family in need as a source of both milk and labor. Or a $25 gift is combined with nine others to deliver the animal. A llama ($150), a sheep ($120), a pig Shaun King, the new pastor of Johns success if a family at least paused to consider ($120), a camel ($850) or a hive of honey- Creek Baptist Church in the Atlanta area, said a simpler, more redemptive way to enter and bees ($30) may also show up on this unusual his previous congregation, College Park Baptist engage the story of our Lord’s birth. What Christmas gift list. Church in Orlando, participated in Advent moved us was that families did far more than The range of charitable giving opportuni- Conspiracy (adventconspiracy.org) for two consider a different way; they seized it.” ties in honor of a friend or family member is years in a row. Through social media, church families wide — including local and global mission “It was more of a movement than a pro- shared their creative ideas. causes as well as non-profit groups that build gram,” he said. “We started in October, when “Perhaps the most exciting element was homes for the poor or provide mosquito nets Christmas marketing began to appear in the our decision to leverage the energy of the to combat malaria. malls. We began provoking the imagination movement for greater generosity toward the Alternative Christmas giving is as unique toward another way of entering the story of CBF Global Missions Offering,” he said. “We as the individuals and families who seek new Christmas.” encouraged families to purchase ‘one less gift,’ ways to celebrate the season together. He described the approach as “counter- and to instead redirect the money normally cultural,” even “subversive” in moving against spent toward our common (mission) goal.” MERRY ADVENT “the tide of overconsumption and indulgence.” PREACHING, PRACTICING The cultural capturing of Christmas has many Each of the four Sundays of Advent focused on Christians finding greater spiritual significance one of the themes: Worship Fully, Spend Less, “I routinely preach on the way we have turned in the Advent season as a way of preparing Give More, and Love all. upside down God’s values revealed through for the coming of Christ — and resisting the “Our aim was to take a congregational the Incarnation with our Christmas practices,” onslaught of commercials, social expectations breath and at the very least enter into the sea- said David Stratton, pastor of Woodhaven and half-price sales. son deliberately,” he said. “We considered it a Baptist Church in Apex, N.C. 4 In his Christmas Eve sermon last year, S.C., is well known for its annual Alternative he reminded his congregation that the gift of Gift Fair. Ellen Sechrest, minister of spiritual Jesus has far more significance than the many formation and missions, said the idea arose fol- trappings of the popular holiday season. lowing the Companions in Christ study, when “I’m continually concerned that the radi- participants “felt the nudging of the Holy cal nature of the love that God expressed at Spirit to do something meaningful for the Christmas gets buried under layers of sappy holiday season, and for others.” holiday sentimentality and materialistic She said it is an enjoyable and helpful way excesses,” he said in the sermon. “The event to refocus on the heart of Christmas. that we are celebrating is worthy of a huge “The beauty of the Alternative Gift Fair is celebration. But I am concerned that our cele- that it has become a tradition for many in the brations preserve virtually nothing of the spirit community as well,” she said. “Our event is of the first Christmas.” open to anyone and everyone. Those that work In order to better practice what he the event have worked it since it began because preaches, Stratton and his wife, Terri, also of the joy it brings to others, the church, and a minister, curbed and refocused their own ourselves.” approach to gift giving. They exchange gifts Rather than taking away from giving to with each other on Valentine’s Day. For and through the church, the gift fair enhances Christmas, they give what they would have it, she said. spent on each other to a charity such as CBF “It has been a real blessing for the people Global Missions, Malaria No More or a local who receive our donations, the people whose food bank. items we sell, and the person receiving these They give a few stocking stuffers to their thoughtful gifts,” she said. “So if you are in your specialty, whether music, art or sports. grown children along with cash gifts. the area Dec. 7-8, stop by and let us sell you Creatively chronicle your family history to “We tell them they can spend the money a goat, or maybe purchase lunch for a class at be passed along to the next generation — any way they see fit,” he said. “However, we the Ruth School (in Romania), or buy beans or two. suggest in a card that, in light of the lessons of and rice for a family in Honduras, or be part of And what is more personal and valued the first Christmas, they might consider giving a a project for Global Women. There are lots of than the giving of time? Some people, espe- portion to some charity that helps the needy.” great ideas for your Christmas list.” cially younger persons with limited financial resources, will give handmade coupons to be FAIR TRADE PERSONAL TOUCHES redeemed in the coming year.
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