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BT April11 Nat V4:2011 Baptists Today 3/15/11 4:19 PM Page 1 BT_April11_Nat_v4:2011 Baptists Today 3/15/11 4:19 PM Page 1 APRIL 2011 | Vol. 29, No. 4 | baptiststoday.org Uniting a collective Christian voice A CONVERSATION WITH David Beckmann of BREAD FOR THE WORLD page 4 The state of religion according to Google page 13 JOSEPH LOWERY: ‘OUR WORK IS NEVER DONE’ page 26 BT_April11_Nat_v4:2011 Baptists Today 3/15/11 4:19 PM Page 2 BT_April11_Nat_v4:2011 Baptists Today 3/15/11 4:19 PM Page 3 John D. Pierce BAPTISTS TODAY APRIL 2011 | Vol. 29 No. 4 Executive Editor [email protected] Jackie B. Riley “To serve churches by providing a reliable source of unrestricted news coverage, thoughtful analysis, Managing Editor helpful resources and inspiring features focusing on issues of importance to Baptist Christians.” [email protected] Julie Steele Chief Operations Officer [email protected] PERSPECTIVES Tony W. Cartledge Contributing Editor > A better way than escalating the politics of marriage ..............9 [email protected] By John Pierce Bruce T. Gourley An autonomous national Online Editor [email protected] > Godsey’s new book focused on moral quality ........................14 Baptist news journal By Fisher Humphreys Vickie Frayne Art Director Jannie Lister Constructive approaches Office Assistant IN THE NEWS Bob Freeman, Kim Hovis to calling a minister > National debt new hot issue for evangelicals..........................12 Marketing/Development Associates By Jack Causey Walker Knight Jack U. Harwell Publisher Emeritus Editor Emeritus > The state of religion according to Google ..............................13 10 Board of Directors By Bruce Gourley Gary F. Eubanks, Marietta, Ga. (chairman) Kelly L. Belcher, Spartanburg, S.C. > Georgia pastor Bill Self announces succession ......................23 (vice chair) Reflections on the first plan to congregation Z. Allen Abbott, Peachtree City, Ga. CBF General Assembly Jimmy R. Allen, Big Canoe, Ga. By John Pierce Nannette Avery, Signal Mountain, Tenn. By John Finley Thomas E. Boland, Alpharetta, Ga. Huey Bridgman, Columbus, Ga. > In memoriam: Peter Gomes, Harvard minister; ......................24 16 Mary Jane Cardwell, Waycross, Ga. Evelyn Stagg, trailblazer for Southern Baptist women; Robert Cates, Rome, Ga. Oeita Bottorff, key organizer of CBF Jack Causey, Statesville, N.C. Anthony D. Clevenger, Pensacola, Fla. Kenny Crump, Ruston, La. > Rumblings of gay acceptance on evangelical campuses ......25 David Currie, San Angelo, Texas James M. Dunn, Winston-Salem, N.C. > Blacks bristle at notion of ‘slave of Christ’ ..............................27 R. Kirby Godsey, Macon, Ga. Ben Gross, Chattanooga, Tenn. Leslie D. Hill, Lexington, Ky. > Global Baptists observe International ....................................30 Michael M. Massar, Tyler, Texas Women’s Day for 100th time J. Thomas McAfee, Macon, Ga. Michael G. Queen, Wilmington, N.C. Lee Royal, Greensboro, N.C. > LifeWay backs off warning label on some books ....................38 Mary Etta Sanders, Dalton, Ga. Charles Schaible, Macon, Ga. Macon Sheppard, Folly Beach, S.C. > Living Leviticus: Isn’t just reading it hard enough? ................38 Walter B. Shurden, Macon, Ga. Charlotte Cook Smith, Raleigh, N.C. > Expanded, newly designed Baptists Today ............................39 College presidents talk David M. Smith, Houston, Texas coming in June Leo Thorne, Valley Forge, Pa. Sarah Timmerman, Cairo, Ga. about the state of higher David Turner, Richmond, Va. education: Part two Clement H. White, St. Petersburg, Fla. FEATURES Winnie V. Williams, Seneca, S.C. By John Pierce > Reflections from civil rights leader Joseph Lowery ................26 Baptists Today (ISSN 1072-7787) 32 is published monthly by: Baptists Today > Baptists and the Civil War: April 1861......................................31 P.O. Box 6318 By Bruce Gourley Cover photo by Laura Macon, GA 31208-6318 Elizabeth Pohl. Subscription rates: Bread for the World president 1 year, $20 2 years, $35 > More Baptist women in N.C. serving well in pastoral roles....36 1 year groups of 25 or more, $18 By Tony W. Cartledge David Beckmann believes God 1 year groups of less than 25, $20 is calling Christians to change 1 year Canada, $35 the politics of hunger and 1 year foreign, $50 poverty. Story on page 4 Periodical postage paid at Macon, Ga. 31208 and additional mailing offices IN EVERY ISSUE POSTMASTER: Send address corrections to: Quotation Remarks 8 In the Know 22 Baptists Today P.O. Box 6318 Editorial 9 Classifieds 23 Macon, GA 31208-6318 (478) 301-5655 Media Shelf 14 Lighter Side 28 1-877-752-5658 www.baptiststoday.org Readers’ Responses 18 Reblog 29 © 2011 Baptists Today. All rights reserved. Bible Studies 19 April 2011 • Baptists Today | 3 BT_April11_Nat_v4:2011 Baptists Today 3/15/11 4:19 PM Page 4 FEATURE BY JOHN PIERCE A conversation with A collective David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World Christian voice BT: First, congratulations on winning DB: That’s a great question — and a funny world have recognized hunger and poverty as the 2010 World Food Prize. In what one too. Bread for the World is a collective inseparable for some time now. Despite ways will that award assist the efforts Christian voice urging our nation’s decision decades of progress, a sudden spike in global of Bread for the World? makers to end hunger at home and abroad. food prices in 2007-2008 and the onset of a We are an advocacy organization, not a worldwide economic downturn plunged mil- DB: Well, thank you. The World Food Prize charity and definitely not a global bakery. We lions of families back into hunger and poverty. was a great reward for Bread for the World know that any effort to alleviate hunger is In 2010, an estimated 925 million people were members because it recognized all that they — commendable and helpful, but if we are seri- suffering from chronic hunger. along with churches across the country — ous about ending hunger, our efforts must In the United States, hunger is certainly have done to get our government to help end include getting govern- not caused by a scarcity of food. There is more hunger in our country and around the world. ment to do its part. than enough food to feed everyone, and unlike U.S. funding for poverty-focused development That’s what differentiates many developing nations, we have the infra- assistance has tripled over the last decade; Bread for the World from structure in place to deliver it. nutrition programs for hungry people in this other nonprofits. There is a network of interstate highways country have more than doubled. and a trucking industry ready to move moun- This would not have happened without BT: Many may tains of food daily wherever it needs to go. the advocacy of members and local congrega- assume that world And the supermarket shelves are stocked to the tions of Bread for the World. I hope the World hunger is a simple David Beckmann ceiling. But none of this matters if customers Food Prize will encourage more people to get math problem: the have no money to spend on the food that is involved in changing the politics of hunger. result of too little food and too many available. Again, poverty plays a major role. people. But what are the real causes? BT: Just by its name, Bread for the BT: You sound very hopeful about World might cause the unfamiliar to DB: Quite simply, hunger is sure to exist addressing these causes and seeing think you run a global relief effort or wherever poverty exists, anywhere in the significant progress in the near future. perhaps even an expansive baking world. This is not surprising. What can realistically happen? And company. What exactly is the mission The indicators are slightly different for what is the basis of your optimism and of Bread? each region, but governments around the hope? 4 | Baptists Today • April 2011 BT_April11_Nat_v4:2011 Baptists Today 3/15/11 4:19 PM Page 5 FEATURE Bread for the World is a collective Christian Young Baptist leader finds voice urging our nation’s decision makers to end ‘million hunger at home and abroad. reasons’ DB: In the United States, the fastest, most direct way to reduce hunger is through nutri- to fight hunger tion programs. People of faith may differ on various aspects of the tax package that Congress passed in December 2010, but the extension of tax credits for working poor fami- lies that was included will keep more than 1 million children out of poverty this year and provide billions of dollars in assistance to Photo by Laura Elizabeth Pohl. low-income working families. Unfortunately, the House of Represen- fter graduating from “Pick one. There are a million rea- tatives recently voted to cut spending on key Samford University with a sons I could choose to work for programs such as the Special Supplemental A degree in journalism and Bread. Really, it was a perfect fit for Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and mass communications, Luke Walker me because it merged my commu- Children (WIC) and emergency food aid. As wanted to travel for a couple of nications and PR background with long as these programs are on the chopping years and do something meaningful experiences in lobbying, outreach block, we must keep urging lawmakers not to while deciding on a career path to and advocacy — all for the common balance the budget on the backs of their most pursue. In his travels to 11 coun- goal of fighting hunger.” vulnerable constituents. tries, the young Baptist leader saw Walker feels strongly about fix- Globally, Bread for the World has been hunger right in front of him. ing the systemic problem of hunger advocating for improvements in U.S. foreign So he chose to continue with through legislation and actually get- assistance to make it more effective in reducing work that is meaningful and helps ting to the root of the issue to help hunger and poverty.
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