Contains AUGUST Nurturing Faith Lessons HARDY CLEMONS talks about life after loss 38 JULY 2012 baptiststoday.org NEW Vision FITZ HILL BRINGS CHANGE TO COLLEGE, COMMUNITY | 4 Missional Formation Communities reconnect young adults | 32 ™ BIBLE STUDIES The wonder of for adults and youth 17 WAYNE WARD | AUGUST lessons inside 41 July 2012 42 Vol. 30, No. 7 baptiststoday.org John D. Pierce Executive Editor
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[email protected] Walker Knight, Publisher Emeritus Organizing the church around its purpose 15 Jim Somerville Jack U. Harwell, Editor Emeritus BOARD OF DIRECTORS Whitsitt Society continues mission Ministry couples find fulfillment Walter B. Shurden, Macon, Ga. (chairman) through news journal 31 Robert Cates, Rome, Ga. (vice chair) amid balancing act Jimmy R. Allen, Big Canoe, Ga. Loyd Allen Nannette Avery, Signal Mountain, Tenn. Kelly L. Belcher, Spartanburg, S.C. Thomas E. Boland, Alpharetta, Ga. Cover photo: By John Pierce. Arkansas Baptist IN THE NEWS Donald L. Brewer, Gainesville, Ga. College President O. Fitzgerald Hill is restoring Huey Bridgman, The Villages, Fla.