July 2013 Vol. 31, No. 7 baptiststoday.org John D. Pierce Executive Editor editor@baptiststoday.org Benjamin L. McDade Executive Vice President ben@baptiststoday.org Julie Steele Chief Operations Officer jsteele@baptiststoday.org
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Jackie B. Riley Managing Editor jackie@baptiststoday.org Tony W. Cartledge Contributing Editor cartledge@baptiststoday.org Bruce T. Gourley Online Editor gourley@baptiststoday.org David Cassady Church Resources Editor david@thefaithlab.com Terri Byrd Contributing Writer Vickie Frayne Art Director Jannie Lister Customer Service Manager jannie@baptiststoday.org Kimberly L. Hovis Marketing Associate kim@baptiststoday.org Lex Horton Nurturing Faith Resources Manager lex@nurturingfaith.net Walker Knight, Publisher Emeritus Jack U. Harwell, Editor Emeritus BOARD OF DIRECTORS Walter B. Shurden, Macon, Ga. (chairman) Robert Cates, Rome, Ga. (vice chair) Nannette Avery, Signal Mountain, Tenn. Kelly L. Belcher, Asheville, N.C. Donald L. Brewer, Gainesville, Ga. Huey Bridgman, The Villages, Fla. Mary Jane Cardwell, Waycross, Ga. Jack Causey, Statesville, N.C. Anthony D. Clevenger, Pensacola, Fla. Kenny Crump, Ruston, La. James M. Dunn, Winston-Salem, N.C. Jack Glasgow, Zebulon, N.C. Frank Granger, Athens, Ga. Ben Gross, Chattanooga, Tenn. Leslie D. Hill, Lexington, Ky. Cynthia Holmes, St. Louis, Mo. Fisher Humphreys, Birmingham, Ala. Michael M. Massar, Baton Rouge, La. William T. Neal, Stone Mountain, Ga. Roger Paynter, Austin, Texas Kathy B. Richardson, Rome, Ga. Lee Royal, Greensboro, N.C. Charles Schaible, Macon, Ga. Macon Sheppard, Clemson, S.C. Charlotte Cook Smith, Winston-Salem, N.C. Leo Thorne, Valley Forge, Pa. Cathy Turner, Clemson, S.C. David Turner, Richmond, Va. Tom Waller, Alpharetta, Ga. Vickie Willis, Murfreesboro, TN Cynthia Wise, Birmingham, Ala.
Alabama church benefits from couple’s decades of dedication PERSPECTIVES Will we leave an embarrassing legacy? 7 by John Pierce Old man Jesus 12 by Marion Aldridge Did the founders support church-state separation? 13 by David M. Stratton Congregations benefit from young ministers’ training 33 by Mike Queen
FEATURE Campbell students, friends reflect on pilgrimage experiences 42
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IN THE NEWS World War II experiences led veterans to church 9 SBC task force seeks unity amid Calvinism concerns 10 Theologian John Franke to lead Yellowstone Theological Seminary 10
PARTNERSHIP PERSPECTIVES
Survey: Acceptance of gays varies by nation 11 Piper’s tornado tweets stir up a theological debate 11 Myron Madden shaped counseling, chaplaincy among Baptists 16
Cover photo by John Pierce. Historian Pamela Smoot, who teaches at Southern Illinois University and serves as vice president of the Baptist History & Heritage Society, visiting the American Civil War Center in Richmond as part of a May conference on racial reconciliation. page 4
Quotation Remarks
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Editorial
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Media
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Classifieds
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In the Know
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Baptists and the Civil War
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Reblog
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Lighter Side
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