John Loudat

TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. (BP)–First Baptist Church, Truth or Consequences, N.M., wasted no time offering its assistance after its community was rocked by massive explosions the evening of Jan. 7 that damaged the church’s facilities. Soon after a propane tank exploded at a gas company in the southwestern New Mexico community of about 6,500 people, […]

GALLUP, N.M. (BP)–New Mexico Baptists celebrated being “Partners on Mission with God” during the 88th annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, while designating the Bible and support of the Cooperative Program as key criteria for seating messengers from local churches at state convention meetings. The Oct. 23-25 meeting, attended by 272 messengers, […]

WAGONER, Okla. (BP)–Horace Burns, a former editor of the Baptist New Mexican newsjournal and former Southern Baptist missionary, died Aug. 8 at the age of 85. Burns, who was residing with his wife, Elizabeth, in Wagoner, Okla., underwent gall bladder surgery Aug. 7. Family members and friends reported that while the surgery appeared to go […]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (BP)–The Cooperative Program and the Bible will be the criteria used to determine New Mexico Baptist churches’ eligibility for seating messengers at annual meetings of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, if BCNM messengers approve a recommendation of the BCNM executive board. Meeting July 17-18 at the Baptist Building in Albuquerque, executive board […]

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (BP)–The Baptist Convention of New Mexico continues to receive money from across the nation that will be used to assist churches in fire disaster areas in the state to minister to victims in coming months. As of June 7, $26,526.44 had been received from individuals, churches and another state convention. The Missouri […]

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (BP)–Southern Baptist Disaster Relief efforts in northern New Mexico are expected to wrap up this weekend, according to Fred Kinsey, the North American Mission Board’s on-sight coordinator. Kinsey reported May 25 that the child-care unit operated by volunteers from the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma was expected to continue serving at the […]

SANTA FE, N.M. (BP)–Two emergency child care units have joined Baptist disaster relief units in northern New Mexico assisting victims of the recent Cerro Grande Fire. One of the emergency child-care units is operated by Texas Baptist Men of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the other by men’s ministries of the Baptist General […]

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–A disaster relief unit operated by Texas Baptist Men prepared more than 9,000 meals during its first four days of operation in fire-ravaged New Mexico. Jered Sellers, the “blue cap” (unit commander) of TBM’s Top of Texas unit based in Plains, Texas, said meals were prepared both for firefighters and evacuees of two […]

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (BP)–It’s one thing when it’s a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. It’s something entirely different when it’s a real civil emergency. And there’s nothing quite like it when you and your family are personally involved. “You get a really sick feeling in your stomach,” said David Sims, only hours after leaving […]

GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–What began as the end of another “hard day at the office” for a New Mexico pastor turned out to be one of the most memorable, exhausting and traumatic weeks of his life. Chuck McCullough, pastor of White Rock Baptist Church, Los Alamos, finally found a few minutes to talk from his temporary […]