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The Baptist Standard | The Texas Baptist Newsjournal
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Thursday, August 07, 2008
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Celebrity Christians: Are their ups and downs more significant than ours?What is it about high-profile Christians that leads some believers to accord them celebrity status—and what is it about their missteps that rivets the attention of their less-public fellow believers? 
China pastor & wife forced from home, living on streetsA leader among China’s unregistered house churches and his wife have been forced from their home and hounded from shelter to shelter by Chinese authorities since July 6, according to the human rights group China Aid Association. 
World Changers come to Dallas, improve 21 homesArmed with hammers, nail guns, paintbrushes, ladders and shingles, 260 students from across the United States went to Dallas as part of World Changers to improve low-income neighborhoods and share the hope of Christ with residents. 
La Roca Fellowship makes impact on families in Buda areaPastor Luciano Castillo of La Roca Fellowship in Buda baptizes Linda Sanchez, a new follower of Christ, in the San Marcos River. She was one of four new Christians baptized that day. (Photo courtesy of Luciano Castillo)
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Dorothy “Dot” Sherman, wife of Dr. Cecil Sherman, the founding coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, passed away Aug. 1 in Richmond, Va., following a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 90.
