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• Calling to missions came as a whisper: 'India'

• Low-power Spanish radio station directed by Higher Power, pastor insists

• Baylor Faculty Senate gives 'no confidence' vote to university president for second time

• BGCT leaders hopeful, encouraged by early stages of revisioning process

• Direct missions involvement rises, baptisms fall, church data shows

• BGCT strategy committee named

• Not clear yet, but BGCT vision is emerging, consultant says

• Care for dying requires 'watchful medicine,' ethicist insists

• Lufkin's First Baptist celebrates with dozen congregations it helped start

• Greenville-based MercyMe named Dove Award artist of the year

• Hardin-Simmons students, faculty work in Piedras Negras children's home

• Promise Keepers plan Dallas 'fusion' event

• Family wants ministry to disabled children started in Romania

• Dallas church plans to rise from ashes and rebuild ministry

• God gave strength after Wedgwood shooting, pastor recalls

• Violent retribution should be unthinkable to Christians, pastor maintains

• Texas economy the big loser if slots OKed, professor says

• Bible drill contestants take Scripture into hearts and minds

• Volunteers help church building committees visualize their dreams, plans

• Society saturated with distorted images of sexuality, singles minister says

• Christians develop plans for center, memorial to victims of violent crime

• Restorative justice means more than prison ministry, victim advocates say

• Worldconnex is seeking short-term volunteers for Kenya, China schools

• On the Move

• Around the State

• Texas Tidbits

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• Moral shortsightedness common in business, research says

• Authentic Christian lives convince postmoderns gospel is true, pastor says

• Real interfaith dialogue demands honesty, understanding

• For Christians, the real question of suffering is 'how,' not 'why'

• Grocery executive, Laity Lodge president named Newport award recipient

• Creeds should clarify Christian living, not build barriers, speakers stress


• Proposed SBC resolution calls for withdrawal from public education

&#822 Freedoms form foundation for Baptist group

• Alliance condemns marriage amendment

• IMB to send out 200 more workers this year

• Baptist student ministries seeking contact with armed service academy new arrivals

• Long-time WMU leader, Alma Hunt, given Judson-Rice Award for leadership, integrity

• Baptist Briefs



• SURVIVOR: Mandy Biggs, 'Chemo Chick'

• Calling to missions came as a whisper: 'India'


• Church electioneering could cost tax exemption

• Short-term missions the 'in thing' for Christian students

• Incidents of anti-Muslim bias jump by 70 percent, group asserts

• Most Protestant ministers tell pollsters they like NIV above all other Bibles

• Debate about same-sex marriage continues across country

• Half of Americans believe giving time more important than donating money


• Texas Baptist Forum

• On the Move

• Around the State

• Classified Ads


• Editorial: Abu Ghraib pornography presents warning about power

• DOWN HOME: He got far more than he deserved

• Together: Needed Miraculous, compelling vision

• Another View: A new network for doing missions

• Cybercolumn by Berry D. Simpson: Circle bluff

• Texas Baptist Forum


• LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for May 23: Mature Christians should provide an example

• LifeWay Family Bible Series for May 23: A touch from God can heal broken relationships

• LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for May 30: Good citizenship should be a mark Christians

• LifeWay Family Bible Series for May 30: Contentious spirits can hurt the cause of Christ


See articles from previous issue 5/03/04 here.