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Vision—not just geography—unite associations of churches
Posted: 4/03/08
Vision—not just geography
—unite associations of churchesBy George Henson
Staff Writer
FORT WORTH—Want to know what an association looks like? Don’t use a still camera, because the image and functions are constantly changing as associations try to be what the churches they serve need them to be, said Tarrant Baptist Association Director of Missions Tom Law. And to fit all the churches into the same window will take a wide-angle lens—a very wide-angle lens.
“I think the association we have been familiar with is going to change drastically over the next few years,” Law said.
What is the association of the 21st century going to look like? 04/03/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Should Christians use violent video games to lure teens to church?
Posted: 3/14/08
The game Halo 3 has some religious thematic elements, namely the good-versus-evil plot and the role of Master Chief. That’s why some say it can be a valuable tool in relating to non-Christians. Should Christians use violent
video games to lure teens to church?By Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
NEW YORK (ABP)—What do warthogs, pelicans, energy swords and Spartan lasers have in common? And how do they relate to John 1:17?
They’re all part of a video game called Halo 3, the top-selling video game of 2007 that pre-sold more than 1 million copies two months before it even hit stores. In the first two weeks after its release, Halo 3—the third installment of Microsoft’s first-person shooter game—made more than $300 million in sales.
04/02/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Lubbock teen, 69-year-old woman connected through service
Posted: 4/02/08
Alexis Vasquez, 13, works outside the home of Antonia Ocón during her spring break. Vasquez said she discovered her love of service through Buckner. (Photos by Analiz Gonzalez/Buckner) Lubbock teen, 69-year-old
woman connected through serviceBy Analiz González
Buckner International
VADO, N.M.—Antonia Ocón’s living room has a foot-wide hole in it. Spider webs cling to the room’s corners. The floor would break if anyone jumped. And the windows are peep holes covered by plastic.
“I spent my life picking chile, planting onions and gathering herbs for a living,” she said, stretching out sand-paper-rough hands as proof. “It was enough to help feed 10 children, but the sun gave me cancer.”
Antonia Ocón sits in a room in her home in Valdo, New Mexico. Ocón said she's suffered from skin cancer and is very grateful for the help the Buckner children are offering. 04/02/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Chaplain uses cookies to bring ‘home sweet home’ to troops in Iraq
Posted: 4/01/08
Chaplain uses cookies to bring
‘home sweet home’ to troops in IraqBy John Hall
Texas Baptist Communications
BAGHDAD—For military personnel serving in Iraq, there’s no place like home—even just a taste of it.
Soldiers find comfort in a coffee house run by Kari Maschhoff, a Baptist General Convention of Texas-endorsed chaplain. And they particularly like the homemade cookies they find there.
Soldiers find comfort—and homemade cookies—at a coffee house in Iraq run by Kari Maschhoff, a Baptist General Convention of Texas-endorsed chaplain. 04/01/2008 - By John Rutledge
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TCU students focus on giving during spring break
Posted: 3/20/08
Texas Christian University Baptist Student Ministries students Alex Pierce, Tracie Chambers, Valerie Hannon and Richard Thomas prepare hundreds of pounds of vegetables for the Meals on Wheels program in Houston. • See Complete Spring Break Ministry Coverage Here TCU students focus on
giving during spring breakHOUSTON—While many college students went looking for what they can get during spring break, a group of Texas Christian University Baptist Student Ministries students looked to give.
TCU student Alex Pierce. The team of four invested their time in ministry projects and in people throughout the Houston area.
They worked with several groups that helped to provide food to hungry residents. At the End Hunger Network, they prepared hundreds of pounds of vegetables used by Meals on Wheels and other food-assistance programs.
At the Gano Street Baptist Mission Center, they stocked the food pantry and bagged and distributed food to many needy families. They also spent afternoons working with the teen and pre-teen ministries at Gano Street.
03/28/2008 - By John Rutledge
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Texas State students minister in Mexico
Posted: 3/20/08
Students work to repair the driveway at Matamoros Children’s Home in Matamoros, Mexico. Texas State students minister in Mexico
By Josh Morgan
Texas State University
MATAMOROS, Mexico—Each spring break, the border towns of Mexico are flooded with American students searching for a week of freedom.
This year, a group from Texas visited Matamoros to share a different type of freedom.
A Texas State University student hugs a child at the Matamoros Children’s Home in Mexico.
• Watch Video Reports From Spring Break Ministry• See Complete Spring Break Ministry Coverage Here A 21-member team from Texas State University stayed at the Matamoros Children’s Home, where they ministered to the 150 children and also took part in maintenance of the home, including extending the driveway.
The team also provided an afternoon children’s outreach for a church and its surrounding neighborhood 45 minutes away from the home.
03/28/2008 - By John Rutledge
