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  African-American scholarships, ministries benefit from missions offering-90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  African-American scholarships,
  ministries benefit from missions offering

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  MANSFIELD–In 2002, a group of Texas Baptist church leaders made an initial trip to minister in Nigeria with the help of funds from the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Bear track stars bring home Olympic gold_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Bear track stars bring home Olympic gold

  ATHENS, Greece–Jeremy Wariner, a junior at Baylor University, ran a personal best 44.0 to win the gold medal in the 400 meters and lead the United States to a sweep in the event at the Olympic Games.

  Americans Otis Harris and Derrick Brew completed the 1-2-3 finish in the race, with Harris coming in second at 44.16 and Brew taking third at 44.42.

  Wariner, from Grand Prairie, follows in the footsteps of former Baylor student and current 400-meter world record holder Michael Johnson.

  Baylor University's Jeremy Wariner wins the 400-meter race ahead of teammate Otis Harris, who won silver at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. (Newhouse News Service/Chris Faytok/The Star-Ledger Photo)

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Sexual purity movement marks 10th anniversary at Olympics_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Sexual purity movement marks 10th anniversary at Olympics

  By Chris Turner

  LifeWay Christian Resources

  ATHENS, Greece (BP)–The 10th anniversary of the True Love Waits sexual purity movement culminated in the shadow of one of the ancient world's most impressive ruins, once a site of hedonistic indulgence.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas WMU volunteers in Athens urge Olympic visitors to enter heavenly race_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Texas WMU volunteers in Athens urge
  Olympic visitors to enter heavenly race

  By Julie Carlson

  Baylor University

  ATHENS, Greece–Millions watched while some of the world's greatest athletes raced for Olympic medals. But three Texas women journeyed to Athens to talk to people about a different kind of race–the one the Apostle Paul described in the ninth chapter of the New Testament book of 1 Corinthians.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  On the Move_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  On the Move

  Ken Andress to First Church in Albany as interim pastor.

  Ivan Birch has resigned as pastor of Second Church in Ranger.

  Larry Carson to First Church in Ralls as pastor from Emmanuel Church in Hoensbroek, Netherlands.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Abilene counselors want playground time to be healing time for troubled children_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Abilene counselors want playground time
  to be healing time for troubled children

  By George Henson

  Staff Writer

  ABILENE–Counselors in Abilene are praying play time will become healing time for troubled children.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Americans hold complex views on religion, politics, poll shows_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Americans hold complex views on religion, politics, poll shows

  By Robert Marus

  ABP Washington Bureau

  WASHINGTON (ABP)–A new poll suggests American voters hold complex–and seemingly contradictory–views on religion and politics.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Cheney, Bush differ on same-sex marriage_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Cheney, Bush differ on same-sex marriage

  By Robert Marus

  ABP Washington Bureau

  WASHINGTON (ABP)–Vice President Dick Cheney surprised many of his and President Bush's most conservative supporters by publicly differing with the president on the issue of same-sex marriage.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Same-sex marriage bans hit obstacles_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Same-sex marriage bans hit obstacles

  By Robert Marus

  ABP Washington Bureau

  WASHINGTON (ABP)–An elections panel in Michigan and a state judge in Louisiana have presented obstacles to same-sex marriage bans in those states.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Stadiums become sacred space for some megachurches_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Stadiums become sacred space for some megachurches

  By Bob Smietana

  Religion News Service

  INGLEWOOD, Calif. (RNS)– Stop by a typical church on a weekday night, and you might find an Alcoholics Anonymous group or Boy Scout troop meeting there. At Faithful Central Bible Church, you just might find Madonna.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

• Texas Baptist Men serve in Florida after one storm, await arrival of another_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Texas Baptist Men serve in Florida
  after one storm, await arrival of another

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  BARTOW, Fla.–Long after the rain caused by Hurricane Charley stopped, Texas Baptist Men quietly continued meeting needs in the wake of the storm that blasted the Western Florida coast in mid-August. And they prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Frances.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge

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  Agency relies on churches to connect poor to state aid programs_90604

  Posted: 9/03/04

  Agency relies on churches to
  connect poor to state aid programs

  By Ferrell Foster

  Texas Baptist Communications

  AUSTIN–A Texas state agency has assigned a job to churches–help connect needy people to governmental assistance programs.

  09/03/2004 - By John Rutledge