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Posted: 10/3/03

Jakes' novel targets spiritual secrets

By Greg Garrison

Birmingham Post Herald

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (RNS) –Although he's an old-fashioned, pulpit-pounding preacher who frequently has to wipe the sweat from his brow, evangelist T.D. Jakes brings the biblical message into a modern context.

10/03/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 10/3/03

KEY CHURCHES:
Missions growth unlocked

By Toby Druin

Editor Emeritus

Since 1980, churches affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas have averaged more than 200 church starts a year–a total of 4,624 congregations in a convention that today has only slightly more than 4,300 churches (not counting the 1,400 missions).

10/03/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 10/3/03

Key Churches in Texas

10/03/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 10/3/03

Christian men urged to beware of falling into sexual sins

By Terri Lackey

LifeWay Christian Resources

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)–It should come as no surprise that Catholic priests aren't the only church leaders succumbing to sexual sins.

10/03/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 10/3/03

David Crowder and his band stay
true to their first love in Waco

By Leann Callaway

Special to the Standard

WACO–The son of an insurance broker, David Crowder planned to run the family business after graduation from Baylor University.

10/03/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 10/3/03

DBU trains students for the business of music

DALLAS–Most universities have business schools, and many have music schools. Dallas Baptist University has married the two disciplines into a unique new bachelor's degree in music business.

The degree prepares students for work in the commercial music industry. DBU is the only four-year school in the Metroplex to offer such a degree.

Professor Terry Fansler instructs Justin Brooks and Christine Hand on how to use studio equipment.

“I tell my students, music is the product, and business is the process used to drive that product,” said Terry Fansler, DBU director of studies in music business. “To be successful in the music industry, students must clearly understand both the product and the process. This degree offers both–and in the right proportions. A good portion of the courses are in music, but an even larger percentage are in business.”

10/03/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 10/3/03

On the Move

Mark Ashley has resigned as youth director at First Church in Hubbard.

Chad Barnett to First Church in Paint Rock as pastor from Avenue D Church in Brownwood.

Randy Bartley to Slide Church in Lubbock as pastor from First Church in Ralls.

10/03/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 10/3/03

A DOG, A GUN & A DAD:
Patterson's advice on boys

LAVACA, Ark. (BP)–The No. 1 problem in America today is a war against boys and the establishment of laws to prevent men from hunting and owning guns, Paige Patterson told a group of 1,300 men and boys at an Arkansas church.

Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, was keynote speaker at a Sportsman's Safari sponsored by First Baptist Church of Lavaca, Ark.

Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, speaks at a Sportsman's Safari event at First Baptist Church of Lavaca, Ark., where he told 1,300 people the greatest problem in America today is a war against boys and the establishment of laws to prevent men from hunting and owning guns. (Matthew Miller/SWBTS Photo)

The goal of the event was “to get guys to see the things at church that they're normally looking for in the woods on Sunday,” said Pastor Grant Ethridge.

10/03/2003 - By John Rutledge