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  Churches benefit in tough times from proper preparation in good times

  Good stewardship demands churches prepare for financial challenges, said Sharon Blood and Robert Orr in a resource produced by the San Antonio-based Baptist Credit Union.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Should churches see debt as burden or tool for expanding ministry?

  Increasingly, churches provide money-management seminars that offer participants advice on how to get out of debt and stay that way.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  Planners of a Bible museum in Washington, D.C., closed a $50 million deal on a building two blocks from the National Mall.

  08/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christian band builds a strong foundation

  As their group name reflects Ephesians 4:29, the Dove Award-winning band Building 429 desires to use music as a tool to reach students with the gospel.

  08/13/2012 - By Administrator

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  Teach your children

  A new kind of "school choice" agenda is gaining ground as more and more young adults—including Christians concerned about social justice—choose teaching in public schools over more-lucrative and less-challenging careers.

  08/04/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches aid students with food backpacks

  Before long, youngsters toting backpacks back and forth to school will be a common sight. But for about 40 students at Peck Elementary School in Greensboro, N.C., they will carry something more vital than just notebooks and pencils.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  New poll examines African-American, Hispanic views on U.S. social issues

  Compared to Hispanic Americans, black Americans are far more likely to believe abortion should be legal in most circumstances, even when they personally reject the procedure as immoral.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Singer/ songwriter learns to count her blessings

  During a season of life filled with many trials, singer/songwriter Laura Story also experienced great joys and unexpected blessings.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Study examines diverse beliefs of Asian-Americans

  The most comprehensive study of religion and Asian-Americans to date finds them less religious than most Americans, but also far more religiously diverse.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  The American Bible collects the texts Americans argue about

  Stephen Prothero's book, The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide and Define a Nation, collects speeches, songs, books, letters, laws and axioms that Americans appreciate enough to argue about.

  08/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest: Court upholds gun ban in church

  A federal appeals court has upheld Georgia's ban on bringing guns into places of worship. Jonathan Wilkins, a Baptist pastor, and a gun-rights group had argued church members should have the right to carry guns into worship services to protect the congregation.

  08/02/2012 - By Administrator

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  Shaw makes London home for sake of immigrants, Olympics

  Doug Shaw and with his wife, Marcy, have served as missionaries in Poland and London, and now he is Olympics volunteer coordinator for Southern Baptists.

  07/26/2012 - By Administrator