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  Baptist pastor’s trial begins; Azerbaijanis claim intimidation

  A Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan, arrested in June on what his defenders say was a trumped-up charge, was scheduled to stand trial beginning Oct. 31.

  10/31/2008 - By Administrator

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  Wayland senior battles life-threatening infection to return to school

  Heather Dillard’s struggle with ulcerative colitis over the summer makes a simple walk on the campus of Wayland Baptist University seem like a miracle.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

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  Texas Tidbits

  A dinner for alumni and friends of Howard Payne University will be at 5 p.m., Nov. 10, in Room 100 of the Fort Worth Convention Center during the BGCT annual meeting.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

• Three evolution critics appointed to Texas curriculum-review panel

  Three of six members of a panel appointed to review proposed curriculum standards for Texas public-school science classes have criticized evolution.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

• Children at Heart launches program to benefit runaway, homeless youth

  Children at Heart Ministries has launched a new program called  SAFE—Shelter Alternatives and Family Empowermen– to help runaway and homeless youth in Williamson County.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

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  At 100 and 99, South Texas couple still committed to serving God

  Surviving a century is a rare accomplishment, but Catarino Romero and his wife of 78 years, Margarita, have done something far more significant than survive. They have thrived, living lives of service and significance.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

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  Poverty reduction demands a ‘bottom-up’ approach

  Christians must be moved by what moves God— concern for the poor, a South African pastor and social entrepreneur told a Baylor University conference on global poverty.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

• On the Move

  Blake Atwood to First Church in Georgetown as director of media and communications.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

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  Lottery privatization plan in Texas not dead yet, CLC chief predicts

  Even though it could be 2011 before the Texas Legislature reconsiders Gov. Rick Perry’s proposal to lease the lottery, Suzii Paynter of the Texas Christian Life Commission, sees the delay as a temporary reprieve.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

• Lottery lease proposals prompt warnings

  It isn’t clear whether the Illinois Senate will tackle a bill to lease the state’s lottery at a special session in November. But regardless of that legislation, it is only one of a dozen states contemplating such action.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

• IMB expands child-protection policy

  The Southern Baptist International Mission Board has extended its child-protection policy to request that short-term mission team participants go through a screening process.

  10/30/2008 - By admin

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  Empty Shoes represent lives lost to domestic violence

  The “Empty Shoes” display on exhibit at the Bettie and Robert Girling Center for Social Justice at Howard Payne University commemorates National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

  10/30/2008 - By admin