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  Former Latin Kings gang member now serves the King of Kings

  For Aaron Valenzuela, 21, life was ruled by the thrill of gang life, running the streets and abusing drugs until he found redemption and a new life in Christ.

  09/11/2008 - By Administrator

• Texas Baptists move into action as Ike aims for Texas coast

  As Hurricane Ike takes aim at the Texas coast, Texas Baptists have begun mobilizing to meet the needs of people who may evacuate South Texas.

  09/10/2008 - By Administrator

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  FAITH DIGEST: Digital conservation of Dead Sea Scrolls started

  Sixty years after their discovery, Israeli authorities have begun the process of conserving the Dead Sea Scrolls through digital technology.

  09/09/2008 - By Administrator

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  Right or rite: Do Christian citizens have a duty to vote?

  There is a debate in some religious circles about whether voting in secular elections is a duty for Christians.

  09/09/2008 - By Administrator

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  Librarian’s love for books becomes mission focus

  This summer, mission plans at First Baptist Church in Tyler were guided by a Starr. Sarah Starr, school librarian and former church librarian, led the church to become involved with a literacy program in the Rio Grande Valley.

  09/08/2008 - By Administrator

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  Former WMU leader Dellanna O’Brien dies at 75

  Dellanna West O’Brien, who led the Southern Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union through some of its most trying times, died Sept. 7 at age 75.

  09/08/2008 - By Administrator

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  Fiesta unites churches to meet community needs

  More than 100 volunteers from Templo Bautista of South Houston, First Baptist Church of South Houston, Fellowship Church of Houston and Buckner Children & Family Services of Houston sponsored a back-to-school fiesta for elementary age students in South Houston.

  09/04/2008 - By Administrator

• Texas volunteers serve 2,000 refugees in Gori

  Families displaced by fighting in the Black Sea Republic of Georgia are expressing profound gratitude for a feeding ministry Texas Baptist relief workers are conducting in Gori.

  09/03/2008 - By Administrator

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  Memory boxes preserve family histories of AIDS orphans

  Children’s Emergency Relief International hopes to heal the memories of many South African children over the next three years through its Sinomlando/Memory Box Project partnership, based in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

  09/03/2008 - By Administrator

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  Bawcom to step down as UMHB president

  Jerry Bawcom has announced plans to step down as president of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor at the end of this school year.

  09/02/2008 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptist Men feed evacuees; BCFS shelters people with special needs

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers are feeding thousands of people who fled the Gulf Coast in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav, and Baptist Child & Family Services is providing shelter for evacuees with special needs.

  09/01/2008 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptist ministries gear up for Hurricane Gustav

  As Gulf Coast residents prepared for the onslaught of Hurricane Gustav, Texas Baptists geared up for ministry.

  08/30/2008 - By Administrator