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  TBM disaster relief volunteers relocate to mining town

  After preparing more than 600 meals and cleaning mud from several homes in Loveland, Colo., Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers relocated to a previously isolated mining town northwest of Boulder.

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Southern Baptist leader says pope soft on sin

  Russell Moore says the pope’s latest interview in an Italian newspaper “is more than just confusing. It’s a theological wreck.”

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Multi-church building in NYC legacy of one immigrant couple

  A seven-story building to house Chinese Promise Baptist Church in New York City was financed largely by the life savings of pastor Samuel Wong and his wife Katty.

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Church budgets—choices that reveal ethics

  Church budgets are moral statements that reflect ethical priorities—and may be key indicators of a congregation’s passions.

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Chaplains on frontline in battle against military suicides

  For military personnel, the fight rages well beyond the battlefield, and chaplains are on the frontlines.

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Regional casinos prey on problem gamblers, study says

  Modern regional casinos use the lure of highly addictive computerized slot machines to prey on the weakness of low-income to middle-income patrons, according to a new study by experts in the behavioral, health and social sciences.

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baylor School of Social Work honors social justice trailblazers

  The School of Social Work at Baylor University recently recognized two daughters of the segregated South who served as forerunners for change and equality when they broke the color barrier at the Carver School of Missions and Social Work in Louisville, Ky., in 1955.

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Renewal weekends in Central Texas draw 800 participants

  More than 170 church renewal volunteers from throughout Texas and six other states led eight simultaneous Experiencing God discipleship and church renewal weekend events in Bell Baptist Association churches in early September.

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Beauty and the budget: a balancing act

  Maintaining a beautiful building for worship in addition to support of missions and ministries presents a continual budgeting challenge for churches. Is there money for both?

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: Johnson to NRB post

  Criswell College President Jerry Johnson has been named president and CEO of the National Religious Broadcasters, effective Nov. 1.

  10/03/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptists join peacemaking initiative in Kenya

  A Texas Baptist minister on faculty at a Catholic university in San Antonio recently participated in an international peacemaking initiative in western Kenya.

  10/02/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  DBU students gather for outdoor prayer event

  Students at Dallas Baptist University rose early Sept. 25 to join more than a million students across the nation for the annual See You at the Pole rally.

  10/02/2013 - By John Rutledge