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  Around the State: Breckenridge Village marks 15th year

  Breckenridge Village of Tyler, part of the ministry of Baptist Child & Family Services, is celebrating its 15th anniversary.

  08/09/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: 50th for ‘I have a dream’ speech

  The King Center is urging communities around the world to participate in a bell-ringing ceremony to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. 

  08/09/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Obituaries: Cunningham, Hightower

  Deaths: Milton Cunningham, 84, Aug. 3 in Waco and Jack Hightower, 86, Aug. 3 in Austin.

  08/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Inmate re-entry program effective, Baylor study shows

  A faith-based prisoner re-entry program in Minnesota has saved about $3 million by reducing repeat offenses, according to a Baylor University study.

  08/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Northwest Texas churches supply students along the Rio Grande

  The churches of Double Mountain Baptist Association worship a long way from the Rio Grande, but they still are making their presence felt in the lives of children there.

  08/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Baptists join other volunteers in Loving Oklahoma

  The Loving Oklahoma campaign arrived at exactly the right moment for disaster-response coordinators launching a new phase in the recovery from May’s deadly tornadoes.

  08/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  TBM supports evangelistic outreach in North Dakota

  Seventeen Texas Baptist Men volunteers provided 4,500 meals and other support for a multifaceted evangelistic crusade spread across 68 North Dakota communities this summer.

  08/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  When small churches merge with large ones

  Are the nation’s burgeoning church merger and multisite movements byproducts of larger congregations preying on smaller ones? 

  08/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Dallas church learns about urban ministry in Lower Manhattan

  Members of Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas facilitated a weeklong pilot Vacation Bible School program at Trinity Grace TriBeCa, a start-up church in Lower Manhattan.

  08/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Church planters form partnerships at Plano conference

  Church planters made valuable networking exchanges and personal contacts to supplement workshops at the 2013 Send North America Conference conducted recently at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano.

  08/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  ERLC defends governmental prayers in Jesus’ name

  The Southern Baptist Convention Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court defending prayers offered in Jesus’ name at government meetings.

  08/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Obituaries: Heard, Adams

  Deaths: Andrew Heard, 30, July 26 in Cuero and Carrie Adams, 75, June 23 in Rockdale.

  08/04/2013 - By John Rutledge