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  ECFA calls for more IRS guidance

  FAITH DIGEST: A commission created by the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability called for clearer IRS guidance and greater involvement among donors to address ministries and other nonprofits that are not being financially accountable. I

  12/12/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs: Nigerian Baptist pastors killed in bombing

  BAPTIST BRIEFS: The head of the Baptist World Alliance protested continuing violence in Nigeria that recently claimed the lives of two Baptist pastors.

  12/12/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State: [Un]Apologetics

  The evangelism division of the Baptist General Convention of Texas has set the dates for two (un)Apologetics conferences. The conferences will address ways to remove obstacles to evangelism to postmoderns and Muslims and cover diverse cultural issues.

  12/12/2012 - By Administrator

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  Long-tenured foundation president: ‘That reminds me of a story…’

  Lynn Craft, who retires Dec. 31 as president and chief executive officer of the Baptist Foundation of Texas, has one regret– confidentiality prevents him from telling good stories that highlight the generosity of donors.

  12/11/2012 - By Administrator

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  Trailblazing Baptist woman turns 100

  Virginia Connally, Abilene's first woman physician, is honored in days of events celebrating her Baptist identity, service and 100th birthday.

  12/10/2012 - By Administrator

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  Leaders in Haiti, the Philippines and Ghana introduced to Experiencing God

  Within 30 days, Texas Baptist Men volunteers led Experiencing God training events for church leaders in Haiti, the Philippines and Ghana.

  12/10/2012 - By Administrator

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  Website remembers humorist Grady Nutt

  Thirty years after the tragic death of television's “prime minister of humor,” the family of Baptist comedian Grady Nutt has launched an official website in his honor.

  12/10/2012 - By Administrator

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  Community centers comfort people displaced by Japan earthquake

  Texas Baptists financed a community center and completed another to provide comfort and a sense of peace to people displaced by last year’s Japan earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster.

  12/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Austin Acteens tackle human trafficking

  Teenaged girls at Hyde Park Baptist Church in Austin set their sights on helping to combat the world’s second-largest criminal activity—human trafficking.

  12/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist World Alliance observes Human Rights Day Dec. 9

  A Baptist World Alliance delegation visiting Nigeria will observe Human Rights Day Dec. 9 and draw attention to episodes of violence committed by extremist rebels in northern and central Nigeria.

  12/06/2012 - By Marv Knox

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  On 200th birthday, there’s no ‘bah humbug’ for Charles Dickens

  This Advent season, many cities stage productions of Dickens’ most famous yuletide work, A Christmas Carol. But what were the author’s spiritual beliefs?

  12/05/2012 - By Administrator

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  Truett Seminary reaches milestone with 1,000th graduate

  When the 1,000th graduate of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University receives a diploma Dec. 14, it will mark a milestone for an institution that began 18 years ago with small classes that met in an education wing of First Baptist Church of Waco.

  12/05/2012 - By Administrator