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  Churches, campus ministry help internationals make Aggieland home

  The Texas A&M University Baptist Student Ministry and College Station-area churches join together to bless the international students who come from around the world to Aggieland each fall.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Hendrick, BCFS partnership helps young adults get solid start

  A partnership between two Baptist agencies offers some young adults in Abilene an opportunity to live their dreams of a better life.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Biblical teaching goes deeper than fund-raising appeals, consultant says

  People perish without vision, and so do congregations. But churches may suffer when doctrine-deprived members only hear about vision within the context of fund-raising appeals, said Jeff Anderson, founder of Acceptable Gift and author of Plastic Donuts: A Fresh Perspective on Gifts.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches benefit in tough times from proper preparation in good times

  Good stewardship demands churches prepare for financial challenges, said Sharon Blood and Robert Orr in a resource produced by the San Antonio-based Baptist Credit Union.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Should churches see debt as burden or tool for expanding ministry?

  Increasingly, churches provide money-management seminars that offer participants advice on how to get out of debt and stay that way.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Don’t count out the church organ just yet, some worship leaders assert

  The church organ—whether electric, digital or pipe—is enjoying a comeback after suffering declines in the 1990s and early 2000s, despite price tags that range from the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

• Whitsitt Society ends operations

  A society formed 20 years ago to chronicle history of the Southern Baptist Convention from the moderate perspective during the last two decades of the 20th century has ended its operations and given a $10,000 gift endowment to fund a series of legacy articles in the monthly news magazine Baptists Today.

  08/16/2012 - By Ken Camp

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  Texas Baptist Men volunteers respond to Oklahoma wildfires

  Three Texas Baptist Men teams have been cleaning up lots and helping victims sift through ash in the wake of wildfires that affected more than 300 homes in northeastern Oklahoma.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Joseph Barrett to Central Church in Italy as pastor.

  08/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  Planners of a Bible museum in Washington, D.C., closed a $50 million deal on a building two blocks from the National Mall.

  08/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  Evangelist Billy Graham returned to his home in Montreat, N.C., Aug. 14 after a two-day hospital stay when he was treated for bronchitis.

  08/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  Almost 500 Baylor University students received diplomas during summer commencement ceremonies. Thirty-two students at the university's Truett Theological Seminary also participated in a summer graduation ceremony.

  08/15/2012 - By Administrator