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  Vocational stewardship

  Theologian Frederick Buechner's reflection on vocational calling gets it right: "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."

  07/07/2012 - By Administrator

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  New book tells story of loss, redemption

  A new book self-described as "one part worst-case scenario and three parts God's creative redemption," about a church-bus tragedy that turned into a grassroots movement for doing good, cracked the Amazon Top 50 Christian Living Hot New Releases during its first week of publication.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Kingdom calling not about a church’s institutional survival

  Stewardship sermons often focus on finances. Amy Sherman wants church leaders to grasp a wider vision.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  For this Baptist, ‘business as mission’ is calling

  Some Christians live out their faith by ministering in churches, visiting prisoners or serving as missionaries. Jordan England does it by designing and selling furniture.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Band challenges audiences to live like Christ

  For the Dove Award-winning group Sidewalk Prophets, their new song Live Like That is a reminder for believers to be aware of their words and actions while striving to be examples of Christ to the world around them.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Port Ministry touches lives around the world

  Texas Port Ministry, located at Freeport, serves one of the fastest growing ports on the Gulf Coast, and its ministry reaches the ends of the earth.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christian use of digital devices redefines ‘going to church’

  A national survey of 11,077 of the nation's 335,000 congregations found seven in 10 U.S. congregations had websites, and four in 10 had Facebook pages by 2010. Christ Fellowship church in McKinney exemplifies this growing trend toward virtual worship and ministry.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Steven Curtis Chapman encourages audiences to show hope

  For more than 25 years, Steven Curtis Chapman has been sharing songs and stories about God's redemption. And his Show Hope ministry cares for orphans around the world.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  God’s kingdom grows in Brownsville as new believers are discipled

  In recent months, Brownsville churches have seen marked growth in spiritual decisions made in a largely unreached community. Since then, churches have stayed busy discipling new converts and continuing outreach, including Vacation Bible Schools.

  07/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  On the Move

  Daniel Camp to Shiloh Church in Crawford as pastor, where he was youth minister.

  07/05/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  Nearly one American in five says he or she would not vote for a Mormon president, a percentage that hardly has budged since 1967, according to a new Gallup poll.

  07/05/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs: Arab seminary needs new well

  The Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Lebanon urgently needs a new water well after its old one broke in March, forcing the school to incur significant expenses buying water for daily use.

  07/05/2012 - By Administrator