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  Musical duo challenges students to pursue Christ

  As Shane Barnard and Shane Everett lead worship at the Baptist General Convention of Texas' Youth Evangelism Conference in Arlington June 22-23, they hope their music and their message will inspire students to follow Christ.

  06/07/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  Howard Payne University will hold its annual Young and Summers Scholars programs July 16-20 from 9 a.m. to noon on HPU's Academy of Freedom campus.

  06/07/2012 - By Administrator

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  Children at risk of hunger in every Texas county, study shows

  A new study by Feeding America shows households with children continue to struggle with hunger in every Texas county.

  06/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Roach honored as Elder Statesman

  Fred Roach, retired business leader and Baptist layman, received the Texas Baptist Elder Statesman Award during a worship service at historic Independence Baptist Church, near Brenham.

  06/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Trustees cancel Richard Land’s radio show

  The Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission is pulling the plug on agency head Richard Land's radio show over recent controversial remarks about the Trayvon Martin killing.

  06/01/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches tread lightly on politics in 2012 election

  With the 2012 election just a few months away, congregations are getting the message that Americans want religion out of politics. But that doesn't mean they plan to keep mum in the public square.

  06/01/2012 - By Administrator

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  258 student missionaries commissioned to serve this summer

  As the 2012 summer Go Now Missions training and commissioning serve came to a close on May 19, each college student came to the altar at the front of the Dallas Baptist University chapel and bent down low to pick up a towel that read "Sent to Serve."

  06/01/2012 - By Administrator

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  Border violence keeps mission teams home

  Steadily declining mission trips to Mexico due to drug violence has left many Mexicans feeling abandoned just when their anxiety levels are peaking, missions experts in Texas say.

  06/01/2012 - By Administrator

• No recommendation yet regarding name change for HBU

  A committee appointed to study whether Houston Baptist University should change its name told the school’s board of trustees it is not ready to make a recommendation yet.

  05/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  One in six U.S. voters still thinks Obama’s a Muslim–and he’s not

  After nearly four years in the Oval Office, President Obama is incorrectly thought to be Muslim by one in six American voters, and only one quarter of voters can correctly identify him as a Protestant, according to a new poll.

  05/27/2012 - By Administrator

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  Following God’s will: Does it come in pink and blue?

  Does God have prescribed roles for men and women, and does God require those roles to be filled in specific ways?

  05/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Umphreys make gift for Baylor stadium bridge

  Baylor University has announced a major gift from Sheila and Walter Umphrey of Beaumont for Baylor Stadium, the university's proposed on-campus football stadium.

  05/25/2012 - By Administrator