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Is 2012 election the Mormon’s JFK moment?

With his path now clear to the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney is on the verge of becoming the first Mormon to head a major party's presidential ticket, a new milestone in America's embrace of religious groups that once were shunned by society.

04/26/2012 - By Administrator

Merging churches across racial lines demands work

The historically black St. Paul Missionary Baptist in Louisville, Ky., and the predominately white Shively Heights Baptist merged to create a blended congregation in August 2009. It's worked amazingly well, but it's hard work, participants say.

04/26/2012 - By Administrator

Veteran minister reflects on losses in African-American church life

After more than five decades of ministry, George Harrison, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church-NBC in Waco and a veteran church musician, understands what African-American Christians have gained and lost in the last half-century.

04/26/2012 - By Administrator

Faith Digest

The British government has fast-tracked a move to restore the rights of towns and cities to hold prayers as part of their official business, effectively overriding a High Court order to stop the practice.

04/26/2012 - By Administrator

Exodus Ministries helps women put difficult pasts behind them

Exodus Ministries, a non-denominational program for women supported in part by the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering, helps women leave their troubled past behind and start over.

04/26/2012 - By Administrator

Soccer tournament offers chance for global outreach

For 19 years, youth soccer teams from all over the world have been drawn to the Dallas Cup soccer tournament, now held in Frisco. Throughout that time, North Texas churches have sought to make the most of an opportunity when the world comes to them.

04/26/2012 - By Administrator

Cowboy church pastor reels in bass fishermen at tournaments

Reggie Stewart loves to fish. Now, through the Cowboy Church Christian Bass Club he helped start, he's fishing for men.

04/26/2012 - By Administrator

Congreso draws more than 6,000 students to Baylor campus

About 900 students stepped away from their chairs and walked down aisles to make a commitment to Christ during Congreso, the Hispanic youth conference.

04/26/2012 - By Administrator

New Mexico Baptists ponder future of Glorieta

Around 30 people from New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma gathered April 12 at Baptist Convention of New Mexico’s building to offer suggestions for the future of Glorieta Conference Center.

04/26/2012 - By Administrator

On the Move

Bill Black to First Church in Lone Grove, Okla., as pastor from McKinney Street Church in Denton.

04/25/2012 - By Administrator

Texas Tidbits: Energy saver loans for churches

The Texas controller's office is offering a small window for congregations to take advantage of low-interest loans that help churches remodel and save money on energy usage.

04/25/2012 - By Administrator

Baptist Briefs

"The Story Lives On" is the theme of the Woman's Missionary Union Missions Celebration and annual meeting, June 17-18, in the La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom at the Ernest Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

04/25/2012 - By Administrator