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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Around the State

  Dillon International will hold a free adoption information meeting May 14 at 6 p.m. at the Buckner Children's Home campus in Dallas.

  04/25/2012 - By Administrator

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  Chuck Colson, redeemed felon & evangelical icon, dies at 80

  Charles Colson, the Watergate felon who became an evangelical icon and born-again advocate for prisoners, died April 21 after a brief illness. He was 80.

  04/24/2012 - By Administrator

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  Southern Baptists to probe Richard Land’s Trayvon Martin remarks

  Southern Baptist leaders will investigate whether their top ethicist and public policy director plagiarized racially charged remarks about the Trayvon Martin case that many say set back the denomination's efforts on racial reconciliation.

  04/24/2012 - By Administrator

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  Children collateral damage in divorce

  Dissolution of a marriage is painful not only for couples, but also affects communities of faith and especially the children of divorce, a speaker told a [Baptist] Conference on Sexuality and Covenant sponsored by the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Mercer University’s Center for Theology and Public Life.

  04/23/2012 - By Administrator

• Boundaries of covenant sometimes unclear, speakers assert

  The boundaries of covenant in regard to sexuality can be unclear for single adults, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender individuals and senior adults, speakers told a [Baptist] Conference on Sexuality and Covenant.

  04/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Gushee: Covenant best model for sexual relationship

  The co-convener of a conference on sexuality and covenant said April 20 that long-term committed relationships are the best model for Christians struggling to make sense of changing morals about sex.

  04/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Ethnic labels a hindrance to unity in Christ

  Ethnicity – not race – thwarts Christian unity, Baptists’ international leader told participants at the T.B. Maston Lectures in Christian Ethics.

  04/20/2012 - By Administrator