• On the Move

  Aaron Harper to Prairie Lea Church in Prairie Lea as youth minister.

  03/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  Mormons who want to practice proxy baptism for the dead have been told to keep it in the family. The governing First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently issued a mandate to members: Do not submit names of Jewish Holocaust victims or celebrities for proxy baptism.

  03/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Myanmar refugees bring missions home to San Antonio church

  Ministry to the Chin people from Myanmar has brought a new insight into missions for Northeast Baptist Church in San Antonio.

  03/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  Engage: Evangelizing Texas conferences have been set for Abilene and Corpus Christi. The March 21 Corpus Christ conference will be held at First Church and will feature Jon Randles and Sammy Lopez.

  03/15/2012 - By Administrator

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  British Baptists face budget shortfall

  The Baptist Union of Great Britain faces likely cutbacks as leaders project that financial support from Baptist churches will continue to decline.

  03/14/2012 - By Administrator

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  Obama appeals to ‘social gospel’

  President Obama denied March 12 that he is “waging a war on religion,” citing his own work as a community organizer before entering politics as part of the “social gospel.”

  03/14/2012 - By Administrator

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  FaithVillage: real community online

  (UPDATED) Brad Russell envisions a vibrant community of Christians online together expanding their faith, deepening their relationships and fulfilling their calling.  What he sees is FaithVillage.com.

   

   

  03/14/2012 - By Administrator

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  McLane gifts help two BGCT schools build football stadiums

  UPDATED–Drayton and Elizabeth McLane have made leadership gifts for the new on-campus football stadiums at both Baylor University and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Both gifts are the largest in the respective schools' histories.

  03/13/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christian service no place for cowards, pastor tells CLC conference

  Committed Christian service "is not for the faint of heart" and demands moral courage, Michael Evans reminded participants at the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission conference in Dallas.

  03/12/2012 - By Administrator

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  Church finds mission of compassion by remembering Jesus, ethicist says

  When Christians read and interpret Scripture together, it calls them to remember the story of Jesus, who transforms the church into a community of moral discourse and calls its members to lives characterized by compassion, ethicist Allen Verhey said.

  03/12/2012 - By Administrator

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  Miracle Farm bids farewell to a faithful friend

  Annie, one of Miracle Farm's most beloved horses, has been retired after nearly 14 years of service and countless indelible impressions on boys at the ministry near Brenham.

  03/09/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist minister in Texas makes another run for Kenyan Parliament

  A Kenyan expatriate and Baptist pastor who lost his bid for a parliamentary seat in 2007 has announced plans to run again. And his ultimate ambitions reach even higher, as evidenced by his Facebook page, "Rev. Dr. Solomon Kimuyu for President."

  03/09/2012 - By Administrator