• Texas Tidbits

  Officials from East Texas Baptist University and Guandong Teachers College of Foreign Language and Arts of Guangzhou, China, recently signed agreements that will continue and expand a 20-year relationship between the two schools.

  09/22/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  John Jay Alvaro to Wilshire Church in Dallas as a pastoral resident.

  09/22/2011 - By Administrator

• Around the State

  Hardin-Simmons University will host the 2011 Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature Sept. 29-Oct. 1.

  09/22/2011 - By Administrator

• True Love Waits pioneer to retire

  Jimmy Hester, cofounder of the True Love Waits sexual purity movement, has announced plans to retire Sept. 30 from LifeWay Christian Resources.

  09/22/2011 - By Administrator

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  Southern Baptists consider sale of Glorieta conference center

  The Southern Baptist Convention is scaling back operations at Glorieta Conference Center and considering sale of the 2,100-acre campus near Santa Fe, N.M.

  09/21/2011 - By Administrator

• Professors denounce ‘Christian Zionism’

  Two Baptist ethicists released an open letter opposing “Christian Zionism” and its effect on U.S. policy toward Israel.

  09/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  Southern Baptists consider name change

  After 166 years as the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s second-largest religious body could be getting a new name.

  09/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  For some, success means going back to rough neighborhoods

  People who saw promise in Alexie Torres-Flemming as a smart and hard-working girl told her if she wanted to succeed, she needed to escape her surroundings in the South Bronx projects.

  09/19/2011 - By Administrator

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  Poverty in the suburbs looks different that urban models

  When poverty moves to the suburbs, it looks different than urban poverty and requires different ministry strategies, the cofounders of Mission Cy-Fair in northwest Houston told a Christian community development conference.

  09/19/2011 - By Administrator

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  Christians need to embrace transformational gospel

  God calls his people not only to seek the salvation of individuals for eternity, but also to bring about societal transformation in the present world, Bob Roberts told a Christian community development conference.

  09/19/2011 - By Administrator

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  Economic & policy factors make life tough for Texas children

  Children are not doing well in Texas—at least, many are not, the director of Texas Kids Count told the No Need Among You conference in Waco.

  09/19/2011 - By Administrator

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  Dorrell: Four characteristics of Christian community development

  Four distinctive attributes should characterize Christian community development, Mission Waco Executive Director Jimmy Dorrell told the No Need Among You conference in Waco.

  09/19/2011 - By Administrator