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  Texas ranks second nationally in food insecurity

  Texas has the second-highest rate of hunger in the nation, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced Sept. 7. And according to a new report sponsored in part by the Texas Hunger Initiative, hunger even exists in some of the state’s wealthiest counties.

  09/08/2011 - By Administrator

• Texas Tidbits

  The Butterfield Memorial Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to East Texas Baptist University to fund scholarships for upper-level nursing students.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Benji Morrison to Mount Carmel Church in Whitehouse as student pastor.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  A self-styled druid who identifies himself as a legendary British king lost his bid to rebury immediately prehistoric human remains at a sacred pagan burial site.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  An immigration judge granted a motion allowing a Baptist church planter facing possible deportation to Mexico to remain in the United States.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

• Around the State

  Baptist University of the Américas will hold its fifth annual Eagle Run Oct. 15 to benefit Communities in Schools of San Antonio.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  As wildfires rage, Texas Baptists minister to hurting neighbors

  UPDATED: As fires rage in Central Texas, Texas Baptists are stepping up to help those affected by the blazes and those who are combating the infernos. Texas Baptist Men Tarrant Baptist Association feeding unit is feeding 5,000 meals a day for roughly 1,000 firefighters serving in the Bastrop area.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

• TBM volunteers provide meals for firefighters

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers have been called out to meet the needs of firefighters battling wildfires in the Bastrop area.

  09/06/2011 - By Ken Camp

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  Interfaith understanding remains elusive 10 years after 9/11

  In a post-9/11 bid to better relations with local Muslims, Pastor Bob Roberts invited Muslims to his NorthWood Church in Keller for question-and-answer sessions, a cooking club and to help on a few home remodeling projects. The result: Roberts lost "a bunch of church members," he said.

  09/06/2011 - By Administrator

• TBM sending teams to New England; preparing for Gulf storm

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief has been asked to send two assessment teams to Vermont and four chainsaw teams to North Carolina to serve in the wake of Hurricane Irene, which recently struck the country’s Eastern seaboard.

  09/02/2011 - By Administrator

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  Aledo church seeks to be ‘radical’ in its mission for Christ

  Challenged to be "radical" in their missions efforts, about 190 members of First Baptist Church in Aledo responded,  and in the past year they've seen hundreds come to faith in Christ in Peru, Cambodia, Austria, Hungary, Egypt, Panama, Venezuela, Portugal and Jamaica, as well as Colorado and Vermont.

  09/01/2011 - By Administrator

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  Debate over Adam and Eve continues

  Author Brian McLaren and Southern Baptist Seminary President Al Mohler have entered into an ongoing debate over whether the belief in a literal Adam and Eve is necessary to correctly understand Christ’s saving work.

  08/31/2011 - By Administrator