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  Churches discover brand identification can be a serious detriment

  The seemingly mundane topic of a church name has become a flashpoint for U.S. congregations, with many renaming themselves in recent years for pragmatic, theological or even cultural reasons.

  07/15/2011 - By Administrator

• Bivocational, small-church pastors challenged to ‘go for the gold’

  Ministers should “go for the gold,” not settle for peanuts, Paul Powell told the annual conference for Texas Baptist bivocational and small-membership-church ministers and their families.

  07/15/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Kim Bartel to Herty Church in Lufkin as pastor.

  07/14/2011 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  The Heart of Texas Literature Center at Howard Payne University distributed 3,500 children’s books among the center’s sponsor organizations recently.

  07/14/2011 - By Administrator

• Budget debt discussion reveals surprising agreement

  Richard Land and Jim Wallis discuss the national debt and possible solutions in a new online video tackling military spending, taxes, welfare programs and entitlements.

  07/14/2011 - By Administrator

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  Faith needed to navigate troubled waters, preachers emphasize

  Every person will face storms in life—financial, spiritual, relational or personal. Navigating tough times requires faith in the proper Captain, preachers said during the annual meeting of the African-American Fellowship of Texas in Lubbock

  07/12/2011 - By Administrator

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  Church leaders must face change with proper perspective

  Church leaders need to take spiritual inventory of both their lives and leadership styles in order to grow and be most effective, speakers emphasized during plenary sessions of African-American Fellowship annual meeting in Lubbock.

  07/12/2011 - By Administrator

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  Update: Todd Roberson to lead Children At Heart Ministries

  Todd L. Roberson, president of South Texas Children's Home Ministries, has been named to succeed Jerry T. Bradley as president at Children At Heart Ministries. Bradley is retiring after 21 years in the position.

  07/11/2011 - By Administrator

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  BWA presents human-rights award, accepts four new African groups

  A Baptist leader who helped broker peace among rival factions in the northeast Indian state of Nagaland accepted the 2011 Baptist World Alliance Denton and Janice Lotz Human Rights Award July 9.

  07/11/2011 - By Administrator

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  Rapidly growing Houston church ‘doesn’t see race’

  When members and guests file through the doors of Church at the Cross in Alief, they enter a place where cultural, racial and social barriers fade beneath waves of genuine love and compassion.

  07/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  DBU student athletes minister to poor in Brazil

  The Dallas Baptist University Patriot cross-country and track and field teams spent eight days recently helping minister to people living on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

  07/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  ETBU Tigers make impact in Poland, Croatia

  Student-athletes and coaches from East Texas Baptist University led sports camps, worked on a demolition project for a church and led worship in Central Europe.

  07/07/2011 - By Administrator