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  As candidates run for office, some run from their church

  Politicians are finding that carrying the baggage of a Christian denomination could also make it difficult to build political alliances across religious lines, according to author and educator Michael Lindsay.

  07/29/2011 - By Administrator

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  Amish thrift makes sense by saving cents, author insists

  Lorilee Craker researched her new book, Money Secrets of the Amish, by visiting communities of Amish folk in Lancaster, Pa. Soon, she was rethinking her modern-day clotheshorse, latte-loving, cash-frittering ways.

  07/29/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Jase Mayton to Mountain Heights Church in Buena Vista, Colo., as pastor from First Church in Llano, where he was minister of youth and activities.

  07/28/2011 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest: Campus Crusade ditches name

  Campus Crusade for Christ is out. "Cru" is in. The 60-year-old evangelical ministry announced its new name at a recent staff conference in Fort Collins, Colo., saying the old name had become problematic.

  07/28/2011 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  The Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board is sending $950,000 to Baptist conventions in seven states hard-hit by tornadoes and storms.

  07/28/2011 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  Six Texas Baptist affiliated entities will be host sites for the Global Leadership Summit Aug. 11-12. Entrepreneurs, authors and other Christian leaders will speak live to more than 200 sites across the United States and 300 other sites around the world.

  07/28/2011 - By Administrator

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  Zimbabwe Baptist seminary principal fired

  The principal of the Baptist Theological Seminary of Zimbabwe has been fired for refusing to accept changes made to the school’s governing documents including adherence to a Southern Baptist Convention faith statement that forbids women from serving as pastors.

  07/28/2011 - By Administrator

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  Baylor student-athletes build home, share faith in Kenya

  Through the efforts of a 47-member Baylor University Sports Ministry Team that was making its third annual pilgrimage to Kenya, Peter Mutisya and his family had their house rebuilt in a single day after it was destroyed in a fire that swept through the slums outside of Nairobi.

  07/27/2011 - By Administrator

• Texas Tidbits

  Homer Hanna, a former executive with South Texas Children's Home Ministries, will serve as interim president for the Beeville-based agency.

  07/27/2011 - By Administrator

• Baptists in Azerbaijan warned not to meet without state approval

  Police in Azerbaijan raided a Baptist church in the port city of Sumgait, and a judge warned the congregation’s leader he would be fined for a second offense of meeting for worship without state permission, according to Forum 18, a news service that tracks abuses of religious freedom.

  07/27/2011 - By Administrator

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  U.S. Baptists provide funds for drought-ravaged East Africa

  Baptist groups in the United States have sent funds to provide food for drought victims in East Africa.

  07/27/2011 - By Administrator

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  Missouri City volunteers seek to “be the face of Jesus” in Philippines

  First Philippine Baptist Church in Missouri City personally delivered a message from their hearts to people living here in their homeland: There is hope—for now and eternity.

  07/26/2011 - By Administrator