• Perry signs abortion sonogram bill

  Gov. Rick Perry signed a bill May 24 that will require women to have a sonogram at least 24 hours before choosing to have an abortion.

  05/27/2011 - By Administrator

• CBF Coordinating Council adopts budget

  ATLANTA (ABP) – The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Coordinating Council voted by e-mail May 26 to recommend a 2011-2012 budget of $12.3 million at the group’s June 22-25 General Assembly in Tampa, Fla.

  05/27/2011 - By Administrator

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  Budget cuts could set back progress in fighting hunger, Gerson asserts

  U.S. foreign assistance is making a difference in combating global poverty and hunger, but federal budget cuts could impede that progress, reported Michael Gerson, columnist for the Washington Post and former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush.

  05/26/2011 - By Administrator

• American Christians urged to see Jesus in the poor and hungry

  The church in the United States dare not ignore its mandate to seek justice for the world’s poor and hungry, Henry Williamson Sr., bishop of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Texas, told a world hunger conference.

  05/26/2011 - By Administrator

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  Christians can eliminate widespread hunger, advocates insist

  Christians can end extreme global poverty and widespread child hunger in this generation, leaders of organizations focused on world hunger told a national conference at Dallas Baptist University.

  05/26/2011 - By Administrator

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  Redemptive aid demands ‘kingdom collaboration,’ Buckner chief says

  Christ-centered agencies can serve as instruments of community transformation, but their effectiveness depends on collaboration, the president of Buckner International told a national conference focused on world hunger.

  05/26/2011 - By Administrator

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  BGCT Executive Board calls for renegotiated agreement with Baylor

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board voted to take steps to renegotiate the relationship agreement between the state convention and Baylor University.

  05/25/2011 - By Administrator

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  Justice goes beyond charity, scholar tells conference at DBU

  Christ’s parable of the judgment of sheep and goats as recorded in Matthew’s Gospel deals more with justice than charity, said Nicholas Wolterstorff, professor emeritus of philosophical theology at Yale University.

  05/25/2011 - By Administrator

• Panel finds defining ‘Baptist university’ no simple task

  The answer to “What is a Baptist university?” is complex and nuanced, according to panelists assembled by the Baptist History & Heritage Society.

  05/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Unlikely allies weave myth of Christian America, historian says

  A seemingly unlikely alliance between conservative Christian evangelicals and Mormons recasts American history as the founding of a distinctively Christian republic, Stephen Stookey told a gathering of church historians.

  05/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Healthy ministers, healthy churches

  Healthier ministers tend to lead healthier churches. But compared to other professions, ministers rank high in obesity, depression, high blood pressure and adult-onset diabetes.

  05/20/2011 - By Administrator

• WMU to produce RA materials

  WMU will reassume responsibility for producing resources for Royal Ambassadors—the missions program for boys that originated with the women’s missionary organization more than 100 years ago—and the Challengers program for teenage young men, effective next year.

  05/19/2011 - By Administrator