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  Fraud prevention can save churches heartache, expert insists

  Fraud prevention beats fraud detection—especially for churches, Verne Hargrave, a certified public accountant and fraud examiner, told a group at RockPointe Church in Flower Mound.

  04/21/2011 - By Administrator

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  Small churches feeling financial squeeze

  Almost all churches in the United States witnessed a change in the financial giving they received in 2010 compared to 2009, with smaller churches feeling the squeeze but larger churches faring relatively better, according to a new report.

   

  04/21/2011 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  Neither snow nor rain nor Saturday Sabbaths should keep a Missouri mailman from his appointed rounds, a federal appeals court has ruled.

  04/21/2011 - By admin

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  Texas WMU gift helps regional Singing Men group stand tall in Ukraine

  The Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas gave a $3,775 check to the Singing Men of North Central Texas to ensure they will stand on solid ground when they return to the Ukraine and Crimea for a series of concerts next spring.

  04/21/2011 - By admin

• TBM collecting bottled water; fire departments need supplies

  Beginning today, Texas Baptist Men is collecting bottled water that will be distributed to firefighters and victims of the wildfires raging throughout the state.

  04/21/2011 - By Administrator

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  Ethics students granted Cobbs Scholarships

  Kyle Tubbs of Sweetwater and Joseph Barrett of Rochester are the recipients of Cobbs Scholarships at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon School of Theology. The scholarship honors Louis Cobbs, former International Mission Board  executive who helped launch the  Journeyman program.

  04/21/2011 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs

  Prayer requests and updates from Southern Baptist International Mission Board missionaries that have been posted on Facebook through CompassionNet now can be accessed on the go.

  04/21/2011 - By admin

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  BaptistWay offers mp3, Kindle Bible study resources

  BaptistWay Press, the publishing arm of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, has launched digital resources in an effort to meet Christians’ changing Bible study habits.

  04/21/2011 - By admin

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  Around the State

  A symposium on restorative justice will be held May 7 from 9 a.m. to noon at Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum.

  04/20/2011 - By admin

• On the Move

  Jack Broadwater to Elm Grove Church in Waelder as pastor.

  04/20/2011 - By admin

• Supreme Court sides with Texas in case involving prisoner’s rights

  The United States Supreme Court ruled a federal law protecting the religious liberty of prison inmates does not entitle a prisoner to monetary damages if that right is denied.

  04/20/2011 - By admin

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  Wildfires destroy church facility; TBM serves affected region

  Wildfires that rampaged across much of Texas destroyed most of the facilities of First Baptist Church of Possum Kingdom Lake. More than 90 wildfires have broken out across the state, torching about 1 million acres.

  04/19/2011 - By Administrator