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  Baptists prepare response to Japan quake, tsunami

  Baptist groups prepared March 11 to meet human needs caused by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake that spawned tsunami waves as high as 23 feet in Japan and prompted tsunami warnings in Hawaii and watches as far away as the West Coast of the United States.

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  Ethnic WMU leaders equipped, encouraged at summit

  National WMU in Birmingham, Ala., hosted more than 50 missions leaders from 13 states for an Ethnic Leadership Summit. Texas Baptists had the largest representation with 10 ethnic leaders participating.

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  Band wants to help students find direction

  When Mike Donehey, lead singer for Tenth Avenue North, uses concerts to deliver a message to young people about living for what matters most, he speaks with the authority of one who knows firsthand how a near-death experience helps put things into perspective.

   

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  Do Christian athletes strike out on big-dollar contracts?

  Some Christian fans wonder whether the evangelical faith of St. Louis Cardinals’ Albert Pujols conflicts with his quest for a $200 million-plus contract.

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  ‘Love your neighbor’ more than a slogan, Garland tells Wayland event

  New Testament scholar David Garland told the Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference that Jesus' parables "give us a glimpse of the transcendent from the lens of the ordinary."

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  Panhandle-Plains Conference celebrates God’s faithfulness

  With a nod to its humble beginnings and rich heritage, speakers at the 90th annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference at Wayland Baptist University said the continuous thread has been God’s faithfulness.

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  Tuition Equalization Grant cuts have big impact on Texas Baptist schools

  Proposed cuts in the Texas Tuition Equalization Grant program could have a major impact on Texas Baptist universities and many of their students, administrators at several schools noted.

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  HPU to fight hunger through Empty Bowls project

  Howard Payne University students, faculty and staff members joined together to paint bowls for the upcoming Empty Bowls event sponsored by Good Samaritan Ministries.

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  Three Hispanic evangelism conferences draw 3,400 participants

  Evangelist Herman Rios urged people to give their lives to Christ. And that’s what they did at a Hispanic Evangelism Conference at South San Filadelfia Baptist Church in San Antonio.

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  CrossBridge sees itself as a lighthouse in darkness

  CrossBridge Fellowship's outreach into a Corpus Christi high-crime area is spearheaded by small groups meeting in apartments as "church with the walls down" and lighthouses of Christian love.

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• BTSR considering Chowan merger

  Cash-strapped Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond is considering a merger with Chowan University, a 162-year-old North Carolina Baptist school 99 miles south of the seminary’s Richmond, Va., campus, in hopes of solving lingering financial problems made worse by a bad economy.

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  Some foreign aid helps, other kinds do more harm than good, experts assert

  Is one-sided zeal for missions and ill-informed desire to help sometimes doing more harm than good? Many scholars say yes.

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