• Texas Tidbits

  Buckner International has teamed up with Star of Hope Mission to provide a transitional program for single-parent families in Houston, focusing particularly on homeless families.

  03/10/2011 - By admin

• On the Move

  Patrick Adair to First Church in Matador as pastor from First Church in Waco, where he was youth minister.

  03/10/2011 - By admin

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  Faith Digest

  Two judges in England banned a Christian couple from foster care because they oppose homosexuality—a stance the judges said has no place in the laws of Britain.

  03/10/2011 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs

  Membership in a group that welcomes and affirms gays does not automatically disqualify a church from participation in the Southern Baptist Convention, the SBC Executive Committee decided at its most recent meeting.

  03/10/2011 - By admin

• Around the State

  The instrumental duo of Stephen Nielson and Ovid Young will perform at the organ dedication ceremony at Howard Payne University March 28 at 8 p.m. in Mims Auditorium.

  03/10/2011 - By admin

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  Slain pastor laid to rest

  Mourners filled First Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, March 9 to celebrate the life of a young mission pastor cut short by murder, while more than 500 others watched live on the Internet.

  03/09/2011 - By Administrator

• HBU trustees vote to allow some non-Baptists on board (UPDATED)

  Houston Baptist University trustees voted March 10 on a proposal to allow non-Baptist Christians a minority presence on the school’s governing board.

  03/09/2011 - By Administrator

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  Funeral of slain pastor to be streamed live on Internet

  The March 9 funeral of a Baptist pastor murdered during a robbery in his Texas church will be streamed live over the Internet, according to a staff member at a sister congregation.

  03/08/2011 - By Administrator

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  Scholar urges broader congressional hearings on radical Islam

  A Baptist advocate for religious liberty and the separation of church and state said March 8 that House committee hearings scheduled later this week on radical Islam should be broadened to other faiths.

  03/08/2011 - By Administrator

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  Churches grieving slain pastor gather for worship

  Two Baptist churches in Arlington gathered with heavy hearts for worship Sunday, March 6, grieving the murder of a young pastor and the attack of a 67-year-old ministry assistant in an apparent robbery the week before.

  03/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  Poverty simulation prompts Waco youth to provide water for Haitians

  A weekend of thirst led the youth at Meadowbrook Baptist Church to raise money to provide pure water for people in Haiti.

  03/04/2011 - By admin

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  LifeWay backs off ‘read with discernment’ label for books

  Southern Baptist bookstores quietly have suspended a four-year-old program that alerted customers to read with “discernment” books by several up-and-coming authors whose books “could be considered inconsistent with historical evangelical theology.”

  03/04/2011 - By admin