• On the Move

  Justin Bindel to First Church in Wichita Falls as minister to senior high students.

  01/26/2011 - By admin

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  Faith Digest

  Three out of four Americans grade the country’s moral climate at a “C” or below, according to a recent poll.

  01/26/2011 - By admin

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  Around the State

  Dallas Baptist University will hold a preview day Feb. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Prospective students will eat breakfast with current students, tour the campus and hear from several faculty members.

  01/26/2011 - By admin

• India’s Supreme Court changes ruling after protest by Christians

  India's Supreme Court amended a ruling upholding a life-in-prison sentence for two men convicted of murdering a Baptist missionary and his two young sons 12 years ago by removing language that critics said appeared to condone vigilante violence intended to "teach a lesson" against proselytizing among the nation's tribal poor.

  01/26/2011 - By Administrator

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  Association may consider selling to settle property dispute (Revised)

  If Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary wants to buy a disputed piece of property from Tarrant Baptist Association for fair market value, the association may consider selling, according to a motion the association’s executive board unanimously approved Jan. 24. Otherwise, the matter will need to be submitted to a three-member arbitration panel.

  01/26/2011 - By Administrator

• Texas Tidbits

  Wayland Baptist University’s School of Math and Sciences received final patent approval just before the end of 2010 for research in photo-catalytic water purification—the first patent for the university.

  01/26/2011 - By admin

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  Association invites seminary to make offer to buy disputed property

  Tarrant Baptist Association’s executive board met Jan. 24 and unanimously approved a motion asking Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary either to purchase a disputed piece property from the association at fair market value or submit the matter to a three-person arbitration panel.

  01/25/2011 - By Administrator

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  Wiley Drake considering run for SBC president

  A controversial former Southern Baptist Convention vice president who spearheaded the Disney boycott and publicly announced he was praying for the death of President Barack Obama is considering allowing his nomination for SBC president in 2011.

  01/25/2011 - By Administrator

• Application of ethical principles changing, biomedical ethicist insists

  At least three factors increasingly will shape applied biomedical ethics in the 21st century—globalization, transformative new scientific advances and recognition of human limitation and finitude, according to Baruch Brody, director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Public Policy at Baylor College of Medicine.

  01/22/2011 - By Administrator

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  Dallas-area pastors serve inner-city community on MLK holiday

  About 20 Dallas-area pastors used the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday to minister to an inner-city neighborhood.

  01/21/2011 - By admin

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  Outdoor baptism draws others seeking Christ

  When members of The Walk Church in Houston set up the baptistery for an outdoor service, they were excited by the prospect of celebrating what God had done in changing the lives of three people.

  01/21/2011 - By admin

• Baptists work for peace, relief amid ethnic violence in India

  Baptist leaders called for global prayer for peacemaking efforts and for churches and communities affected by ethnic strife in northeast India.

  01/20/2011 - By Administrator