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  What should churches and ministries know about employment law?

  When it comes to employment law, maintaining church-state separation becomes a delicate balance between preventing the state from interfering in church polity and governance while still protecting workers.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

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  When church-state separation bumps up against doing justice

  Challenges to maintaining religious liberty come from all directions—including the dilemma of whether Baptist social-service agencies should accept government funds to perform their ministries.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

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  Teens seek to change the world by improving homes of poor families

  Manual labor in the Texas heat isn’t the typical summer activity many teen-agers would choose. However, 254 Christian students volunteered to minister to low-income North Texas residents by renovating their homes free of charge.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

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  Faith Digest

  The president of a Christian anti-hunger lobbying group won the premier award for fighting world hunger. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton awarded the World Food Prize to Bread for the World President David Beckmann at the State Department.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

• Texas Tidbits

  Jessica Acklen, a senior at Baylor University, and Lauren Hollon, a Baylor University graduate student, are serving as Texas Baptist communications interns 10 weeks this summer in a cooperative venture involving the Baptist Standard and the Baptist General Convention of Texas communications office.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

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  Around the State

  The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor College of Visual and Performing Arts, Department of Art and the Musick Alumni Center and Museum have joined to present “People and Places in UMHB History,” an exhibition featuring historical paintings and photographs on display in Arla Ray Tyson Art Gallery in the Townsend Memorial Library through Aug. 13.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

• On the Move

  Lucas Biggs to First Church in Canadian as youth minister from Myrtle Springs Church in Hooks, where he was minister of education and youth.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

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  Private libraries scramble to rescue endangered books

  Libraries are debating how to save hundreds of theological books—including some nearly 500 years old–from the ravages of time.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

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  MercyMe encourages listeners to share gospel by loving others well

  For the Texas-based band MercyMe, "The Generous Mr. Lovewell" is more than just the title of their latest CD. It’s a call to action and a reminder of the need to share the gospel by loving others well.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

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  Convencion celebrates God’s faithfulness

  Participants remembered how God has been faithful in working through Convencion for a century, celebrated how he continues to use it today and anticipated how he will use it in the future.

  07/01/2010 - By admin

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  Convencion president to be nominated for BGCT presidency

  Minutes after Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas President Victor Rodriguez adjourned the Convencion’s centennial meeting, Ellis Orozco announced his intention to nominate Rodriguez for president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas at the Nov. 8-9 annual meeting in McAllen.

  07/01/2010 - By admin

• Supreme Court ruling on gun ownership could affect churches

  A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling June 28 that possessing a handgun is a constitutional right is expected to unleash a wave of new lawsuits, including challenges to state laws that forbid carrying of concealed weapons in church.

  07/01/2010 - By Administrator