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  Church transitions from roping events to skateboarding

  A church that had been geared toward western culture has transitioned to try to reach skateboarders downtown. The change involved more than a name change.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs

  Colleen Burroughs, vice president of the Passport youth-camping ministry, will be nominated as moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

• Texas Baptist-endorsed chaplains now number greater than 600

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas has endorsed more than 600 chaplains, as of the most recent meeting of the endorsement council, said Bobby Smith, chaplaincy relations specialist.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Musician ministers to teens struggling with cutting

  As singer/songwriter Lanae’ Hale performs concerts around the country, she shares an intensely personal message with teenagers and young adults about how God helped her to overcome a battle with cutting and depression.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Children’s home extends ministry from South Texas to Haiti

  South Texas Children’s Home Ministries sent 100 boxes of food and provisions for children and families affected by the earthquake in Haiti.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Minister discovers mission field in his own neighborhood

  John Wills, executive pastor of The Heights Church in Richardson, has been spending more time ministering in his neighborhood community than at the church building.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Book urges Christians to go green for God

  Jonathan Merritt says he was both disappointed and pleasantly surprised by the response he received after organizing several hundred Southern Baptists in 2008 to issue a statement identifying the environment and climate change as moral issues.

  06/03/2010 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  Volunteers are needed to help rebuild Dover Church near Tyler. It is one of several churches burned by arsonists in February. The rebuild will begin June 21. Hookups for RVs and meals will be provided. For more information, call (903) 571-5345.

  06/02/2010 - By admin

• On the Move

  Pam Click to Pioneer Drive Church in Abilene as preschool minister.

  06/02/2010 - By admin

• Texas Tidbits

  Buckner International has dispatched four shipments of emergency aid to Haiti since an earthquake hit the country in January, and a fifth shipment will arrive this summer.

  06/02/2010 - By admin

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  Baptist ethicist says oil spill a moral issue

  A Baptist ethicist says the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a moral issue, although few Americans have framed the issue in moral terms.

  06/02/2010 - By Administrator

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  Most ‘Millennials’ don’t pray, read Bible or attend church

  Two thirds of Americans born between 1980 and 1991 identify themselves as Christians, but most do not regularly pray, read the Bible or attend church, according to findings of a new LifeWay Research study.

  06/02/2010 - By Administrator