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  Interfaith Alliance urges publishers to ignore Texas teaching standards

  A Baptist preacher who leads a national interfaith organization has written leading publishers around the country to urge them to reject changes made to standards for teaching about social studies, history and economics in Texas.

  03/22/2010 - By Administrator

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  In Ellis County, hope is just a phone call away

  Members of 14 churches in Ellis Baptist Association called about 10,000 people to discover needs and offer hope as part of the Texas Hope 2010 emphasis.

  03/19/2010 - By admin

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  Single adults an ‘army in waiting,’ ministry specialist insists

  An army of people is waiting to do something great for God—if churches will take the time to notice them, minister to them and empower them to do so, a single-adult ministry specialist said at the Texas Baptist Single Adult Conference at Crestview Baptist Church in Georgetown.

  03/19/2010 - By admin

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  Secular Jew writes about two years spent undercover in Falwell’s church

  
  

  Gina Welch, who was raised in a secular Jewish family, decided to undertake an audacious experiment in the fall of 2005. She would go undercover and pretend to be a conservative evangelical. And she would do it in—of all places—Jerry Falwell’s church in Lynchburg, Va.

  03/19/2010 - By admin

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  After condemning greed, what should Christians do about the economy?

  Ever since the Great Recession began in the fall of 2008, Christians and other faith leaders have criticized the speculative excess and greed that led to the crisis. A consensus on what to do about it, however, has yet to emerge.

  03/19/2010 - By admin

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  ETBU collects Buckets of Hope for Haiti

  A wall of more than 150 five-gallon buckets packed with food filled the platform during a recent chapel service at East Texas Baptist University. The display showed what the students, staff, and faculty had donated to the Buckets of Hope national campaign for Haiti relief. 

  03/18/2010 - By admin

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  Super Summer Reunion set at DBU

  The BGCT youth evangelism office, in conjunction with Dallas Baptist University, will host Super Summer Reunion April 10– an afternoon packed with worship, reconnecting with friends and a preview of this summer's events.

  03/18/2010 - By admin

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  Georgia Baptists target second church with woman pastor

  For the second straight year, the Georgia Baptist Convention is poised to cut ties with a church over the issue of women in ministry.

  03/18/2010 - By Administrator

• BGCT asks church to clarify its position on homosexual behavior

  Baptist General Convention of Texas leaders have announced they will escrow any money received from a North Dallas church until it clarifies its position on homosexual behavior.

  03/18/2010 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptists give $25,000 to Chilean earthquake relief

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas provided $25,000 to the Baptist Union of Chile to help meet needs following a report that half of the 500 churches in the convention reported major damage following a massive earthquake.

  03/17/2010 - By admin

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  Texas WMU board sets missions offering goal at $4.105 million

  The Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas board of directors approved a $4.105 million 2010 goal for the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions—down more than $1 million from last year’s goal.

  03/17/2010 - By admin

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  Baptists decry Texas education board’s curriculum votes

  A Texas board that vets curriculum standards for the nation’s second-largest textbook market has voted, along party lines, to leave an indelible conservative imprint on history, social-studies and economics courses. And the effects won't be felt in the Lone Star State alone.

  03/16/2010 - By Administrator