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  Faith Digest

  One year after a majority of Americans said they hoped the economy wouldn’t affect their church giving, three in 10 Americans now say they are putting less in the offering plate, a Barna Group study shows.

  03/10/2010 - By admin

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  Around the State

  The eighth Congreso Hispano de Predication at Baptist University of the Americas will be held March 26-27 and feature an internationally known Mexican pastor and celebrate the ministry of the late Texas Baptist leader Rudy Sanchez.

  03/10/2010 - By admin

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  Faith-based panel recommendations leave some issues unsolved

  A White House advisory council March 9 submitted 164 pages of recommendations on ways the federal government can partner better with faith-based groups in tackling a host of social problems, from poverty to improving interfaith relations.

  03/10/2010 - By Administrator

• Legal expert says remaining Baptist jailed in Haiti likely to be set free

  Unless new charges are filed against her, the last of 10 Southern Baptist mission volunteers jailed in Haiti on suspicion of child kidnapping will have to be released, according to an expert on Haiti's legal system.

  03/10/2010 - By Administrator

• Dallas church publicly acknowledges welcoming stance toward gays

  A North Dallas church has changed its website to identify itself as inclusive of varied sexual orientations—a move that potentially could put the church at odds with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  03/09/2010 - By Administrator

• Haiti judge frees one Baptist volunteer; leader still jailed

  A judge in Haiti freed one of two remaining Baptist volunteers Monday but kept the group's leader in jail pending further investigation.

  03/09/2010 - By Administrator

• Widow shares experience on one-year anniversary of pastor’s slaying

  March 8, 2009, started out as a fairly normal Sunday for Cindy Winters. Her husband, Fred, got up early to preach the 8:15 a.m. service at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Ill. One of their daughters rode with her father because she was working in the nursery that morning. Cindy and their other daughter came later. Then the nightmare began.

  03/08/2010 - By Administrator

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  250 Baptist churches destroyed by Chile quake

  About 250 Baptist churches in Chile were destroyed in the powerful earthquake that shook the country Feb. 27, according to the Baptist World Alliance.

  03/06/2010 - By Marv Knox

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  Band gets big break, identity serving as second-string worship leaders

  Members of the Dutton Band balance nationwide touring with a committment to lead worship regularly at The Heights Baptist Church in Richardson.

  03/05/2010 - By admin

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  Former BCFS resident returns to counsel children

  Julie Parra, a former resident at Baptist Child & Family Services, returned to supervise and counsel other children on the campus who struggle with the same feelings of anxiety, loneliness and sadness she once faced.

  03/05/2010 - By admin

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  Ranch provides beacon of hope to hungry and hurting

  More than 300 churches from both sides of the Texas-Mexico border pick up food every two weeks from Cornerstone Children’s Ranch. In a matter of days, the ministry distributes as much as 20,000 pounds of food.

  03/05/2010 - By admin

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  Texas Baptists set record in giving to world hunger offering

  Texas Baptists gave a record $901,401 to help the hungry through the Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger in 2009.

  03/04/2010 - By Administrator