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  Faith Digest: Tebow ad confusing

  Focus on the Family’s Super Bowl ad featuring star quarterback Tim Tebow may have gotten a lot of press but left many viewers with confusion regarding the commercial’s meaning and sponsor, according to the Barna Group.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

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  Christians challenged to change methods to share gospel relationally

  The message of hope found in Christ hasn’t changed, but Christians must change their method of delivery and their methods of evangelism to share the gospel relationally if they are going to reach the lost in society today, David Dykes, pastor of Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, told the recent Engage evangelism conference in Georgetown.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

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  New ministry at UT-Brownsville brings hope to students

  When Osvaldo Lerma, pastor of Iglesia Bautista Filadelfia, prayerwalked the University of Texas at Brownsville campus months ago, he asked God to open doors for a Baptist Student Ministry to begin there.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs

  Max Lyall, a concert and church pianist who taught 25 years at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, died unexpectedly Feb. 18.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

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  Around the State

  Dillon International will present a free adoption information meeting from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. March 18 at the Buckner Children’s Home campus in Dallas.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

• Texas Tidbits

  Dillon International has received approval from Nepal’s Ministry of Women, Children & Social Welfare to place children from Nepal with adoptive families in the United States.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

• On the Move

  Corey Bearden has resigned as minister to students at First Church in San Marcos.

  02/26/2010 - By admin

• U.S. foreign policy hampered by ignorance about religion, report says

  U.S. foreign policy is hampered by a secular bias that causes policy makers to underestimate the role of religion in world affairs, a Midwestern think tank said in a 100-page report released Feb. 23.

  02/24/2010 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptists urged to build on Texas Hope 2010 momentum

  As the Texas Hope 2010 effort to share the gospel with every person in the state by Easter Sunday enters its final weeks, Texas Baptists should see April 4 as a stepping stone, not a finish line, speakers told the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board.

  02/24/2010 - By Administrator

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  Baptists claim harassment in Uzbekistan

  Leaders of the registered Baptist Union of Uzbekistan claim continuing harassment by the country's legal system and a media campaign intended to smear the group as a dangerous cult that targets children for proselytizing.

  02/23/2010 - By Administrator

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  Task force calls for more cooperation between SBC entities

  A task force studying ways to make the Southern Baptist Convention more effective recommended greater flexibility and cooperation among state and national entities in a progress report to the SBC Executive Committee Feb. 22.

  02/23/2010 - By Administrator

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  African-American Baptists collaborate to help Haiti

  Presidents of five historically African-American Baptist denominations announced Feb. 12 they were collaborating to respond more effectively to human need in Haiti.

  02/22/2010 - By Administrator