• British missions society writes prime minister about global warming

  The urgent need for action on global climate change is the subject on which a 217-year-old British Baptist missionary-sending organization has chosen to write what its leaders believe to be the group's first-ever open letter to a prime minister.

  11/03/2009 - By Administrator

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  First Baptist Church Dallas launches $130 million building project

  First Baptist Church in Dallas has launched a $130 million building project that includes the congregation's first entirely new sanctuary since the 1890s.

  11/03/2009 - By Administrator

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  Trustees & directors nominated for BGCT consideration

  Nominations to be considered by messengers to the BGCT annual meeting, Nov. 16-17 in Houston have been presented by the Committee on Committees, Committee to Nominate Executive Board Directors and the Committee for Nominations for Boards of Affiliated Ministries.

  10/30/2009 - By admin

• Messengers approve CP funds to lawsuits, two allocation options offered

  RAYTOWN — Missouri Baptist congregations will have to formally vote during a church business meeting if they wish to protect their Cooperative Program gifts from being used to fund ongoing legal action. Messengers to the 175th Missouri Baptist Convention annual meeting adopted an Executive Board recommendation that establishes CP allocation plans. Plan A, the default plan, designates 3 percent of CP allocations to be used to pay legal costs.

  10/30/2009 - By Administrator

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  Crash victim remembered with random acts of kindness

  On Oct. 29 lawyers took cases pro bono, a man installed a water heater for a disabled man who previously showered on his back porch and a man stopping to give a stranded motorist a jump wound up replacing her battery. All were acts of kindness to mark what would have been the 13th birthday of a girl killed this summer by injuries received in a church-bus accident.

  10/30/2009 - By Administrator

• Wayland Missions Center outlines five-year goals, develops strategies

  More than 30 community and church leaders—including representatives from the Baptist General Convention of Texas and associations of churches in West Texas—met recently to develop goals for Wayland Baptist University’s Missions Center.

  10/30/2009 - By admin

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  Amarillo Baptists offer living water to fairgoers

  Amarillo Area Baptist Association volunteers served 7,300 cups of water and distributed 325 Texas Hope 2010 multimedia gospel compact discs during the Tri-State Fair.

  10/30/2009 - By admin

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  Plenty of food if everyone shares, university leaders learn

  A world hunger simulation meal helps at Dallas Baptist University helped participants understand there is plenty of food in the world, but it is not distributed equally. More than 50 percent of the world struggles each day to attain necessities, often feeling the grip of hunger, CLC Director Suzii Paynter said.

  10/30/2009 - By admin

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  ETBU plunges into Texas Hope 2010

  The ETBU office of spiritual development distributed to each faculty and staff member a copy of the “Hope 2010, Call to Prayer” guide.

  10/30/2009 - By admin

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  Dallas Baptist University dedicates Pilgrim Chapel

  Dallas Baptist University officially dedicated the Patty and Bo Pilgrim Chapel Oct. 16. The 80,000 square-foot facility seats more than 1,300 students in its sanctuary.

  10/30/2009 - By admin

• Texas Tidbits

  Baptist Child & Family Services recently was named one of the top workplaces in San Antonio by the San Antonio Express-News.

  10/29/2009 - By admin

• On the Move

  Mark Borum has resigned as minister of music at First Church in Richmond and is available for interims.

  10/29/2009 - By admin