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  Update: Baylor asks alumni association to move in-house

  The tense relationship between Baylor University and the Baylor Alumni Association may have reached a potential turning point—or boiling point—Sept. 19 when the university presented the alumni association a proposal asking the group to give up its independent nonprofit status and come under the authority of Baylor administration.

  09/23/2009 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptists Committed to seek new leader

  Texas Baptists Committed, formed as a political organization two decades ago to resist a “fundamentalist takeover” of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, soon will be seeking a new executive director and relocating its office.

  09/23/2009 - By Administrator

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  Morris Chapman planning to retire

  Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced plans Sept. 21 to retire at the end of September 2010.

  09/21/2009 - By Administrator

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  Nilson Fanini, former BWA president, dies at 77

  Nilson Fanini, Brazilian pastor and evangelist who served as president of the Baptist World Alliance from 1995 to 2000, died Sept. 19. He was 77.

  09/21/2009 - By Marv Knox

• Church-state groups press Holder to withdraw Bush-era hiring memo

  WASHINGTON (ABP) — Supporters of the separation of church and state are urging Attorney General Eric Holder to fulfill a campaign promise by President Obama to combat religious discrimination in hiring.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

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  Mission to Japan clarifies calling for Wayland volleyball player

  Haley Hill, a junior on Wayland Baptist University's volleyball team, always wanted to be a teacher and coach, and her summer in Japan did not change that calling. But it did solidify in her mind that she is called to be “on mission” even in her chosen career by intentionally living out her faith.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

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  Wayland leading staff to pray for needy

  As part of its participation in Texas Hope 2010, Wayland Baptist University is encouraging all its staff members to work through a 30-day prayer guide that leads people to pray daily for the spiritually lost and physically hungry in Texas.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

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  Longview church sets sights on 110 by 2010

  At First Baptist Church in Longview, the goal is 110 by 2010—110 people who have come to Christ, been baptized and had their lives changed by the gospel—by Easter 2010.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

• Lyons loses bid to lead National Baptists again

  An Alabama pastor was elected president of the National Baptist Convention, USA, overwhelmingly defeating Henry J. Lyons, the denomination’s former leader who was sent to prison for fraud.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

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  Baytown-based band stresses care for the poor

  By sharing messages of hurting people at their concerts, the Texas-based band Leeland hopes to encourage Christians to engage actively with a world in need.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

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  Lake Ivie Baptist Association seeks to distribute 10,000 gospel CDs

  Lake Ivie Baptist Association purchased 10,000 multimedia gospel compact discs to help churches move forward with Texas Hope 2010 in a seven-county area.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

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  HPU students make impact on community

  More than 100 Howard Payne University students participated in Impact Weekend mission activities around Brownwood.

  09/18/2009 - By admin