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  VBS stands test of time in reaching families

  Many discipleship and outreach ministries have come and gone over the years, but Vacation Bible School still is a mainstay for most Texas Baptist churches.

  08/07/2009 - By admin

• Health grants help deliver aid to communities

  The Baptist Health Foundation has awarded health care-related grants totaling more than $43,000 to eight Baptist organizations in support of Texas Hope 2010.

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  TBCH Family Care Program celebrates 30 years of service

  The Family Care Program started in 1979 when a woman walked into the office of Charles Wright, administrator of Texas Baptist Children’s Home, and asked if the program could care for her children while she turned her life around.

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  Student missionary blogs tell stories of changed lives

  Multiple students have written online reflections about serving in missions assignments on different continents, but they all have one message—being used by God to share his love.

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  LifeWay says 1 in 8 background checks finds criminal record

  One in eight background checks conducted on volunteers or prospective employees through LifeWay Christian Resources found a criminal history that might have kept an individual from working or volunteering at a church, the Southern Baptist Convention publishing house reported Aug. 4.

  08/07/2009 - By Administrator

• New Braunfels church believes in keeping it simple

  New Generations Fellowship in New Braunfels is listening to its neighbors. And these newly formed relationships are fueling the recent church-start to serve roughly 130 people each Sunday—70 percent of them unchurched before attending.

  08/07/2009 - By admin

• Hundreds in Kaufman finding hope

  In seven weeks, First Baptist Church in Kaufman fed 100 of the lowest income families in the city, gave presents to 75 single mothers and held a revival to share the hope of Christ with its community.

  08/07/2009 - By admin

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  Jerusalem mayor navigates sacred city’s religious politics

  When Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decided to open a municipal parking lot that had been closed on Saturdays, his office said he simply was being practical. But because ultra-Orthodox Jews consider driving on the Sabbath an abomination,  his decision sparked weeks of protests.

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  Texas Hope multimedia CDs arrive in El Paso

  More than 250,000 multimedia gospel compact discs arrived in El Paso in late July—enough for Baptists to blanket every home in the county with Scripture in the near future.

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  Students challenged to find their calling

  With tears of brokenness streaming down their cheeks and hands reaching toward the heavens, more than 450 youth from around the state joined in worship, filling the campus of Jarvis Christian College as part of Camp Exalted.

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  Baptist Briefs: Great Commission website launched

  A website encouraging support for the Southern Baptist Convention's Great Commission Resurgence Task Force has been launched at www.pray4gcr.com.

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  Baylor athletes find needs, joy on Kenya trip

  A 16-member sports ministry team from Baylor University, led by Athletics Chaplain Wes Yeary, spent two weeks in Kenya offering Christ's love to children in desperate circumstances.

  08/07/2009 - By admin