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  Simple steps lead to ‘next-level’ ministry to communities

  Churches can strengthen the ministries they provide to their communities by taking five key steps, ministry specialist Amy Sherman told participants at the Next Big Idea conference at Baylor University.

  02/12/2009 - By admin

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  It takes a village to renew community and build healthy society

  Mack McCarter, founder of Community Renewal International, says community is the key to renewal.

  02/12/2009 - By admin

• Ministry thrives when pastors equip, rather than doing it themselves

  A church that depends upon its pastor for ministry fails both the pastor and the laypeople, ministry strategist Alan Nelson told participants at the Next Big Idea conference at Baylor University.

  02/12/2009 - By admin

• Confidentiality means letting each person own his own story

  The way churches treat confidential information reveals just how much they value the person who has provided it, a veteran inner-city missionary told participants at a Baylor University workshop.

  02/12/2009 - By admin

• Assyrians appeal for autonomous region in Iraq

  A Middle Eastern ethnic umbrella organization has written U.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden asking them to push for an autonomous region for Assyrians in Iraq.

  02/11/2009 - By Administrator

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  Eight-year-old birthday girl discovers the joy of giving

  A young girl’s birthday present became a Valentine’s gift of love to hungry children.

  02/10/2009 - By Administrator

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  Australian Baptists begin response to devastating Victoria bush fires

  Australian Baptists were responding Feb. 10 to what has already become the deadliest outbreak of wildfires in the nation’s history.

  02/10/2009 - By Administrator

• Texas Baptist Men chainsaw crews at work in Arkansas

  Texas Baptist Men sent six teams of volunteers armed with chainsaws to help people in Arkansas affected by ice storms.

  02/10/2009 - By Administrator

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  Hispanic Baptist leader Rudy Sanchez dies at age 72

  Rudy Sanchez, a key Hispanic leader in the Baptist General Convention of Texas for decades, died Feb. 7 in Dallas. He served as the first Hispanic chairman of the BGCT Executive Board.

  02/09/2009 - By admin

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  200 years later, Lincoln’s faith remains an enigma

  As the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth approaches on Feb. 12, the 16th president and his unconventional faith continue to inspire and to confound.

  02/06/2009 - By admin

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  Baptists in Congo seek help for ministry to refugees

  A Baptist group in the Democratic Republic of Congo has appealed for help in its ministry to refugees, and an expatriate pastor in Texas wants to answer the call.

  02/06/2009 - By admin

• CLC, Baylor School of Social Work partner for Texas Hunger Initiative

  The Baylor Center for Family & Community Ministries has partnered with the Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission to create the Texas Hunger Initiative, a project to alleviate hunger across the state by strengthening church food ministries.

  02/06/2009 - By admin