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  Christians, be reminded: Strippers need Jesus, too

  Much of the dividing line between the church and the sex industry comes from a common denominator—fear, Emily Mills told a session at the No Need Among You Conference.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Transformation demands personal commitment

  Community transformation requires Christians to "embrace Babylon"—to see a rough neighborhood or struggling city as a place to put down roots and love people, said Leroy Barber, president of Mission Year and minister at Community Life Church in Atlanta, Ga.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christian love for the poor demands deeper commitment than charity

  Even in Christian circles, response to economic injustice easily can be based on worldly charity rather than the heart of Christ, two Baylor University professors told the No Need Among You conference.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  ETBU holds fall festival for neighborhood elementary school

  East Texas Baptist University partnered with Second Baptist and Hillcrest Baptist churches in Marshall to provide more than 200 volunteers for a fall festival at an elementary school near the ETBU campus.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  DBU announces new baseball stadium campaign

  Dallas Baptist University has announced a new fund-raising campaign for the Joan and Andy Horner Ballpark. The new stadium, with the capacity to seat 2,000 fans, is scheduled for completion before opening day in February of 2013.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Pastor/Church Connection seeks to live up to its name

  Texas Baptists' new Pastor/Church Connection hasn't even fully set up shop, but already it's helping pastors with their needs.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Texas WMU board donates money, labor to BUA

  Not content just to allocate missions funds to the Baptist University of the Américas, members of the Texas Woman's Missionary Union board of directors also gave time and energy to sprucing up the San Antonio campus.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Joe Hancock named VP at Baptist Foundation of Texas

  Joe Hancock has been named vice president and general counsel of the Baptist Foundation of Texas.

   

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  John Ward to First Church in Westbrook as pastor.

  10/25/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  No More Violence, in partnership with the River Ministry of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, will hold a conference Nov. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Shiloh Terrace Church in Dallas.

  10/25/2012 - By Administrator

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  Willingham named BGCT evangelism director

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas has named Scott Willingham as director of its evangelism team. In his new role, Willingham—who served as Texas Baptists’ local-church evangelism director since 2008—will seek to encourage churches in their efforts to share the gospel throughout the state and around the world.

  10/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Advocates make progress toward goal of eliminating hunger

  Anti-hunger advocates, nonprofit organizations, government agencies and corporate partners have succeeded in “moving the dial” in efforts to reduce food insecurity and ultimately eliminate hunger, speakers reported at the Southwest Regional Hunger Summit on the Baylor University Campus.

  10/18/2012 - By Administrator