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  Texas WMU unleashes wave of compassion in South Dallas

  Wearing orange shirts and bright smiles, about 150 Texas WMU members and ministry volunteers took to the streets in South Dallas for Touchpoint, performing a variety of community ministry in a partnership with Cornerstone Baptist Church.

  06/21/2011 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptists seek to ‘Engage’ Christians in making disciples

  Proper evangelism means more than sharing the gospel. It involves makings disciples—a process that affects multiple generations, Mike Woods, pastor of Coronado Baptist Church in El Paso, said during one of Texas Baptists’ Engage evangelism conferences.

  06/21/2011 - By Administrator

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  Bible Drill students memorize, internalize Scripture

  Sherissa Blender of Lakeview Baptist Church in Mathis won first place in the youth Bible Drill competition. Yana Genke of First Baptist Church in Tenaha and Silas Henderson of First Baptist Church in Atlanta tied for second place.

  06/17/2011 - By Administrator

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  Capital campaign at Abilene church benefits missions

  First Baptist Church in Abilene held a capital campaign to raise money for missions last year and set a $5 million goal.

  06/17/2011 - By Administrator

• Around the State

  Dillon International will hold a free adoption information meeting at 6 p.m. July 18 at Buckner Children’s Home in Dallas.

  06/15/2011 - By Administrator

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  Arabic Christians celebrate changed lives

  Layth Fadhil always will remember the day he was baptized. It not only was the second day of the 2011 Texas Arabic Retreat, but also marked the moment he made a public expression of faith before his church, his family and his God.

  06/09/2011 - By Administrator

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  Brueggemann points to a food fight in Scripture

  People of faith are in a food fight over “aggressive accumulation” versus “shared, grateful abundance” Old Testament scholar Walter Brueggemann told a conference at Trinity University in San Antonio.

  06/09/2011 - By Administrator

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  Love can cross cultural, social boundaries, church planter believes

  Ask Immanuel Thomas, Asian-Indian immigrant and founding pastor of Crosspointe Church in Plano, how to bridge the gap between cultures to reach people from varied social and religious traditions, and he will answer with a single word—“Love.”

  06/09/2011 - By Administrator

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  Foundation chief named Texas Baptist Elder Statesman

  Baptist Foundation of Texas President Lynn Craft received the Texas Baptist Elder Statesman Award during a recent presentation at the historic Independence Baptist Church, near Brenham.

  06/07/2011 - By Administrator

• Professional prison chaplaincy remains fully in state budget

  After initially being proposed for elimination, professional prison chaplaincy remains in the Texas budget.

  06/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  Prayer forms basis for effective evangelism

  Revival begins when Christians allow God to work in their hearts, according to leaders of a new "4xfour" prayer-based evangelism model used throughout the state.

  06/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  Youth Evangelism Conference set to ‘Serve the Cities’

  Participants in the Youth Evangelism Conference June 24 at the Dallas Convention Center Arena will hear the gospel presented by illusionist Brock Gill and Grammy Award-winning band Switchfoot, followed by opportunities for evangelism and service in the community the next day.

  06/07/2011 - By Administrator