• Texas Tidbits: CLC conference focuses on hunger

  The annual Christian Life Commission conference will be held from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., May 24 at Dallas Baptist University.

  04/07/2011 - By admin

• Around the State

  The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s 72nd annual Easter pageant will be held April 20 at 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

  04/07/2011 - By admin

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  Texas Baptists delivers kerosene, food to Japanese churches

  The first Texas Baptist disaster response team to arrive in Japan after the March 11 earthquake delivered a load of kerosene and food to three churches in one of the major cities affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

  04/07/2011 - By admin

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  Willimon: Christians called to ‘faithful presence,’ not conquest

  Christians who want to change the world should make sure their actions are done not only in the name of Jesus, but also in the way of Jesus, pastoral theologian Will Willimon told a conference at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  04/05/2011 - By Administrator

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  Families celebrate adoption & diversity at Heritage Day

  Participants in a Heritage Day celebration hosted by Dillon International and Buckner International completed a worldwide tour without leaving the campus of Tallowood Baptist Church in Houston.

   

  04/01/2011 - By admin

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  DBU students running with a mission in mind

  A challenge to run in Fort Worth's Cowtown Marathon helped convince 38 students and faculty from Dallas Baptist Univeristy to raise $5,743 to help DBU students participate in summer mission trips;

  04/01/2011 - By admin

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  Wayland Anchorage student group on a roll to benefit shelter

  Wayland Baptist University’s Anchorage campus and its student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management recently collected 4,650 rolls of toilet paper for a homeless shelter.

  04/01/2011 - By admin

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  Irving church stays focused on missions over spring break

  Instead of hitting the beach or other vacation spots during spring break, volunteers from First Baptist Church in Irving hit the streets of south Irving on a mission for Jesus.

  03/31/2011 - By admin

• Pinson to deliver Maston Lectures at Hardin-Simmons University

  Bill Pinson, executive director emeritus of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and a student and colleague of pioneering Baptist ethicist T.B. Maston, will speak at the lecture series named in Maston’s honor at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary in Abilene.

  03/30/2011 - By Administrator

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  Former pastor bestows painting at sesquicentennial

  When First Baptist Church of Waxahachie recently celebrated its 150th anniversary, former pastor Bill Austin, who served the church as pastor from 1961 to 1965, not only preached the anniversary sermon, but also made a special presentation at the end of the service.

  03/24/2011 - By admin

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  Payday lending is ‘financial slavery,’ faith leaders insist

  Gathered on the steps of the capitol, representatives of Texas’ faith communities stood against what they called the “immoral” and “predatory” practices of payday lenders who enslave the state’s poor in a crippling cycle of debt.

   

  03/24/2011 - By admin

• Missouri Baptists join support for Texas world hunger offering projects

  Missouri Baptists soon will help Texas Baptists feed the hungry across the state and around the world by supporting the same hunger projects.

  03/24/2011 - By admin