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  Mexican family takes pride in new home CERI provided

  When a team from Children’s Emergency Relief International—the global arm of Baptist Child & Family Services—led a fact-finding mission to Mexico to assess humanitarian needs in Chiapas, one family captured their attention.

  08/18/2010 - By admin

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  Texas WMU unanimously elects new leader

  The Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas board of directors unanimously elected Sandy Wisdom-Martin Aug. 14 as the organization’s next executive director- treasurer.

  08/17/2010 - By admin

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  Texas women use music as tool to share the gospel in New England

  This summer, 70 members of the Singing Women of Texas combined to form one choir and present eight concerts in six days, singing for a host of people across New England.

  08/12/2010 - By admin

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  Oil patch chaplains show love in a tough workplace

  Ten Texans and several out-of-state pupils attended training to be oil patch chaplains early this year. Participants learned crisis response, suicide prevention, grief support and anger management over the course of two weekends.

  08/12/2010 - By admin

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  Dallas-area Korean churches energized by outreach opportunities

  Korean churches in the Dallas area jumped at the chance to engage in multihousing outreach this summer, and Sam Song couldn’t be happier about it.

  08/12/2010 - By admin

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  Duncanville church changes lives halfway around the world

  Through a vision God placed in the heart of Pastor Keith Brister and the contacts of one of its members– Sastry Meesala– First Baptist Church in Duncanville formed a partnership with an orphanage in India.

  08/12/2010 - By admin

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  ETBU Tigers work at camp in Ukraine, not far from Chernobyl disaster

  Five East Texas Baptist University football players and Head Coach Mark Sartain served a week in Eastern Europe this summer, working at Open Doors Christian Camp just outside Chernigov, Ukraine.

  08/12/2010 - By admin

• Texas Tidbits: Baylor names first woman provost

  Elizabeth Davis has been named provost and executive vice president of Baylor University—the first woman appointed to the chief academic officer’s post in the school’s 165-year history.

  08/11/2010 - By admin

• On the Move

  Devin Butts to First Church in La Vernia as associate pastor and business administrator.

  08/11/2010 - By admin

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  Around the State

  Houston Baptist University’s Dunham Bible Museum will host a premeire showing of KJV: The Making of the King James Bible in the Dunham Theater Sept. 2 at 7 p.m.

  08/11/2010 - By admin

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  Band bridges generation gap with a unique mix of musical styles

  With their mix of Southern Gospel, country, bluegrass, traditional hymns and contemporary worship songs, Jason Baird and Justin Rivers—better known as the Dove Award-winning duo Austins Bridge—seek to bridge generations and connect people to Christ.

  08/11/2010 - By admin

• BGCT eliminates 13 staff positions, reduces some to part-time

  Six Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board employees are losing their jobs, seven unfilled posts are being eliminated and a dozen positions are being reduced from full-time to part-time due to the state convention’s current financial situation and the 2011 forecast.

  08/11/2010 - By Administrator