• Pastor couldn’t bear to send storm victims home without beds

  A trailer full of beds came in handy for victims of Hurricane Ike.

  11/07/2008 - By admin

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  Hispanic Baptists urged to reject idols of wealth

  The church in the United States is not reaching the younger generation in the same numbers as previous generations because churches are busy chasing the idols of extravagant buildings and political power, speakers warned at the annual convocation of the Hispanic Baptist Laity at Camp Buckner.

  11/07/2008 - By admin

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  E3 Standard to deliver future of Baptist news

  The Baptist Standard will preview E3—its enhanced electronic edition—at its booth during Fort Worth meeting. Baptist Standard E3 will be the nation’s first enhanced electronic religious newsjournal.

  11/07/2008 - By admin

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  Texas Baptists reach out to Fort Worth with hope

  More than 30 Tarrant Baptist Association congregations worked together in a focused evangelism effort called City Reach to share the hope of Christ in Fort Worth leading up to the BGCT's annual meeting.

  11/07/2008 - By admin

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  HPU employee, cancer survivor walks for awareness

  Cancer survivor Cynthia Givan, administrative assistant at Howard Payne University’s Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom, joined about 160 other participants in the third annual Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness at Howard Payne.

  11/07/2008 - By admin

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  Buckner to aid flood victims in Honduras

  Buckner International will ship $7,000 in humanitarian aid and a 40-foot container filled with shoes, socks, clothes, blankets and food to families affected by severe flooding and mudslides in Honduras.

  11/07/2008 - By admin

• Buckner, CBF expect to top 100,000 served along the border by year’s end

  Buckner International and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship are celebrating their seven-year anniversary of sending mission groups to the United States/Mexico border.

  11/07/2008 - By admin

• Baylor regents take no action on presidential search committee

  At their pre-homecoming meeting in Waco, Baylor University’s board of regents took no action regarding the appointment of a presidential search committee.

  11/07/2008 - By admin

• Around the State

  Howard Payne University will host a graduate school and seminary fair Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

  11/07/2008 - By admin

• Baylor reports racially related incidents on Election Day

  Baylor University police reported three apparently racially related on-campus incidents on Election Day.

  11/05/2008 - By Administrator

• Future Focus Committee recommends name change for convention

  The Future Focus Committee will bring only one recommendation to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting, but it potentially could reshape the organization’s identity. Co-chairs Stephen Hatfield and Andy Pittman will present the committee’s unanimous recommendation that the 123-year-old BGCT change its name to the Texas Baptist Convention.

  11/04/2008 - By Administrator

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  Coffee to be nominated for BGCT first vice president

  Ken Coffee, retired associate director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas State Missions Commission, will be nominated for first vice president of the state convention at the BGCT annual meeting in Fort Worth.

  11/03/2008 - By admin