JEANNE LAW (above), president of Texas Woman's Missionary Union, was among 15 women from First Baptist Church in Lubbock who traveled to Romania simply to hold and hug orphans. (Photo by Russ Dilday). Full Story
Video clips of Charles Wade and Anthony Sisemore during debate on the Baptist Faith & Message at the SBC.
Plus, addresses by Jim Denison
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at Texas Baptists Committed concerning the Baptist Faith & Message.
Text of the revised Baptist Faith & Message Statement ANALYSIS: Religious
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Funding debate questions equity of money sent to SBC vs. Texas needs need
___By Mark Wingfield
___Managing Editor
___Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., received three and a half times as much funding from the Baptist General Convention of Texas last year as the BGCT gave Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University in Waco.
___This is an example of the heavy flow of BGCT funding to SBC causes that has become the focus of attention in recent months as calls have escalated for the state convention to change the way it allocates cooperative missions gifts. Full Story
Prestonwood threatens to leave ___By Mark Wingfield
___Managing Editor
___PLANO--The Baptist General Convention of Texas stands to lose about $6,000 a year in financial support and the influence of seven agency trustees if Prestonwood Baptist Church proceeds with a threatened break from the state convention.
___Members of the suburban Dallas megachurch reportedly voted unanimously July 23 to dually align with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention and threatened to leave the BGCT entirely if Texas Baptists don't give full support to the Southern Baptist Convention. Full Story Baptist papers face content restrictions ___ATLANTA (ABP)--Two state Baptist newspapers have been restricted from carrying news and advertisements related to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
___The most stringent restrictions have been placed on Bill Neal, editor of the Christian Index in Georgia. Restrictions also have been placed on Don Kirkland, editor of the Baptist Courier in South Carolina. Full Story
Texas WMU encouraged to find love and life 'beyond belief' ___By Ken Camp
___Texas Baptist Communications
___WACO--God wants his people to experience love and life "beyond belief" as they join in his mission, program personalities told women attending the Texas Leadership Conference.
___"Beyond Belief!" was the theme of the July 27-29 training event at Baylor University in Waco, sponsored by Woman's Missionary Union of Texas. Full Story
Bill giving churches more zoning protection sails through Congress ___By Kenny Byrd
___Associated Baptist Press
___WASHINGTON (ABP)--A bill providing houses of worship with greater protection from burdensome zoning laws cleared both houses of Congress July 27 as lawmakers began a month-long recess. Full Story
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When evangelist Billy Graham was too ill to speak at an international evangelism conference in Amsterdam, his son, Franklin Graham, filled in with a previously prepared statement from his father. But the cancellation foreshadowed a succession that has been expected for years. Full Story
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