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THE SKYLINE OF PITTSBURGH rises above the confluence of the Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. Though one of the nation's major population centers, Pittsburgh is vastly unreached with the Christian gospel and has few Baptist churches in proportion to population. Through a new partnership missions program, Texas Baptists are asked to help spread the light of Christ in places such as Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Full Story
The Almost-Millennial
Year in Retrospective
CYBERCOLUMN: Berry D. Simpson
finds himself at home
with the notion that
he's not in control.
Sandra Magee Womack
Commentary:
Baptist women
must continue to be
risk takers.
Audio clips
of addresses by Charles Wade,
Jim Denison and Clyde Glazener from the BGCT annual meeting.
Stockyards church rounds up all types in Fort Worth
___By Roy Hayhurst
___Southwestern Seminary
___FORT WORTH--While tourists flock to Fort Worth's historic Stockyards every year, most churches have abandoned the area and its Old West-style buildings and wooden sidewalks.
___For more than a decade, Carl and Joann Hinton and E.C. Burnett, merchants in the Stockyards, have prayed for a church in the area, which is well-known for its bars and rabble-rousing.
___Those prayers were answered this yearat ultimately protected them during a recent home invasion. Full Story
Jacob's Well draws youth to faith with Abilene church's innovation ___By Ken Camp ___Texas Baptist Communications
___ABILENE--More than 1,100 Abilene-area teenagers in the last six months accepted the invitation to "Come to the Well," and about one-third had their first taste of the "living water" spoken of by Jesus.
___Jacob's Well is an interdenominational youth ministry coordinated by Abilene's Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, a Texas Baptist Key Church. While facilitated by Baptists, the ministry involves churches of several denominations. Full Story
One-fourth of Missouri Baptist Convention staff taking severance ___JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (ABP)--As the new year begins, the Missouri Baptist Convention will experience what is believed to be the largest staff turnover in its history.
___A total of 28 employees--one of every four of the 101-member staff--will leave their positions after accepting a severance option expected to cost the convention nearly $770,000.
___Employees taking the offer cited several reasons, but more than half indicated political conflict between moderates and conservatives was a contributing factor. Full Story
Texas CLC conference focuses on liberty ___By Ken Camp
___Texas Baptist Communications
___"Faithful Freedom: Religious Liberty in the New Millennium" is the theme of the annual statewide conference of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission, scheduled for Feb. 12-13 at Austin's Tarrytown Baptist Church. Full Story
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