Jefferson letter sparks debate on church-state
___By Bruce Nolan
___Religion News Service
___NEW ORLEANS (RNS) --A letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Catholic convent and school in New Orleans in 1804 may reveal a pragmatist's streak tempering Jefferson's fierce advocacy of the separation of church and state. Some scholars see it as historical support for President George Bush's charitable choice proposals.
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Ministry out of the blue
___By Ferrell Foster
___Texas Baptist Communications
___RUSK--People call it the blue building.
___Its bright, welcoming exterior stands in contrast to the bland buildings and forbidding fences of its neighbors--Hodge prison and Skyview psychiatric unit.
___Churches in Cherokee Baptist Association banded together last year to build the blue building, which is called Skyview/Hodge Family Visitors Center, on a quarter acre of land adjacent to the prisons. Volunteers from the churches now staff the facility.
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BGCT committee won't recommend change in Texas funding for IMB
___DALLAS--A missions study committee appointed by the Baptist General Convention of Texas will not recommend a change in funding for the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board, nor will it recommend that the BGCT become a missions-sending agency.
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Earl Campbell:
The Tyler Rose
___Few people have come farther than Earl Campbell, our latest interview for Deep in the Heart of Texans series. His family, adult mentors and faith helped him in his rise from poverty as a child in Tyler to win All-America honors and the Heisman Trophy at the University of Texas and Football Hall of Fame honors as a running back with the Houston Oilers.
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