Amarillo's CityChurch goes to the 'greatest need'
___By Ferrell Foster
___Texas Baptist Communications
___Nearly 1,000 of Amarillo's poorest children are involved in weekly Bible study, 700 people have made professions of faith in Christ and 478 have been baptized at CityChurch and its three satellite congregations. The Baptist General Convention of Texas honored CityChurch recently with its annual Salt & Light Award for a "church transforming the community through ministry outside its walls."
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Texas seminaries still waiting for new funds as churches ponder choices
___By Mark Wingfield
___Managing Editor
___The flood of redirected offerings projected to flow into Texas Baptist seminaries and Hispanic ministries this year is starting out more like a trickle.
___By the end of the first quarter of the new budget year, only 22.4 percent of contributions from churches affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas were coming through the convention's "adopted" budget, which reduces funding for six Southern Baptist Convention seminaries and gives new funding to three Texas Baptist schools, Texas Baptist Hispanic ministries and Texas programs in Christian ethics.
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Buckner after-school brings new beginnings for children
___By Scott Collins
___& Russ Dilday
___Buckner News Service
___For hundreds of children across Texas who attend after-school programs sponsored by Buckner Children and Family Services, the end-of-day school bell doesn't mean their day is over.
___In many cases, what happens after school is just the beginning of much more. Sometimes it's the beginning of a new life in Christ as well.
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Study finds clergy ill-equipped for conflict
___HARTFORD, Conn. (RNS) --Seminaries need to reassess the way they train clergy after a recent survey showed graduates are no better at handling conflict than non-graduates, a seminary president has warned.
___David Greenshaw, president of the United Church of Christ-affiliated Eden Theological Seminary, said the recent "Faith Communities Today" survey should be a "wake-up call" for equipping new clergy with the skills they need.
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