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News articles
2001
Answers to commonly asked questions about the BGCT (4/30/01)
Church members given fraudulent facts (4/30/01)
Southern Baptists of Texas lists affiliated churches (4/30/01)
BGCT says churches misled by lies and distortions (4/30/01)
First-quarter Cooperative Program giving in Texas shows mixed report (4/16/01)
Texas seminaries still waiting for new funds as churches ponder choices (4/16/01)
Annuity Board won't serve churches breaking ties with SBC (3/19/01)
BGCT grew in 2000, despite loss of some churches (3/12/01)
Southwestern approves budget with no projected lost funds from Texas (3/12/01)
Two Southwestern faculty holding out on signing faith statement (3/12/01)
BGCT committee won't recommend change in Texas funding for International Mission Board (3/5/01)
CBF participants to vote on creating more specific membership policies (3/5/01)
Faith statement not creedal, Hemphill says (2/26/01)
"Hold the Baptist vision high," Wade tells Mainstream group (2/12/01)
Mainstream Baptists taking shape as national network (2/12/01)
Alternative convention wants ties to BGCT agencies (2/12/01)
BGCT treasurer stands by statements (2/5/01)
SBC appeals to churches to bypass BGCT-approved budget (1/29/01)
IMB missionaries required to accept, but not sign, Baptist Faith & Message (1/29/01)
Southwestern Seminary profs almost finished signing Baptist Faith & Message (1/15/01)
Texas Baptists Committed urges BGCT to divest income from SBC (1/15/01)

2000
International Mission Board told not to worry about Texas (12/4/00)
New cooperative giving options outlined (11/27/00)
New state group tightens relationship to SBC (11/20/00)
Complete coverage of the 2000 BGCT annual session in Corpus Christi (11/6/00)
Numbers show Texas leaders continue to support SBC missions (10/30/00)
1995 memo notes SBC leaders' concern about Texas (10/30/00)
Jimmy Carter "can no longer be associated" with SBC (10/30/00)
Chapman and Wade differ over breakdown of last-minute talks (10/16/00)
Golden Gate Seminary plans budget cut, blames BGCT (10/16/00)
Integrity Committee assails SBC mailing & website (10/9/00)
Ken Hemphill urges students to be messengers to BGCT, vote (10/9/00)
International Mission Board trustees oppose BGCT proposal (10/9/00)
Baylor University regents applaud BGCT proposals (10/2/00)
Committee Chairman Bob Campbell calls claims against Texas study "ludicrous" (10/2/00)
BGCT Executive Board approves budget changes (10/2/00)
SBC Executive Committee responds to BGCT proposal (9/25/00)
Directors of missions meet SBC leaders at Southwestern Seminary and plead for unity (9/25/00)
Texas ministries need the support that could result from redirecting funds (9/25/00)
SBC leaders say Texas can't change funding plan without destroying the Cooperative Program--and a package of stories regarding the BGCT funding-change proposal (9/18/00)
Baptist Faith & Message "non-negotiable" at SBC seminaries (9/4/00)
Vestal disputes Baptist Press reports, says Cooperative Baptist Fellowship never has supported homosexuality (7/31/00)
Some question whether words put back in Baptist Faith & Message mean the same thing (7/17/00)
SBC headed toward creedalism, Wade says, and Texas won't go (6/26/00)
Baptists have debated creeds & confessions for years (6/26/00)
Difference between creeds & confessions seen in application (6/26/00)
What would Jesus do? What does Bible say? -- SBC '00 wrapup (6/19/00)
SBC declines to create unity committee (6/19/00)
Revised statement will guide employment (6/19/00)
Vestal rebuts SBC language on women (6/12/00)
Baptist Faith & Message changes touch on Bible, gender, sexuality (5/22/00)
Wade and others from BGCT meet with SBC leadership in Fort Worth (4/17/00)
Mohler criticizes Mullins' influence and doctrine of soul competency (4/17/00)