AUGUST 20, 2001
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DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN, but Bart Simpson and his family are about to hit bookstores nationwide as poster-children for religious virtue. "The Gospel According to the Simpsons," to be published Sept. 1 by Westminster John Knox Press, devotes 164 pages to an examination of the spiritual lessons from the long-running animated TV series, created by Matt Groening. (The Simpsons images are copyrighted art of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All Rights Reserved).
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Baptist Decision 2001:
Missions-sending Agencies Study

CYBERCOLUMNS:

Berry D. Simpson:
An ear to hear

What about Harry Potter?
By Bob Campbell

Poem: The Dream
By Whitley Cadenhead

A Closer Look at
'The Prayer of Jabez'
by Michael D. Riley

Religious Freedom:
winning youth essay
by Sean Holster

He Said/ She Said
by Mark and Alison Wingfield




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ETBU choirs take Italy by song
___A Texas Baptist choir brought tears to the eyes of parishioners in a prominent Catholic church in Rome this summer. The Concert Choir of East Texas Baptist University sang during evening mass at Santa Maria Maggiore, one of four churches in Rome directly owned by the Vatican.
___This week’s Standard features extensive coverage of the varied types of ministries where Texas Baptist college students served this summer, from student summer missionary posts to school-sponsored trips overseas.
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Boerne kids take wing with a prayer as pastor's partners
___By Marv Knox
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___BOERNE--Children's prayers have touched lives throughout Boerne and beyond, reported Bubba Stahl, pastor of First Baptist Church in the Texas Hill Country community.
___At the church, Pastor's Prayer Partners has become a means for children to commit to pray for their church and pastor, as well as their community, state and nation. And they also put feet to their prayers.
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Missouri convention in turmoil as committees make sweeping changes
___By Mark Wingfield
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___Fundamentalists who last year gained control of the Missouri Baptist Convention are working quickly to replace trustees of state convention agencies and members of the convention's Executive Board with individuals deemed more loyal to their cause.
___At the same time, efforts are under way to require all Missouri Baptist Convention churches to affirm the new direction of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist Faith & Message.
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