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Nocona revival reaps 150 decisions
___By Ferrell Foster
___Texas Baptist Communications
___NOCONA--Pastor's secretary Charlotte Coats has heard a common refrain from older members of First Baptist Church of Nocona in recent days: "In all my years, I have never seen this."
___They're talking about a four-day revival in mid-April that resulted in 150 professions of faith in Christ. Eleven already have been baptized, and others are lining up, said Pastor Bryan Parks.
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Building blaze doesn't extinguish church's fire for ministry
___By George Henson
___Staff Writer
___SEABROOK--First Baptist Church in Seabrook needs three bands to play in an outreach effort the last Friday nights of May, June and July. The church also could use volunteers to help in a ministry to the El Jardin community a few miles from the church.
___And, by the way, the church's underinsured building burned Feb. 10.
___That's the order of priorities at the Seabrook church. The church has not been distracted from its main mission of evangelism by the fire, according to Pastor Rob Purdy.
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More on new Bible translations
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he Baptist Standard's April 1 issue carried a set of stories about language used in the new Holman Christian Standard Bible and the Today's New International Version. Tony Cartledge, author of those articles, has written an editorial in the North Carolina Biblical Recorder, adding more insight into the issue. See it here.
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