FRONT PAGE

• Buckner takes Texans to aid of Kenya's orphans
• Texas Baptist songwriter's work named Dove's Song of the Year
• Celebrity endorsements aid charities
  
  TEXAS
  
• Buckner takes Texans to aid of Kenya's orphans
• Botswana Baptists seek help with societal crisis
• Orphans' camp offers respite from life's troubles
• Baptist Convention of the America's? Not yet, but maybe, Reynolds says
• $10,000 matching grant could aid River Ministry
• LifeWay women's convention draws 7,000 to Fort Worth
• 5,000 senior adults celebrate 'Joy in the Journey'
• Texans nominated to SBC leadership positions
• Texas Baptist songwriter's work named Dove's Song of the Year
• Dove Awards highlights
• BGCT's missionary transition initiative may take two years, leaders say
• Texas Tidbits
  
  BAPTISTS
  
• Andersen goes on trial for BFA fraud
• SBC membership gains a bit, but baptisms take a plunge
• Moores to serve with IMB in Kenya
• WMU's WorldCrafts parties provide non-traditionalnal support for missions
  
• Baptist Briefs
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  RELIGION
  
• Celebrity endorsements aid charities
• Americans know little about other faiths but don't want to be critical
  
  OPINION
  
• ANOTHER VIEW: Parenting college-age children is frieghtening