• On the Move: Jeff Atchison

  Jeff Atchison to Fort Phantom Baptist Church in Abilene as pastor.

  12/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Letters: More on Race in sentencing

  Many people grow up in a bad environment, in poverty, with drugs, etc. But many also escape from their situation. Why is it that we Christians keep on blaming the environment for people’s sinful behavior.

  12/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Port Arthur churches with shared history soon will share a facility

  Two Port Arthur churches that split 75 years ago soon will share a common facility.

  12/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Five ways to celebrate 125 years of the Baptist Standard

  This month, we are celebrating the Baptist Standard’s 125th anniversary, and you are invited to celebrate with us. Here are five ways you can help us celebrate.

  12/05/2013 - By Staff

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  Around the State: 2,600 Thanksgiving meals

  Members of Oak View Baptist Church in Irving provided 2,600 Thanksgiving meals to apartment residents and also donated meals to the homeless as a part of Serving Irving, a ministry nearly two decades old.

  12/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Rick Warren shares good news about Daniel’s weight loss plan

  Rick Warren’s new book, The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life, details a lifestyle program that helped the megachurch pastor lose 65 pounds and propelled members of his congregation to drop more than 250,000 pounds collectively.

  12/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Obituaries: Terry Martinaz, Ben Loring Jr.

  Deaths: Terry Martinaz, 66, Nov. 16 in The Woodlands. Ben Loring Jr., 67, Nov. 16 in Saline, Mich., from complications of frontal lobe dementia.

  12/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: Baylor alumni win Battle Royale

  In an alumni-giving competition between Baylor University and Texas Christian University, 1,315 Baylor young alumni prevailed, giving more than $164,500 to their alma mater.

  12/04/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Bay Psalm Book sold

  One of the 11 surviving copies of the Bay Psalm Book, the first book printed in English in America, fetched $14.2 million at Sotheby’s auction house in Manhattan. 

  12/04/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Stephenville crusade extended as Spirit continued to move

  When a recent evangelistic crusade at First Baptist Church in Stephenville approached its scheduled conclusion, church leaders had no desire to let the calendar overrule what they saw as “a mighty work of the Holy Spirit.”

  12/04/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Online map shows mission needs to volunteers

  A new online volunteer map by the SBC’s North American Mission Board is designed to help meet needs in areas where the majority of churches are small and pastored by bivocational leaders.

  12/04/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  More give to religion than realize it

  The end of the year focuses attention on giving—not only presents on Christmas morning, but also gifts to charitable causes. New research is shedding light on the meaning of “religious giving.”

  12/04/2013 - By John Rutledge