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  Faith Digest: Malaysia: ‘Allah’ only for Muslims

  A court in Muslim-majority Malaysia unanimously ruled only Muslims are permitted to use the Arabic word “Allah” to describe God.

  10/17/2013 - By John Rutledge

• Obituary: O. O. Ervin

  O.O. Ervin, 89, died Sept. 2 in Lewisville.

  10/17/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  GuideStone joins suit fighting Obamacare

  The Southern Baptist Convention agency that provides insurance for church and denominational employees has joined a lawsuit over contraceptive mandates in the Affordable Care Act.

  10/17/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baylor student provides gift of life to stranger

  A student at Baylor University, who on a whim signed up for a bone-marrow registry, became a lifesaver for a Missouri man suffering from leukemia. Both credit the circumstances and timing to God.

  10/17/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist MK felt prayers during Kenya hostage crisis

  Katherine Walton—the daughter of Southern Baptist missionaries—relied on the prayers of Christians around the world during the horrifying hours she and her children were trapped in Nairobi’s Westgate Mall.

  10/17/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: Poll shows concern about Louisiana College

  An online survey of Louisiana Baptist clergy and college trustees revealed high levels of concern about Louisiana College, a Baptist school founded in 1906.

  10/17/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  For urban ministry, an oath for compassionate service

  Robert Lupton, founding president of Focused Community Strategies Urban Ministries, has proposed what he calls an “Oath for Compassionate Service,” inspired by the Hippocratic Oath of physicians.

  10/17/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Austin church makes room for homeless

  One week each quarter, volunteers at First Baptist Church in Austin transform Sunday school classrooms into temporary housing for homeless families.

  10/17/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  How can Christians really help the poor?

  Congregations find that cultivating relationships among the poor and marginalized puts them in a position to help them the most.

  10/17/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Rich and poor alike need repentance and rescue

  The rich need rescue as much as the poor—just a different type, Gerald Britt, vice president of CitySquare, a social service and social justice organization in Dallas, told the No Need Among You conference.

  10/16/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baylor Alumni Association leaders resign

  About one-third of the Baylor Alumni Association board of directors—including four officers—resigned in the wake of a failed attempt to approve a transition agreement with Baylor University.

  10/16/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Intentional Christian communities live and serve among the poor

  In one of northern Philadelphia’s most-dangerous neighborhoods, a 20-person Christian group thrives, embracing a lifestyle of radical community.

  10/15/2013 - By John Rutledge