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  CBF marks 20th anniversary with laughter, hope

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship looked back in laughter and forward in hope at a celebration banquet marking its 20th anniversary June 22.

  06/23/2011 - By Administrator

• Report: Women ministers gaining ground in Baptist life

  Women are making slow but steady progress into ministry positions in Baptist churches, according to a report released by Baptist Women in Ministry.

  06/23/2011 - By Administrator

• BJC defends limits on lawsuits against religious organizations

  The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty joined other groups in a legal brief arguing that a teacher fired by a Christian school should not be allowed to sue her former employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

  06/22/2011 - By Administrator

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  Plano church gardeners plant seeds in hearts

  Every week, First Baptist Church in Plano sows and harvests compassion through its community garden.

  06/22/2011 - By Administrator

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  Center helps train ‘companions’ to walk alongside people in grief

  The Grief and Loss Center of North Texas began operation this spring as a nonprofit organization launched by Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas.

   

  06/22/2011 - By Administrator

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  Brain surgery leads to ministry opportunity

  After a stroke cost him his job as a factory supervisor, a federal jobs program that matches disabled workers with part-time work enabled Ernest Espinoza, a member of First Baptist Church in Early, to work for Good Samaritan Ministries in Brownwood 25 hours a week.

  06/22/2011 - By Administrator

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  Texas WMU unleashes wave of compassion in South Dallas

  Wearing orange shirts and bright smiles, about 150 Texas WMU members and ministry volunteers took to the streets in South Dallas for Touchpoint, performing a variety of community ministry in a partnership with Cornerstone Baptist Church.

  06/21/2011 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptists seek to ‘Engage’ Christians in making disciples

  Proper evangelism means more than sharing the gospel. It involves makings disciples—a process that affects multiple generations, Mike Woods, pastor of Coronado Baptist Church in El Paso, said during one of Texas Baptists’ Engage evangelism conferences.

  06/21/2011 - By Administrator

• Religious freedom envoy condemns religious intolerance

  The Obama administration's new envoy for international religious freedom told a U.N. commission that government, political, religious and business leaders must stand ready to condemn hateful ideology.

  06/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  Is marriage a ‘dying’ institution?

  A conference in April by the conservative think tank Ethics and Public Policy Center examined “a retreat from marriage” over the last 50 years as fewer adults are getting married. Is marriage a "dying" instituton?

  06/18/2011 - By Administrator

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  Tim Tebow memoir details blessed life rooted in faith

  Woven throughout Tim Tebow’s new memoir, Through My Eyes, is the bone-deep religious side of the evangelical young football player who writes Bible verses beneath the play codes on his wristbands.

  06/17/2011 - By Administrator

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  Rebecca St. James shines spotlight on Christ

  A leading role in the pro-life movie Sarah’s Choice prompted Christian singer Rebecca St. James to support the work of crisis pregnancy centers

  06/17/2011 - By Administrator