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  Irving church plants seeds of faith around the world

  Desiring to make a global impact for Christ, First Baptist Church in Irving recently sent mission teams to Bangladesh, India, North Korea, Uganda, Honduras, Nicaragua and China, as well as St. Louis and Houston.

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  HSU honors veteran River Ministry leader, dedicates exhibit

  Hardin-Simmons University honored Texas Baptist River Ministry leader Elmin Howell and his wife, Betty, as missions pioneers and dedicated an on-campus River Ministry exhibit as a tool to educate the next generation of missions workers.

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  Definitions of “evangelical” vary

  The National Association of Evangelicals and Christian researcher George Barna offer two definitions of the term "evangelical."

  10/07/2010 - By admin

• Moderate Baptists uneasy about evangelical baggage

  Are Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Mainstream Baptists evangelicals? The answer is yes and no.

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  Ellis Association’s mission in Honduras takes to the airwaves

  Ellis Baptist Association’s ministry to the Lencas of Honduras gets dialed up a notch when its radio station goes on the air Nov. 1.

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  Congregations struggle to become diverse, retain diversity

  More than a half-century after Martin Luther King declared 11 a.m. on Sunday the most segregated hour in America, nine in 10 congregations still have a single racial group that accounts for more than 80 percent of their membership, said Kevin Dougherty, assistant professor of sociology at Baylor University.

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  DBU grad wants to play ball for the glory of God

  Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in 2009,  DBU graduate Brandon Bantz says he is not out to make a name for himself in professional baseball. He wants to be a hit for another reason.

  10/07/2010 - By admin

• LifeWay background-check service finds hundreds of felonies

  Discounted criminal-background checks offered by LifeWay Christian Resources found more than 600 felony offenses in checks for the 900-plus churches and organizations that have purchased the service in its first two years.

  10/07/2010 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Roddy Arnold has resigned as pastor at First Church in Pottsboro.

  10/06/2010 - By admin

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  Faith Digest

  The basic text used for Alcoholics Anonymous programs, known as The Big Book, initially used stronger religious language but was reduced to appeal to a wider audience, The Washington Post reported.

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• Reduction in force planned at NAMB

  Telling North American Mission Board staff “considerable change” is coming, President Kevin Ezell shared a retirement incentive with employees that will be the beginning of an overall reduction in force in the months ahead.

  10/06/2010 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  George Musacchio will present the lecture “Bless the Lord, O My Soul: Meditating on Scripture in the Protestant Tradition” at the Oct. 14 University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Ministers’ Forum.

  10/06/2010 - By admin