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  Cookies pave way for gospel in Holland

  Each Saturday morning, the smell of homemade cookies wafts through the air as members of First Baptist Church in Holland visit homes, offering people a bag of homemade cookies and the gospel presented on a Texas Hope 2010 multimedia compact disc.

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  In Alabama, coach has more Facebook fans than God does

  University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban may not be bigger than God in Alabama, but he has more fans on Facebook.

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  Economic squeeze produces a new kind of seminarian

  When Newton, Mass., artist Paula Rendino needed fresh inspiration, she sought her muse in an unlikely place—seminary.

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  Baylor grad struggles with answers to big questions about human need

  Sarah Bush, minister of congregational development at Fredericksburg (Va.) Baptist Church, wrestles with big questions: Why do homelessness, hunger and poverty persist in the United States?

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  Germans’ mega Passion play is back, and Jews are watching

  With its focus on the last days of Jesus’ life, a Passion play should, by its nature, arouse passions. But in Oberammergau, the world’s most famous Passion play keeps stirring the wrong kind.

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  Student ministry in Edinburg sees new building as God’s provision

  The University of Texas-Pan American Baptist Student Ministry has a new building that will be used not only to train Christian students, but also provide a place for non-Christians to feel loved and encounter Christ in a safe environment.

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  Operation Multiplication spreading across the state

  Congregations from North Texas to the lower Rio Grande Valley and from El Paso to Center are participating in Operation Multiplication, which trains laypeople in on-on-one discipleship.

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  Midland children, youth reach out to neighbors

  During February, 12 Midland-area churches began delivering compact discs that include gospel presentations and Scripture downloads in more than 200 languages. The initiative was part of Texas Hope 2010.

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  Texas Hunger Initiative seeks to make state food secure by 2015

  Faced with the awareness that children in their community are hungry, most Christians would want to meet their needs. But many churches lack the nuts-and-bolts information needed to turn that desire into reality, according to Jeremy Everett, director of the Texas Hunger Initiative.

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  HPU students rejoice in spiritual victory in Vancouver

  Caitlin Woodard, along with fellow Howard Payne University sophomores Nathan Gilbert and Amanda Burley, spent 10 days at the Winter Olympics working with sport chaplains through Action Ministries International.

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  Haitian voodoo priest introduced to Christ by Texas Baptist layman

  Fred Sorrels, a member of First Baptist Church in Kingsland, led a voodoo priest to faith in Christ while miistering in Haiti.

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  Texas Baptists send more than 9,000 Buckets of Hope to Haiti

  Texas Baptists have collected more than 9,000 Buckets of Hope—roughly 270,000 pounds of food for Haitians.

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