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  ‘Get on board, little children’ Train-maker seeks to make VBS special

  Tom Huffman spent 11 days in his barn crafting a nine-foot locomotive related to “Boomerang Express,” the theme of this year’s curriculum used at First Baptist Church in Shiloh.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

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  Students make worldwide impact through Fort Worth refugee ministry

  Without leaving their home state, six university students reached people from across the world by working with a Fort Worth ministry that helps refugees assimilate into American culture.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

• U.S. laws chill Muslim philanthropy

  Laws meant to eliminate terror financing are targeting Muslims unjustly, interfering with their right to practice Islam and resulting in a decline in charitable giving, the American Civil Liberties Union has charged.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

• Graduation rates at religious schools outpace those at other universities

  Religiously affiliated universities rank the highest nationwide in graduating their students, while hundreds of public and private universities fall far below the low average of graduated students, according to a recent report based on data from the U.S. Department of Education.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs: Draper released from hospital

  Former Southern Baptist Convention President Jimmy Draper was released from the hospital June 11 and is continuing his recovery from strep bacterial meningitis.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

• One the Move: Brent Beasley to Broadway Church in Fort Worth

  Brent Beasley to Broadway Church in Fort Worth as pastor from Second Church in Memphis, Tenn.

  06/24/2009 - By admin

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  Around the State

  Students from East Texas Baptist University joined with youth from Faith Church in Deport to deliver “blessing bags” to every home in the city.

  06/24/2009 - By admin

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  Seminary president calls SBC executive’s comments ‘shameful’

  The president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary called comments in a speech by the Southern Baptist Executive Committee President Morris Chapman “disingenuous” and “shameful.”

  06/24/2009 - By Administrator

• SBC resolution commends Obama, critiques policies

  Southern Baptists both commended President Barack Obama and expressed opposition to some of his policies in a resolution passed June 24 at their annual meeting in Louisville.

  06/24/2009 - By Administrator

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  Task force approved, but motions focus on controversial pastor

  A proposal that could reshape the SBC received overwhelming approval during the 2009 SBC annual meeting. But controversial pastor Mark Driscoll was in the spotlight, too.

  06/24/2009 - By Administrator

• SBC needs to be serious about Great Commission, Hunt stresses

  Despite membership declines compounded by an apparent generation gap, the Southern Baptist Convention faces a bright future, newly re-elected SBC President Johnny Hunt predicted.

  06/24/2009 - By Administrator

• Great Commission Task Force approved by SBC messengers

  Overwhelming approval of a Great Commission Task Force climaxed 25 minutes of discussion during the Tuesday evening session of Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.

  06/24/2009 - By Administrator