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Nonprofit administration a new niche for Baylor School of Social Work
The Baylor University School of Social Work is planning to combine social work and business skills into a new degree program in nonprofit management and administration.
06/25/2010 - By admin
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Organic church effectiveness comes from relationships
Ben Hanna’s "organic" churches don’t have pews, hymnals, pulpits or stained glass. There are no choirs or sanctuaries, either. But Hanna is seeing lives changed as people meet Christ without the structure of an institutional church.
06/25/2010 - By admin
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Music videos allow North Texas church to touch the world
Jarod O’Flaherty and his church, Retta Baptist in Burleson, created two music videos—“The Resist Project” and “Run to You”—and posted them on networking sites like Facebook and YouTube as a response to the rise of technology-driven culture.
06/24/2010 - By admin
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Baylor brings education, care to Dallas area hard hit by diabetes
Baylor Health Care System in partnership with the city of Dallas opened a wellness center dedicated to diabetes care and education June 7 in an area where residents are three times more likely to die of diabetes-related complications than in the rest of the city.
06/24/2010 - By admin
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Buckner Vietnam orphans return to homeland they fled
A group of orphans returned to Vietnam, many for the first time, since fleeing the country for Buckner Children’s Home in Dallas. It’s a trip that’s been in the making for years.
06/23/2010 - By admin
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DiscipleNow brings ‘sisters’ closer to God and each other
A Howard Payne University student helped her high school "sister" find out she could be an example to younger girls during a Disciple Now weekend.
06/22/2010 - By admin
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Decatur church fuels fun with food at park
When Ken May and Candy Burden of First Baptist Church in Decatur learned that one child in 10 in their area goes to bed hungry every night, they decided to do something about it.
06/22/2010 - By admin
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Purposes of Convencion remain constant after a century
Since its beginning, missions, evangelism, benevolence and education have remained central to the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas. Two dozen churches sent 36 messengers to the first meeting of what then was called the Convencion Bautista Mexicana de Texas on May 25, 1910, in San Antonio.
06/17/2010 - By admin
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Most BUA students share culture, economic background, calling
Hispanic students who may have felt out of place in an educational setting before feel at home when they arrive at Baptist University of the Américas, President René Maciel said.
06/17/2010 - By admin