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  Accrediting agency issues warning to Criswell College

  A regional accrediting agency has issued an official warning to Criswell College, citing issues regarding “institutional effectiveness” in planning and assessment.

  12/21/2010 - By Administrator

• Board approves BGCT executive director search committee

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board unanimously approved a 15-person committee to find the convention’s next executive director.

  12/20/2010 - By Administrator

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  Hardin-Simmons national NCAA champs in women’s soccer

  Hardin-Simmons University’s women’s soccer team won the NCAA Division III National Championship with a 2-1 win over Messiah at the Blossom Athletic Complex in San Antonio.

  12/20/2010 - By Administrator

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  Wayland students, staff care for platoon 6,500 miles from home

  Students and staff at Wayland Baptist University’s student leadership and activities office turned their attention far from the Plainview campus, hoping to spread Christmas cheer to a military platoon in Afghanistan.

  12/16/2010 - By admin

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  Executive director search committee nominated

  Elected leaders of the Baptist General Convention and the BGCT Executive Board on Dec. 14 nominated 15 people to serve on a committee to recommend a new executive director for the convention.

  12/14/2010 - By Administrator

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  Dip in baptisms due to soccer practice?

  The real culprit behind declining baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention might be youth soccer, historian Bill Leonard asserts.

  12/13/2010 - By Administrator

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  Midland church calls Everett; search for replacement to begin

  BGCT leaders plan to name a 15-member search committee to find a new executive director after Randel Everett accepted a call to become pastor of First Baptist Church in Midland.

  12/10/2010 - By admin

• Final Valley Reach results show 1,000-plus professions of faith

  More than 1,000 people made professions of faith as a result of Valley Reach, an evangelistic effort centered on the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.

  12/09/2010 - By Administrator

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  UMHB student group helps provide Toys for Tots

  Hundreds of Central Texas children will have new toys to play with this Christmas, thanks to students from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

  12/09/2010 - By admin

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  TBM dedicates expanded disaster relief complex

  Friends of Texas Baptist Men gathered in east Dallas recently for the dedication of the John LaNoue Disaster Relief Complex—a 15,000-square-foot expansion of the Robert E. Dixon Mission Equipping Center.

  12/09/2010 - By admin

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  ‘Turkey Guy’ carries on 70-year children’s home tradition

  No noisy gobbles or flapping wings announced the arrival of Charles “Turkey Guy” Morris at South Texas Children’s Home Ministries before Thanksgiving. But there's been a Turkey Guy delivering turkeys to Baptist children’s homes for 70 years.

  12/09/2010 - By admin

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  Pasadena church keeps baptistery waters stirred

  Most churches would be happy to say they baptized 100 people during a year. But First Baptist Church in Pasadena expects to baptize 100 more than last year.

  12/09/2010 - By admin