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  Retired ministers urged to listen to God’s voice

  D.L. Lowrie, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church in Lubbock, challenged about 300 participants at the 12th annual Texas Baptist Retired Ministers/Missionaries Retreat at Glorieta to listen to God’s voice and see what he has in store for his people.

  10/07/2010 - By admin

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  Mission to India provides Wayland group insights into Hinduism

  Rick Shaw of Wayland Baptist University has spent many hours working in slums around the world, leading mission teams and sharing the gospel with people of different faiths. But this summer, Shaw led a small team to a mission field he never had experienced before and gave participants new insights into Hindus.

  10/07/2010 - By admin

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  Playing ball, sharing faith a double play for Wayland senior

  Infielder Calvin Bass turned a memorable double play each of the past three summers—playing the game he loves and serving the God he loves through Athletes in Action.

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  Cowboy Church board removes Nolen from leadership post

  The board of directors of the Texas/American Fellowship of Cowboy Churches voted unanimously in mid-September to terminate Executive Director Ron Nolen, who had led the organization since September 2006.

  10/07/2010 - By Administrator

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  Family services agency, hospital team up for mobile medical partnership

  Baptist Health System and Baptist Child & Family Services have launched a mobile medical partnership organizers say is focused on “driving health forward” in the San Antonio area.

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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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  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

• On the Move

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

  10/06/2010 - By admin

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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