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  Hispanic Baptist Convention elects new president, appoints committee

  Victor Rodriguez, pastor of South San Filadelfia Baptist Church in San Antonio, was elected president of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas in a close vote June 29.

  06/30/2009 - By Administrator

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  Baptist school cancels mission trip for church dismissed from SBC

  A Kentucky Baptist university has, at the last minute, withdrawn its invitation to host a youth mission team from Texas after the Southern Baptist Convention disfellowshipped their church for its toleration of homosexuals.

  06/30/2009 - By Administrator

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  BGCT seeks to put free GED program in each church

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas has launched an effort that could put free General Equivalency Diploma programs in all its affiliated churches.

  06/29/2009 - By Administrator

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  Buckner suspends mission trips to Honduras

  Buckner International temporarily is suspending travel by mission groups to Honduras in the wake of a coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office.

  06/29/2009 - By Administrator

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  Small church praying big in Donie

  The congregation at First Baptist Church in Donie may be aging and small in number, but members have hearts for reaching their community and praying.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

• Grant funds Standard student initiative project

  On-site missions reporting by communications student interns, a blog featuring firsthand impressions from students on mission and ongoing reports by student missionary correspondents are among the projects made possible by a $93,000 three-year grant to the Baptist Standard from the Christ is our Salvation Foundation of Waco.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

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  Student missionaries bring youth camp to South Texas teens

  Student missionaries with Go Now Missions operated a three-day camp on South Padre Island designed particularly for youth who never could afford to attend a Christian summer camp before.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

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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

• 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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  SBC severs longstanding relationship with Fort Worth church

  The Southern Baptist Convention has discontinued its relationship with Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth because of the church’s perceived toleration of homosexual members.

  06/23/2009 - By Administrator