BGCT Columns
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Richard Ray: A weekend full of blessings
07/18/2014 - By John Rutledge
The Bivocational/Small-Church Association annual conference in San Antonio was a wonderful blessing, and I want thank Baptist University of the Americas for hosting us again this year.
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Jeff Johnson: Aunt Muggie, Uncle Fuzz & preparing for ministry
07/18/2014 - By John Rutledge
I traipsed home with my first report card of the new school year.
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Jeff Johnson: Let’s ‘pray our way in’ to serving immigrant children
07/11/2014 - By John Rutledge
Too often when faced with clutch circumstances, I hurl up panic-button prayers.
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Richard Ray: Don’t miss the Bivocational /Small-Church Annual Conference
07/06/2014 - By John Rutledge
The Bivocational/Small-Church Annual Conference at the Baptist University of the Americas in San Antonio July 11-12 will encourage, equip and challenge those who serve on the small-church mission field.
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In Touch: To Bartlett, Harlingen and Convencion
07/06/2014 - By John Rutledge
I spent Sunday, June 22, at First Baptist Church of Bartlett. It was a great service and a blessing to participate.
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Jeff Johnson: Work diligently to maintain marriage and family ‘soil’
07/06/2014 - By John Rutledge
Nine days after I got married in 1982, my new wife, Molly, and I had made our way back to what was then my parents’ home to get the rest of my “stuff” for our new home.
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Richard Ray: Bivocational/Small-Church Conference coming soon
06/29/2014 - By John Rutledge
You are invited to attend the Bivocational/Small-Church Conference in San Antonio July 11–12, on the campus of the Baptist University of the Americas.
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Jeff Johnson: Loving neighbors includes loving immigrants
06/28/2014 - By John Rutledge
This week, like most Americans, I will pause to celebrate Independence Day. I really attempt not to flaunt my freedom before the whole world, but it always somehow seems to look that way.
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Richard Ray: Pastor blesses museum visitors
06/20/2014 - By John Rutledge
I would like to highlight a pastor I recently visited who affected my walk with the Lord. Jeff Huckeby is pastor of Pecan Grove Baptist Church near Gatesville.
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Jeff Johnson: Texas Baptists’ return on investment is miraculous
06/20/2014 - By John Rutledge
Return on investment is the percentage you earn for the cash you invest. I taught this a number of years as a financial analyst and college instructor.
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Richard Ray: Vacation Bible Schools bless children, communities
06/16/2014 - By John Rutledge
One of the greatest joys I get to experience as director of missions and as president of the Bivocational/Small Church Association is surveying the churches I serve. Recently, I was…
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Jeff Johnson: VBS trips lead to ‘service of God and God’s people’
06/13/2014 - By John Rutledge
I went on vacation last week. We planned ours. Are you still planning your summer vacation? Well, pack your flak jacket.