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| DALLAS (ABP) — Texas Baptists
may soon have a way for churches and individuals to provide
financial support to former SBC missionaries who were terminated
or resigned over the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message. |
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| I have joked to friends that
when the history of the takeover of the Georgia Baptist Convention
is written, my story will be a footnote on the page that describes
the forced resignation of Bill Neal from the Christian Index. |
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| For 95 years the Baptist World
Alliance has provided a sense of community for the Baptists
of the world. |
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| The loss of 43 missionaries —
including 13 who were fired — represents the largest
mass exodus in the history of the SBC’s International
Mission Board. |
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| Earlier this year our pastor
at Milledge Avenue Baptist Church, Edward Bolen asked another
church member and me to help him organize a Baptist Heritage
Sunday. |
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The Halfway
Place
By Gene Scarborough
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| Many know of Abraham, but few know his father,
Terah. I ask, “Why?” The answer comes in looking
at the map of their journey. |
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| Two institutional presidents
and a pastor will be nominated for officers of the Baptist
General Convention of Texas at the annual session in Lubbock
November 10-11. |
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| Prior to the Reformation, the
Roman Catholic Church refused to allow laity to read the Bible,
believing that laity were incapable of understanding the text,
and were susceptible to heresy if they tried to read and interpret
the Bible for themselves. |
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| It’s a bothersome question.
After all, we do want a Bible that is trustworthy. |
