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What do you mean by ‘persecution’? Let’s be measured in our talk about persecution stateside, lest we find ourselves faced with public yawns when the fiery furnace really heats up.
Page: U.S. at immigration ‘crossroads’ Frank Page said in a recent speech that the U.S. stands “at a crossroad of opportunity” for dealing justly with the nation’s illegal immigrants.
COVER STORY
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Houston’s Mission Greenspoint dispelling darkness with light
president 3 College ‘exonerated’ by trustees Louisiana College trustees on April 30 voted to exonerate college President Joe Aguillard of accusations of impropriety, including allegations of misusing funds.
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Houston-area Scout council favors traditional policy One of the nation’s largest Boy Scouts councils voted against the resolution proposing changes in the national membership standards that would allow openly homosexual boys and teens to join the organization.
In a deteriorating Houston neighborhood, a Christian missionary venture with a pregnancy resource center and social service arm, supported largely by Southern Baptist churches, is making a difference.
TEXAN Digital is e-published twice monthly by the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, 4500 State Highway 360, Grapevine, TX 76099-1988. Jim Richards, Executive Director
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GuideStone webpage devoted to Obamacare requirements GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention has devoted a webpage on its site to help its constituents stay informed of developments related to the federal Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act.
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