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Baptist adoption ministry comes full circle for Texas family Print E-mail
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Gloria Hernandez Padilla (second row, far right, in black) was one of the first children at Mexican Baptist Orphans’ Home in San Antonio. (BCFS photo)

SAN ANTONIO (ABP) -- For Gloria Hernandez Padilla and her daughter, Belinda Perez, the ministry of a Texas Baptist adoption agency has come full circle -- with adoptee Hernandez Padilla becoming grandmother to another adopted child.

Hernandez Padilla was one of the first residents of Mexican Baptist Orphans’ Home in San Antonio -- a children’s home that grew into the international human-services agency Baptist Child & Family Services. 

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Richmond seminary to suspend continuing-education program Print E-mail
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By Robert Dilday   
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
BTSR will suspend its School of Christian Ministry.
RICHMOND, Va. (ABP) -- Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond will suspend operations of its School of Christian Ministry in July, a move the seminary’s president says will benefit both BTSR and its six-year-old continuing-education component.
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Black pastor says he doesn't plan to run for SBC president Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Monday, April 05, 2010
NEW ORLEANS (ABP) -- A Louisiana pastor says he has no plans to be nominated as the Southern Baptist Convention's first African-American president this summer in Orlando, Fla.
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McKissic says it is time for Southern Baptists to elect a black president Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
ARLINGTON, Texas (ABP) -- A prominent African-American pastor says it is time for the Southern Baptist Convention to elect its first black president.
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More than 100 churches take part in month celebrating women in pulpit Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
ATLANTA (ABP) -- A total of 104 churches reported inviting a woman to preach in February for an annual promotion both to celebrate and educate congregations about women in ministry.
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