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Pastor joins growing numbers of blacks at Hispanic Baptist school Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
Sunday, June 20, 2010

SAN ANTONIO (ABP) -- Mel Keyes forgot about his prayer. But God didn’t. That explains how an African-American pastor twice the age of the typical college freshman ended up at Baptist University of the Américas, attending a school that trains ministers within a Hispanic context.

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Cinco de Mayo gives Texas churches opportunity to serve, learn Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
Sunday, June 20, 2010
LUBBOCK, Texas (ABP) -- The sound of mariachi band music and the smell of fresh-grilled fajitas floated through the air in May as 13 churches in the Lubbock, Texas, area sponsored a Cinco de Mayo outreach event designed to celebrate Hispanic culture and share the hope of Christ.
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Church team cycles across Missouri for kids' smiles Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
By Vicki Brown   
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Raymond Chapin does a wheelie to finish the Katy Trail ride in St. Charles, Mo.

TEBBETTS, Mo. (ABP) -- Eighteen bicyclists ranging in age from 23 to 70 recently braved heat, rain and sore muscles to -- literally -- put smiles on the faces of children in underdeveloped countries.

The riders and six support staff from First Baptist Church of Lee’s Summit, Mo., traveled 225 miles May 31-June 3 on Missouri’s Katy Trail on a project to raise money for Smile Train. The not-for-profit organization funds cleft-lip and cleft-palate surgery for children throughout the world -- both lifting spirits and saving lives. 

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Louisiana Senate panel shelves guns-in-church bill Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
By ABP staff   
Monday, June 14, 2010
BATON ROUGE, La. (ABP) -- A Louisiana Senate committee has shelved a controversial bill that would have allowed worshipers to carry concealed weapons inside churches, synagogues and other houses of worship.
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Conn. school board won't appeal ban on graduations in church building Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Friday, June 04, 2010
ENFIELD, Conn. (ABP) -- A Connecticut school board has decided not to appeal a federal judge's ruling that holding high-school graduation ceremonies at a local church is unconstitutional.
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Churches composed primarily of first-generation immigrants to the United States often face obstacles -- linguistic, financial and cultural -- in terms of fitting into an Anglo-dominated society. But they may possess a strategic advantage in fulfilling Christ's Great Commission. [Read More]
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