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• Convention speaker says declining church membership must be met with commitment

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
• Odessa American

ODESSA, TEXAS - The new president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth said Tuesday that membership in Texas churches is decreasing even as population booms in the Lone Star State and he challenged 679 messengers, or delegates, to the annual meeting of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention to become more evangelical ...

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