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The university, chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, offers 150 undergraduate, 76 master and 22 doctoral degree programs, plus the juris doctor degree, through its 11 academic units. While 80 percent of the student body come from Texas, the 735-acre campus in Waco welcomes students from all 50 states and 70 countries.
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Baptist ... invests $12 million a year in the Baptist College of Health Sciences. The school's graduates go on to work for a number of health care organizations, both within and outside the Baptist system.
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Baptist World Aid Australia is committed to the biblical principal of sharing blessings with people in need; hence their slogan "share an opportunity". The vision of Baptist World Aid Australia is to share resources with the oppressed and powerless to enable them to lift themselves out of poverty and to live with dignity in communities of justice and peace.
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PITTSBURGH, Pa., June 15, PRNewswire -- June 24th is the day St. John the Baptist's birthday is traditionally celebrated. It is ... the time of year that the plant that bears his name, St. John's Wort, blooms and is then quickly harvested.
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Only those people who are baptized members of a local Baptist church[7] are included in the total number of Baptists. Most Baptist churches do not have an age restriction on membership, but will not accept as a member a child that is considered too young to fully understand and make a profession of faith of their own volition and comprehension. In such cases, the pastor and parents usually meet together with the child to verify the child's comprehension of the decision to follow Jesus. There are instances where a person makes a profession of faith but fails to follow through with believers' baptism. In such case they are considered "saved" but not a church member until baptized. If children and unbaptized congregants were counted, world Baptists may number over 150 million.
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By staying in Charleston, Mr. Overton stepped aboard the Baptist College's fiscal roller coaster. He became subject to the whims of an academic culture where personal loyalty is all-important, and popularity with students counts. Instead of an up-or-out tenure-and-promotion system, the college advances some people quickly, while others languish for years, turned down but not turned out. It's the worst of both worlds, says Tunis Romein, a veteran professor of English.
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