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By the late 1950s, the BGCT had developed a complex network of congregations, associations, educational institutions, human welfare institutions, and a strong state convention in a position to incorporate Mexican Baptist work in Texas.During the early development of Mexican Baptist congregations and institutions in Texas in the 1930s and 1940s, my family came to faith in Jesus Christ through the work of missionaries and Baptist churches. A home missionary by the name of Edward R Gonzalez preached the gospel to my paternal grandparents, Jose Maria Reyes and Francisca Rodriguez Reyes, and their nine children who worked as migrant farm workers in West Texas on a ranch near Snyder. My grandparents eventually settled in Corpus Christi, and my father, Agustin Reyes, professed his faith in Christ and was baptized into the membership of Primera Iglesia Bautista Mexicana of Corpus Christi.My father's pastor and discipler was Ignacio E. Quite complicated actually we are the purchasers of t

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We no longer know whom to trust to help us guide our course. Our religious institutions, our government, our financial institutions, our corporations, our families, and our schools these structures don't work their magic the way they used to. I think one of the greatest reasons we grapple for meaning at this particular time is that we're struggling to feel a connection to things we can count on. wholesale jerseys from china Rapper U God of Wu Tang Clan is 47. Is 47. Rapper MC Lyte is 46. Here's the story of John Mountan, the namesake of John Mountan Field.The following is from the book, "A History of Beverly Airport" by local historian Paul Larcom:"On June 1, 1942, the airport was renamed 'Mountan Field' to honor John Mountan, the first Beverly Army Air Corps cadet and former Beverly High School basketball star. He was based at Fort Richardson in Alaska and in January 1942 lost his life in a fighter plane while simulating an attack on a bomber near