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A campus ministry on the U.S.-Mexico border trains young Christians to lead

Exclude from home pageBNG staff  |  April 17, 2019

Read the full story: Faith & Leadership

Life on the border is difficult. But the Baptist Student Ministry of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is working to help young adults who live there leverage their own strength and resilience to step out as leaders of the Valley and the nation.

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