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  Dallas soccer outreach scores goal of sharing the gospel

  The Dallas Cup Hospitality Center in mid-April received more than 2,000 visits from youth soccer players and coaches from around the world. Volunteers from local churches provided meals and engaged in conversations gospel conversations.

  05/19/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

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  Senate approves bill to move lottery administration

  The Texas Senate unanimously approved a bill to abolish the Texas Lottery Commission and move administration of the state lottery to a different state agency.

  05/19/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Craig Carlisle to be nominated for SBC 2nd vice president

  Alabama pastor Jared Cornutt has announced his intention to nominate Craig Carlisle for second vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention in June when the convention meets in Dallas.

  05/19/2025 - By Grace Thornton / Baptist Press

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  Obituary: Hal Reese Kirk

  Hal Reese Kirk, a deacon and Bible study leader, died May 9 in Plano. He was 86.

  05/18/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  BWA president emphasizes the priesthood of believers

  The priesthood of believers not only serves as a doctrinal distinctive for Baptists, but also operates as a guiding principle for daily living and for “being the church,” Baptist World Alliance President Tomás Mackey told a gathering at Dallas Baptist University.

  05/16/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Johnny Hunt/SBC trial on hold for now

  In an order issued May 12, Judge William L. Campbell Jr. announced the jury trial in the lawsuit brought by Johnny Hunt against the Southern Baptist Convention and others has been canceled. The trial was set to begin June 17.

  05/14/2025 - By Baptist Press Staff

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  Can the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission survive?

  During their annual meeting in Dallas next month, Southern Baptists will engage in lively debate about a host of issues. Among those issues: what to do with the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

  05/14/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Forced out at Myers Park, Boswell starts new church

  Ben Boswell was forced to resign as senior pastor of Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C. Now, he is starting a new church focused on social justice issues.

  05/14/2025 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  U.S. the outlier in biblical reverence in ‘secular west’

  From a global vantage point unique to its study of the Bible’s impact on U.S. adults, the American Bible Society said Americans revere Scripture, faith and church more than others in a geographical cluster described as the “Secular West.”

  05/14/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Constance “Connie” Gayle Billinger Davis

  Constance “Connie” Gayle Billinger Davis of Abilene, teacher and social worker, died May 8. She was 70.

  05/13/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Senate bill introduced to move lottery administration

  The Texas lawmaker who authored a bill to abolish the Texas Lottery filed alternative legislation May 13 that would dissolve the Texas Lottery Commission and move regulation of the lottery to another state agency.

  05/13/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Former Southern Baptist Josh Buice quits G3 Conference

  Josh Buice, pastor of Pray’s Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, Ga., was suspended by his church for running fake social media accounts that criticized his church’s elders and other pastors. He resigned as president of the GC3 Conference, which he founded.

  05/12/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service