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  Rincones: Guidelines leave churches open to intrusion

  An immigration enforcement guideline change means Hispanic churches are “susceptible to disruption and intrusion,” the executive director of Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas stated.

  01/28/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Pastor: Make America great again by welcoming refugees

  Jalil Dawood, pastor of the Arabic Church of Dallas, understands the plight of refugees. He wishes President Donald Trump—for whom he voted three times—understood, as well.

  01/28/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  GOP leaders renew pro-life vows at March for Life

  The first March for Life in the second Trump administration roared their approval as President Trump appeared by video and Vice President JD Vance spoke to them live from a stage erected on the National Mall on Jan. 24.

  01/27/2025 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  BSM sees expanded opportunity to help leaders grow

  JT Norcross considers helping students develop as Christian leaders an important part of his role as director of Baptist Student Ministry at Navarro College in Corsicana, but he knows the clock is ticking.

  01/24/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Connect360: No Place Like Home

  Lesson 8 in the Connect360 unit “The reMARKable Journey Continues: The Gospel of Urgency” focuses on Mark 6:1-6.

  01/24/2025 - By GC2 Press Staff

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  Iranian Christians suffer sixfold increase in prison time

  Christians in Iran suffered combined prison sentences amounting to a sixfold increase over time levied in 2023, all as punishment for their faith, London-based religious advocacy group Article 18 said in its latest annual report.

  01/24/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Obituary: Salvador Castorena Bernal

  Salvador Castorena Bernal of Vernon, pastor of Primera Iglesia Bautista in Lockney, died Jan. 19 in Wichita Falls. He was 64.

  01/22/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Immigration officers allowed to make arrests in churches

  Officers enforcing immigration laws now are authorized to arrest undocumented suspects in churches, schools and hospitals after the Trump administration lifted restrictions on enforcement in sensitive locations.

  01/22/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Jeff Dalrymple to lead SBC sexual abuse response

  Jeff Dalrymple of Jacksonville, Fla., has been named to lead the office within the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee dedicated to Southern Baptists’ long-term efforts in sexual abuse prevention and response.

  01/22/2025 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Anabaptists commemorate 500 years with study Bible

  Anabaptists around the world are commemorating 500 years since their founders performed the first adult baptisms outside Zürich and kicked off the Radical Reformation.

  01/22/2025 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  Faith-based agencies challenge refugee executive order

  An executive order President Donald Trump signed on his first day in office appears to keep all but a few refugees from entering the country, saying that the United States lacks the resources to absorb them. 

  01/21/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Trump says he was ‘saved by God’ to make America great

  The second inauguration of President Donald Trump was marked by the language of faith, as the former president marked his return to the White House with religious services and prayers from a range of faith leaders.

  01/21/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service