• Connect360: Sanctified Stages of Life

  Lesson 11 in the Connect360 unit “Sacred Life: God’s Plan for Us” focuses on Proverbs 31:8.

  09/17/2024 - By Katie Frugé

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  Successful leaders accept help, says Joni Eareckson Tada

  Good leaders often are told to play to their strengths and hide their weaknesses. That really never has worked for disability activist and nonprofit leader Joni Eareckson Tada.

  09/17/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Gen Z fearful, but Scripture reduces anxiety, study shows

  Generation Z, the first to grow up with smartphones and tablets, is the most fearful and anxious of any age, the American Bible Society said in its latest release from the 2024 State of the Bible.

  09/17/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Springfield faith leaders stand with embattled migrants

  When a comment about immigrants during a presidential debate thrust Springfield, Ohio, into the national spotlight, the city’s faith community rallied in support of their Haitian immigrant neighbors.

  09/17/2024 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

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  Christian nationalists likely to support authoritarianism

  Americans who hold Christian nationalist views are also likely to express support for forms of authoritarianism, according to a new report from the Public Religion Research Institute.

  09/17/2024 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Seminary alumni share memories of Wedgwood tragedy

  Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth marked the 25th anniversary of a mass shooting that left eight people killed and seven wounded.

  09/16/2024 - By Michelle Workman / Baptist Press

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  Chicago pastor emphasizes importance of resilience

  Simultaneously leading two Chicago churches as pastor demands resilience rooted in biblical truth, Charlie Dates told participants at a Baylor University leadership conference.

  09/16/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Conference focuses on leadership for the long haul

  True leaders not only build trust, but also draw upon trust to bring about transformation, author Tod Bolsinger told church and nonprofit leaders during a conference at Baylor University.

  09/16/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas again ranks second nationally in food insecurity

  For the second consecutive year, Texas had the second-highest rate of household food insecurity in the nation, a study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed.

  09/12/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  ERLC board affirms staff, seeks to ‘listen to churches’

  The staff of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission heard an official word of affirmation Sept. 11 with the release of a statement approved by the agency’s board of trustees in a two-hour executive session.

  09/11/2024 - By Jennifer Rash Davis / The Baptist Paper

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  Ukraine seminary leader urges prayer for transformation

  “Pray for the transformation of our nation,” Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh implored Southern Baptists at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s trustee meeting Sept. 10 in Nashville.

  09/11/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

• Connect360: Sacred Life of the Preborn

  Lesson 10 in the Connect360 unit “Sacred Life: God’s Plan for Us” focuses on Psalm 139:13-16.

  09/11/2024 - By Katie Frugé