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  Obituary: Pamela Eileen Payne

  Pamela Eileen Payne of San Antonio, longtime educator, died May 15. She was 75.

  05/27/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  House approves Ten Commandments display mandate

  The Texas House of Representatives voted to approve a bill mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom.

  05/27/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Review: Mostly What God Does Is Love You

  Kathy Hillman reviews “Mostly What God Does Is Love You” by Savannah Guthrie.

  05/27/2025 - By Kathy Hillman

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  Former SBC president Jack Graham wants to defund ERLC

  Former Southern Baptist Convention President Jack Graham said he believes the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission should be defunded.

  05/26/2025 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  Bill that defunds Planned Parenthood creates vouchers

  After the U.S. House of Representatives approved President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” by a 215-214 vote in the early morning hours May 22, Baptist groups praised and panned aspects of the wide-ranging budget bill for altogether different reasons.

  05/26/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Supreme Court lets stand religious charter school decision

  The U.S. Supreme Court could not find five votes for either side in an appeal that would have established the first state-supported religious charter school in the nation, the court announced.

  05/26/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Memorial Day Flag Relay brings healing and gospel

  First in Fallujah, Iraq, then in Djibouti, Africa, and finally Mobile, Ala., the Memorial Day Flag Relay has been bringing encouragement and healing to active-duty servicemen, veterans and their families for 20 years. It also has pointed the way to Christ.

  05/23/2025 - By Marilyn Stewart / Baptist Press

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  Persecuted Vietnamese Highlanders seek freedom

  An East Texas-based organization that played a key role in securing the release and resettlement of the Mayflower Church—persecuted Chinese Christians who eventually relocated to Texas—hopes to do the same for Vietnamese Christians in a similar situation.

  05/23/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Former SBC presidents want to keep ERLC alive

  A group of 10 former Southern Baptist Convention presidents have weighed in on a debate over the denomination’s controversial ethics and public policy arm.

  05/23/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Obituary: Jimmie Nelson

  Jimmie L Nelson, , longtime Baptist pastor and seminary professor, died May 14. He was 97.

  05/23/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Renewed vision helps Waco church reach next generation

  Over the past 12 years, revitalization and a renewed vision at Highland Baptist Church in Waco have served as the catalyst to help bring revival among their community and a desire to reach “a new and next generation with the gospel.”

  05/22/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Baptist Press

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  Texas RAs challenged to raise funds for Kenyan churches

  Sam Dunkin, a deacon at McDade Baptist Church, has led in building 25 church structures in Tharaka County, northeast of Nairobi, Kenya, and more are needed. Texas Royal Ambassadors are raising funds for the building project.

  05/22/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission