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  ERLC chief Leatherwood urges red flag law
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  Brent Leatherwood, president of the SBC Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, urged Tennessee lawmakers to pass a “red flag” law to remove guns from people who are a danger to themselves or others.

  04/18/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  La voz en español de Adrián Rogers: “intérprete y comunicador dotado”

  Lenin de Janon, la voz de Adrián Rogers en el mundo de habla hispana, falleció el 12 de marzo a la edad de 89 años.

  04/14/2023 - By Art Toalston

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  Judge dismisses lawsuit against Patterson and seminary

  A judge dismissed a former seminary student’s negligence and defamation charges against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and its former president, Paige Patterson.

  04/06/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  TBM offers help and hope after Arkansas tornado

  A tornado plowed through Arkansas west and north of Little Rock Friday afternoon. The next day, more than 80 Texas Baptist Men volunteers from 15 units across Texas started arriving to help.

  04/05/2023 - By Ferrell Foster / Texas Baptist Men

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  Discipleship, evangelism vital to Baptist campus ministry

  In the past 10 years, about 400 students have made professions of faith through the Baptist Student Ministry at the University of Texas at Arlington.

  04/05/2023 - By Julia Bell

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  Implementation task force inches away from Guidepost

  On April 4, the SBC abuse reform implementation task force announced it will “consider alternative pathways” to set up the Ministry Check website.

  04/04/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  SBC Executive Committee to consider CEO candidate May 1

  The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will hold a special called meeting May 1 in Dallas to consider a recommendation from the search team for a new president and CEO.

  04/04/2023 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  BWA leader issues call to demonstrate kingdom courage

  The Christian call to pursue just peace in the midst of violence and injustice demands “kingdom courage,” Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Elijah Brown told a Dallas Baptist University gathering.

  04/04/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Woodmont provides sanctuary after school shooting

  Woodmont Baptist Church served as the designated reunification center for children from Covenant School and their parents following a mass shooting at the private Christian school in Nashville.

  03/29/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Mississippi churches respond to impact of deadly tornadoes

  Tornadoes struck a path more than 100 miles long through Mississippi, killing at least 21 people and damaging or destroying more than 2,000 homes.

  03/28/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  ‘Purple church’ pastors seek to navigate polarizing times

  Cooperative Baptist Fellowship congregations are distinguished by the political diversity of their congregations, split nearly equally between Republican-leaning and Democratic-leaning voters.

  03/28/2023 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Johnny Hunt sues Southern Baptist Convention

  A disgraced former Southern Baptist president is suing the denomination he once led, saying he was defamed by allegations he assaulted another pastor’s wife.

  03/20/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service