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  Around the State: CASL Conference held at ETBU

  East Texas Baptist University hosted the Christian Association of Student Leaders Conference Jan 18-20. Global Baptist leader David Coffey is the featured speaker at the inaugural Nexus Ministry Leadership Conference at Dallas Baptist University on Feb. 26.

  01/31/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Calli Keener joins Standard staff as news writer

  Calli Keener, an educator from Waxahachie, joins the Baptist Standard staff as news writer on Feb. 12.

  01/31/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Oklahoma pastor Keahbone nominee for SBC president

  Oklahoma pastor Mike Keahbone—vice chair of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force—will be nominated for president of the SBC at the annual meeting in Indianapolis.

  01/31/2024 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  Poker clubs operate illegally, Dallas attorney says

  Poker clubs fail to fit the narrow “social gambling” exemptions that would allow them to operate legally in Texas, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton should render an opinion to that effect, a Dallas lawyer stated.

  01/30/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  TBM brings help and hope to Arkansas city needing water

  Texas Baptist Men is responding to a water crisis in an Arkansas town of about 9,500 people on the banks of the Mississippi River.

  01/30/2024 - By Ferrell Foster / Texas Baptist Men

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  Mission Able seeks to transform San Marcos

  What started as a one-week service emphasis at First Baptist Church in San Marcos evolved into a multi-church ministry with its own nonprofit status and big goals for the future.

  01/30/2024 - By Teresa Young

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  Lawsuit advances against Conservative Baptist Network pastor

  A Louisiana pastor with ties to the Conservative Baptist Network and to House Speaker Mike Johnson will be headed back to court in February.

  01/30/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Barber discusses sexual abuse, Law amendment

  In a conversation spanning nearly 90 minutes and covering much-discussed topics in Southern Baptist Convention life, SBC President Bart Barber answered questions from the pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Fla.

  01/30/2024 - By Laura Erlanson  / Baptist Press

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  Texas Baptists consider impact of personal evangelism

  As Texas Baptists gathered at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio Jan. 21-22 for the statewide Evangelism Conference, past acts of personal evangelism were celebrated nearly as often as future acts were exhorted.

  01/29/2024 - By Texas Baptists Communications

• Obituary: Sheila Cook

  Sheila Cook, former first lady of Dallas Baptist University, died Jan. 27 after a brief illness. She was 75.

  01/29/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Darrell Robinson

  Darrell Woner Robinson, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and evangelist, died Jan. 23 in Conroe. He was 88. 

  01/29/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Hedgepath elected as first woman to lead Wayland

  Wayland Baptist University named Donna Hedgepath, provost and vice president of academic affairs at Campbellsville University in Kentucky, as president-elect.

  01/26/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor