• Obituary: Brandon Rea Followell

  Brandon Rea Followell of San Marcos died Aug. 20 in a car accident in Buda. He was 22. Both of his parents are ministers at First Baptist Church in San Marcos.

  08/25/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Fort Worth council approves Carroll Park purchase

  The Fort Worth City Council and the city’s Housing Finance Corporation on Aug. 22 approved the $11 million purchase of 15 acres previously used as student housing by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

  08/24/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Anti-woke activist sees white nationalism in churches

  Owen Strachan, anti-woke activist, has spent years warning that liberals were undermining America’s evangelical churches. Now he is taking aim at a new threat: “mono-ethnic Christian nationalism.”

  08/24/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Around the State: Churches introduce themselves to ETBU students

  Representatives from more than 30 Marshall-area churches participated in the annual Church Day at East Texas Baptist University. As a part of Student Welcome and Transition (SWAT) week at Dallas Baptist University, 520 students spread throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area for a day of service.

  08/23/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Gloria Veals

  Glorioustean “Gloria” Veals, the “first lady” of City Church in Tulia, died Aug. 18. She was 74.

  08/23/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Faye Jennings Henthorn

  Faye Jennings Henthorn, a lifelong Tulia resident who served First Baptist Church there more than four decades as church secretary, died Aug. 13 in Lubbock. She was 91.

  08/23/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Maui pastors look past their own loss to serve others

  As survivors continue reckoning with the series of chaotic events that generated one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, Maui pastors seek to minister to their neighbors.

  08/23/2023 - By Brandon Elrod / North American Mission Board


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  Prosperity gospel beliefs on the rise among churchgoers

  Many Americans believe financial prosperity is God’s plan for them, but they need to give more to ensure that blessing, a Lifeway Research study showed.

  08/23/2023 - By Marissa Postell Sullivan / Lifeway Research

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  Texas chaplains urge school boards to reject program

  More than 100 Texas chaplains—including at least 34 Baptists—signed an open letter to all school board members in the state, urging them to reject government-approved chaplains in public schools.

  08/22/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Nancy Ellard kicks into higher gear in retirement

  Nancy Ellard retired last year and became a Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteer. The experience has been “nothing but a joy,” she said.

  08/22/2023 - By Ferrell Foster / Texas Baptist Men

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  Outlawed Islamist group accused of inciting Pakistan riots

  An outlawed Islamist group has been charged with inciting destructive riots in Pakistan after two Christian brothers were accused of blasphemy there.

  08/22/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

• Obituary: Dean Nolan Finley

  Dean Nolan Finley, a national Southern Baptist leader in youth evangelism more than three decades, died July 27 after an extended battle with Parkinson’s. He was 71.

  08/22/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard