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  Hispanic Protestant landscape full of vibrant churches

  Hispanic churches in the United States face unique challenges but are finding success in building community within their congregations and reaching those outside their walls.

  01/25/2023 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Conference offers training and equipping in evangelism

  Saying the church’s “evangelism has fallen short of our calling,” Pastor Tony Evans urged attendees at Texas Baptists’ Statewide Evangelism Conference to go and make disciples.

  01/24/2023 - By George Schroeder / Texas Baptist Communications

• Obituary: Tom Ruane

  Tom Ruane, longtime leader in Texas Baptist collegiate ministries, died Jan. 18. He was 77.

  01/24/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Ministry after Lunar New Year massacre family-focused

  A mass shooter’s choice of Lunar New Year’s Eve to kill 11 and injure nine others is a wound particularly painful for East Asian communities—Christians and nonbelievers, Pastor Victor Chayasirisobhon said.

  01/24/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Faith-based groups urge Biden not to enact asylum ban

  Numerous faith-based organizations and congregations are pleading with the Biden administration, in a letter sent Jan. 23 to President Joe Biden and other leaders, not to enact new immigration restrictions.

  01/24/2023 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Theology lab tackles complex topics with humility

  Theology Lab, a series of online discussions that began in the fall of 2022 and run through this spring, is designed as an exercise in theological formation for laypeople.

  01/23/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Jubilant March for Life crowd prepares for state-level fights

  Thousands assembled for the anti-abortion March for Life on the National Mall, where throngs celebrated the fall of Roe v. Wade while voicing concern as the abortion debate moves to the states.

  01/23/2023 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  FBI offers reward for info on pregnancy center attacks

  The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information related to attacks on pregnancy support centers.

  01/23/2023 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  Mary’s House provides home for stateside missionaries

  When Mary’s House recently opened its doors to provide a residence for a missionary family, it marked a dream come true for Texas WMU and the World Missions Center at Southwestern Seminary.

  01/20/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas plane crash kills four from Tennessee church

  A plane crash in Lavaca County killed four members of Harvest Church in Germantown, Tenn., and left one person hospitalized.

  01/19/2023 - By Staff

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  Hunt defiantly returns to the pulpit after abuse allegations

  Claiming “false allegations” had ruined his life, former Southern Baptist Convention President Johnny Hunt returned to the pulpit Jan. 15, eight months after allegations that he had sexually assaulted another pastor’s wife became public.

  01/19/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Around the State: T.B. Maston Foundation sponsors student retreat

  Students from several institutions participated in a Young Maston Scholar retreat sponsored by the T.B. Maston Foundation for Christian Ethics.

  01/18/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard