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  Cerca del conflicto, los bautistas del sur se movilizan en oración por Ucrania

  No es necesario tener una conexión personal con el país de Ucrania para orar por él. Pero para muchos bautistas del sur, la invasión y los combates en curso en ese país lo han convertido en algo personal.

  03/14/2022 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  State of emergency the new normal at Ukraine seminary

  With Russian air raids just 100 miles northeast of Ukraine Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh is challenged to live in a state of emergency as the new normal.

  03/14/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Longtime editor Presnall Wood dies at age 89

  Presnall H. Wood, who was editor of the Baptist Standard through one the most tumultuous periods in Southern Baptist history, died March 10 in Dallas. He was 89.

  03/12/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Mariupol Baptist church basement serves as bomb shelter

  As Russian forces intensify their bombardment of Mariupol, hundreds of citizens have sought shelter in the basement of a Ukrainian Baptist church.

  03/11/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  CERI offers relief to Ukrainian refugees in Moldova

  Children’s Emergency Relief International is supporting the Baptist Union of Moldova and its churches in efforts to feed and house refugees from Ukraine.

  03/11/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Ukrainian Baptists persevere as war escalates

  In spite of escalating Russian attacks and diminishing supplies, more than 600 Baptist churches in Ukraine are offering refuge to displaced people, responding to the needs of people seeking to travel to safety.

  03/10/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Wallace Philpot

  Wallace Philpot, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died March 5 in Keller. He was 87.

  03/09/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Lifeway trustees elect first Black woman trustee chair

  Lifeway trustees elected Missie Branch, assistant dean of students to women and director of graduate life at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, as chair during a special called meeting on March 8.

  03/09/2022 - By Carol Pipes / Lifeway Christian Resources

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  Yeats will not seek reelection as SBC recording secretary

  John Yeats’ 25th term as recording secretary for the Southern Baptist Convention will be his last, he told Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board members at the group’s meeting March 7.

  03/09/2022 - By Baptist Press Staff

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  Around the State: Gift benefits Theology, Ecology and Food Justice partnership

  A $455,000 grant from an anonymous donor will allow the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty to partner with and provide support for Truett Theological Seminary’s Master of Arts degree in Theology, Ecology and Food Justice.

  03/09/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Paul Wayne Stripling

  Paul Wayne Stripling, who served more than six decades as a Texas Baptist pastor and associational director of missions, died March 4 in Mansfield. He was 86.

  03/09/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Ambassadors share concerns about religious freedom threats

  Three U.S. ambassadors for international religious freedom—a Muslim, a Jew and a Christian—raised concerns about threats to global liberty of conscience during the Global Faith Forum in Keller.

  03/08/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor