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  Texas lawmakers face challenges as they convene

  Public health issues and public school funding are among the challenges facing the 87th Texas Legislature.

  01/12/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Bill Baker

  Bill Baker, former Texas Baptist pastor and administrator at what is now Buckner International, died Jan. 9 in Hillsboro. He was 96.

  01/12/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Samaritan’s Purse field hospitals in demand during pandemic

  Nearly a year into a raging pandemic that has killed nearly 2 million people worldwide, Samaritan’s Purse has trained health care workers or treated COVID-19 patients in 30 countries around the world, including erecting four field hospitals.

  01/12/2021 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Critical race theory conversation ‘should have happened’ earlier

  Southern Baptist Convention leaders acknowledged their Jan. 6 discussion with Black Southern Baptists “should have happened ahead of time” rather than after seminary presidents issued a statement denouncing critical race theory.

  01/11/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  ERLC chief urges Trump to resign to promote national healing

  Southern Baptist ethicist Russell Moore asked President Trump to resign to bring about healing in the United States.

  01/11/2021 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

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  Pakistani Christians charged under blasphemy laws

  Organizations focused on religious persecution reported at least four Christians in Pakistan recently were arrested for blasphemy.

  01/08/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Christian nationalism clearly evident in Capitol riot

  Signs of Christian nationalism, not to be confused with honest-to-God biblical faith, were hard to miss when a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, some advocates for separation of church and state observed.

  01/07/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas Baptists on social media condemn violence and racism

  As rioters seized the U.S. Capitol, Texas Baptists vented on social media, urging prayers for peace, condemning violence and deploring the double standard in how a white mob and peaceful Black protesters have been treated.

  01/06/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: Buckner and Wayland launch collaboration

  Buckner International and Wayland Baptist University launched a collaboration to provide volunteer and missions opportunities, humanitarian aid drives and enhanced experiential learning opportunities for Wayland’s students.

  01/06/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Church ministers in aftermath of Nashville bombing

  Security cameras at First Baptist Church in Nashville captured the moment a bomb exploded four blocks away on Christmas morning. The church’s proximity to the blast afforded a unique outreach opportunity.

  01/05/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Majority in new Congress identify as Protestant Christians

  A total of 294 House and Senate members are Protestant Christians, out of a possible 535—nearly the same as the last Congress.

  01/05/2021 - By Yonat Shimron and Emily McFarland Miller / Religion News Service

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  Nigerian Christians killed in Christmas Eve attacks

  At least a dozen Christians were killed and several churches burned in Christmas Eve attacks on villages in northern Nigeria following death threats by Boko Haram Islamist militants.

  01/05/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor