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  Good for the long haul: Pastoral sabbaticals offer renewal

  Observing the sabbath can be tough for ministers, but taking time away from the demands of ministry can help them maintain emotional, physical and spiritual health.

  01/15/2019 - By Carolyn Tomlin

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  Black seminarians take inaugural religious freedom course

  Students from religious graduate schools at historically black colleges and universities attended the first session of a four-day intensive class on religious freedom.

  01/14/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Legacy of Chick-fil-A founder seen in daughter’s book

  Mountains fascinate Trudy Cathy White, from the mountaintop outside her childhood home where parents Jeannette and Truett Cathy of Chick-fil-A fame led family Bible studies to the rough spiritual mountains that have tried her faith.

  01/14/2019 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Board votes to remove Confederate plaque from Texas Capitol

  The State Preservation Board unanimously voted to remove a plaque from the Texas Capitol that extols the “heroic deeds” of the Confederate Army and denies the Civil War was fought to sustain slavery.

  01/12/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Resolved to unplug? Faithful reflect on digital lives

  Filmmaker Jonathan Ignatius Green, who calls Instagram the “epitome of social media,” hopes his documentary will open up discussions about how not just teens but also adults engage social media.

  01/11/2019 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Muslim GOP leader in Tarrant County retains post

  Shahid Shafi, a trauma surgeon who is Muslim, declared a win for religious freedom after fellow Republicans in Texas’ most conservative urban county voted 139-49 with 10 abstentions to retain him in a key leadership position.

  01/11/2019 - By Bobby Ross Jr. / Religion News Service

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  Carter named TBM disaster relief director

  Texas Baptist Men has named Dwain Carter as state disaster relief director for the missions organization.

  01/09/2019 - By Rand Jenkins / Texas Baptist Men

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  Denominational leader Jimmy Allen dies at age 91

  Jimmy R. Allen, former denominational executive and president of both the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Southern Baptist Convention, died Jan. 8 in Brunswick, Ga. He was 91.

  01/09/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: Human Trafficking Awareness day rally set

  CLC co-sponsoring a rally in Austin to raise awareness about human trafficking; news from UMHB, HPU, and Baylor.

  01/09/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• On the Move: Gerber and Shannon

  Staff changes noted for churches in Ingleside and Houston.

  01/09/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Small church in Goliad demonstrates big heart

  A 65-member congregation in a town of 2,000 is committed to making a difference in the world. Members of Minnehulla Baptist Church in Goliad demonstrate a willingness to give themselves away to show God’s love locally and globally.

  01/08/2019 - By Carolyn Tomlin

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  Christians in Somalia worship in secret, fearing al-Shabab

  In a small single-room house in the Banaadir district of Somalia, dozens of Christians worship in secret out of fear of persecution in a country where no official churches exist.

  01/08/2019 - By Tonny Onyulo / Religion News Service