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  Bob White: Blame human choices, not ‘acts of God’

  Human choices and actions—not “acts of God”—typically turn natural events into disasters, Christian geophysicist Bob White told a Stewardship of Creation symposium at Baylor University.

  10/25/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Churches in flooded Central Texas overflow with compassion

  When the Colorado River overflowed its banks flooding hundreds of homes, area Baptist churches overflowed with compassion for their hurting neighbors, providing disaster relief with the support of Texas Baptist Men.

  10/24/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: World Tour at UMHB

  Read this week’s news from around the state.

  10/24/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Eugene Peterson dies at age 85

  Eugene Peterson, the best-selling author of “The Message” paraphrase of Scripture and longtime pastor, died Oct. 22 at age 85.

  10/22/2018 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  La Convención recibe donación para desarrollar iniciativa pastoral

  La Convención Hispana Bautista de Texas recibió una donación de Lilly Endowment para lanzar Conexión, una iniciativa pastoral que ayudará a los ministros que están en transición o quienes están en circunstancias inusuales.

  10/22/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Advocate Charles Haynes: Religious freedom ‘being tested’

  Charles Haynes, a First Amendment scholar, has spent more than two decades helping schools walk the line between religion and state and advocating for the rights of people of a range of faiths and no faith.

  10/22/2018 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Hope 4 Refugees offers holistic ministry

  Texas ranked second only to California among all states in terms of refugee resettlement last year, and a Dallas-based ministry wants to provide refugees with hope.

  10/22/2018 - By Carolyn Tomlin

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  Southwestern Seminary fires women’s studies professor

  Candi Finch, a former professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, confirmed via Twitter she was terminated by the seminary’s trustees Oct. 17.

  10/22/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  Fewer persecuted Christian refugees admitted to United States

  The number of Christian refugees coming to the United States from the countries where Christians are most persecuted has dropped dramatically under President Trump’s administration.

  10/19/2018 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Convención receives grant for pastors initiative

  The Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas received a grant from the Lilly Endowment to launch its Conexión Pastors Initiative to assist ministers who are in transition or facing unusual circumstances.

  10/19/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Judge dismisses claims against SBC in Pressler sex abuse case

  A Texas court dismissed several defendants and multiple counts in a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse by retired Texas state district judge Paul Pressler.

  10/18/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  Brownback: Protecting religious freedom ‘most important job’

  Sam Brownback served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and as governor of Kansas, but he told a Dallas Baptist University audience he considers advocating for international religious freedom his most important life’s work.

  10/18/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor