• Obituary: James W. Culp

  James W. Culp of Royse City, a pioneering leader of African-American work within the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died July 22. He was 86.

  07/30/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  New tax levied in GOP overhaul draws laments from churches, other nonprofits

  Churches and other nonprofit groups are struggling to make sense of a new levy imposed on their traditionally tax-exempt operations by the sweeping tax overhaul that Republicans in Congress passed last year. (via The Dallas Morning News)

  07/29/2018 - By Tom Benning / Dallas Morning News

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  Truett Seminary student explores ethics at Auschwitz

  Ministers in Nazi Germany enabled the Holocaust not because they abandoned professional ethics and moral codes but because they redefined them, a Truett Theological Seminary student concluded after her time at Auschwitz.

  07/27/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Michael Joseph Estep

  Michael Joseph Estep, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Marlin, died July 21 after a battle with cancer. He was 65.

  07/27/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Pence threatens Turkey over detained American pastor

  Vice President Mike Pence used a State Department summit of foreign ministers and religious leaders to call on Turkey to release U.S. Pastor Andrew Brunson and threatened the country with sanctions if it did not.

  07/27/2018 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Greear announces sexual abuse study group

  Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear announced he will form a Sexual Abuse Presidential Study Group in partnership with the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission.

  07/26/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  IMB President Platt initiates sexual abuse investigations

  David Platt, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, announced he has initiated two “thorough, outside, independent” investigations into the mission board’s handling of past sexual abuse allegations.

  07/26/2018 - By Art Toalston / Baptist Press

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  Guenther named president at San Marcos Baptist Academy

  The San Marcos Baptist Academy board of trustees named Brian Guenther as the school’s president, effective Aug. 1.

  07/26/2018 - By Shelley Henry / San Marcos Baptist Academy

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  Discuss religion when treating young adults with mental illness

  Most young adults with severe mental illness consider religion relevant to their mental health, according to a new study from Baylor University.

  07/25/2018 - By Eric M. Eckert / Baylor University

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  Around the State: ETBU team serves in Peru; Baylor named as a great place to work

  Representatives from East Texas Baptist University traveled to Peru as a part of the Global Study and Serve Program. Baylor University attained Honor Roll status as a “2018 Great College to Work For,” according to “The Chronicle of Higher Education.”

  07/25/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Adoption agency protection moves forward in Congress

  Legislation to prohibit government from discriminating against adoption and foster care agencies over their religious or moral convictions has taken an initial step toward potential passage in Congress.

  07/24/2018 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

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  Prayer Force intercedes for first responders

  David and Claudie Maxine King learned the importance of intercessory prayer firsthand during their 30 years as Baptist missionaries. Now they want to involve other Christians in praying for first responders who serve in harm’s way for the common good.

  07/24/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor