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  Around the State: ETBU recognizes Laurie Smith; Werlin Lecture slated at Baylor

  East Texas Baptist University named Laurie Smith the university’s 2018 Professor with Distinction. Award-winning author Donna M. Johnson will present the 2018 Werlin Lecture at Baylor University.

  06/20/2018 - By Staff

• Obituary: Mildred McWhorter

  Mildred Beatrice McWhorter, former home missionary who directed the Mission Centers of Houston from 1963 to 1992, died June 17 in Franklin, Ga. She was 87.

  06/20/2018 - By Staff

• Obituary: J. Kenneth Robinson

  J. Kenneth Robinson of Canton, a veteran music minister who served churches throughout Texas and New Mexico, died June 12. He was 85.

  06/20/2018 - By Staff

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  Baylor expert identifies signs of elder abuse

  About 5 million older adults in the United States are abused, neglected or exploited each year, according to the Administration for Community Living, and a Baylor University gerontology expert wants people to know how to identify elder abuse.

  06/18/2018 - By Eric M. Eckert / Baylor University

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  Preaching professor challenges CBF to live into ‘oneness’

  Living into “oneness instead of sameness” can be challenging, Jerusha Neal, assistant professor of homiletics at Duke Divinity School, told the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly.

  06/18/2018 - By Carrie McGuffin and Aaron Weaver / Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

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  Church should bring about transformation, speakers tell CBF

  The church should flex its muscle to bring about transformation, not to sustain power or cling to the past, a Tennessee pastor told the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly in Dallas.

  06/18/2018 - By Carrie McGuffin and Aaron Weaver / Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

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  CBF assembly spotlights ministry in Texas and Southwest

  Most Hispanic Baptist pastors have no time or energy for “the latest Baptist hashtag battles,” because they are too busy ministering to families facing challenges produced by the immigration system, Jesse Rincones told the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly.

  06/15/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptist Women in Ministry urged: ‘Dare to be brave’

  In times of rising hostility, exclusivity and hate that bring divisions, Christians should strive to understand how God hears and sees people whom others neglect, speakers urged Baptist Women in Ministry.

  06/15/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Paynter urges CBF to break sex abuse ‘culture of complicity’

  Suzii Paynter challenged the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to “break a culture of complicity” in regard to clergy sexual abuse.

  06/15/2018 - By Carrie McGuffin / Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

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  Former HSU President Jesse Fletcher dies at age 87

  Jesse Fletcher, president emeritus of Hardin-Simmons University and originator of Southern Baptists’ missionary Journeyman program, died June 14.

  06/14/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  SBC apologizes to abused women, clings to traditional roles

  Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas approved resolutions offering an apology to abuse survivors and affirming the dignity of women, while also emphasizing women’s “distinctive God-assigned roles.”

  06/14/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Messengers debate action of Southwestern Seminary trustees

  Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention debated—and defeated—a motion to dismiss Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s trustee executive committee.

  06/14/2018 - By Brian Koonce / The Pathway