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  WMU challenged to ‘unshakable pursuit’ of God’s mission

  Speakers at the 2018 National Woman’s Missionary Union Missions Celebration and annual meeting called Baptist women to the “unshakable pursuit” of God’s glory and God’s mission.

  06/13/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  SBC mulls ways to increase women’s roles in #MeToo Culture

  At the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas, messengers talked about future possibilities for women in a denomination that walks a “complementarian” line—belief that women and men are equal before God but have different roles in church and home life.

  06/13/2018 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Joel Gregory new director of preaching center at Truett Seminary

  Joel Gregory assumed new responsibilities at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary June 1 when he became director of the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching.

  06/11/2018 - By Baylor University Communications

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  ISAAC Project offers updated information on immigration law

  Because immigration laws change when new officials are elected, the ISAAC Project of the Baptist General Convention of Texas offers the Summer Institute on Basic Immigration Law every year.

  06/11/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Conference explores the gospel and the future of the church

  Facing an increasingly secular future, Christians should courageously proclaim the gospel through words and deeds, speakers told a conference prior to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.

  06/11/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Patterson will not preach the SBC convention sermon

  Paige Patterson has withdrawn from preaching the convention sermon at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas.

  06/08/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  How do birth mothers feel about decisions to place infants for adoption?

  New research findings from Baylor University could change the adoption landscape for birth mothers struggling with the life-altering decision to place their children.

  06/08/2018 - By Eric M. Eckert / Baylor University

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  Churches must abandon 600 MHz wireless sound systems

  Churches that haven’t updated their wireless sound system may have trouble being heard on any given Sunday, as the federal government is phasing out the 600 MHz frequencies many congregations use.

  06/08/2018 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

• Obituary: Frank Roberson

  Frank Roberson of Boswell, a Baptist pastor more than five decades, died June 6. He was 88.

  06/08/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  TBM offers training for emergency volunteers in Israel

  Texas Baptist Men will offer a three-day training event in August to equip volunteers both for crisis response in Israel and mission opportunities there.

  06/08/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Paige Patterson attorney claims ‘misinformation’

  An attorney for terminated Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson issued a media release defending Patterson against alleged “wide-spread misrepresentation and misinformation.”

  06/06/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  ETBU athletes walked where Jesus walked in Israel

  Two dozen student athletes, coaches and other representatives from East Texas Baptist University led sports camps and learned about biblical history during a recent trip to Israel.

  06/06/2018 - By Kristin Williams / East Texas Baptist University