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  Challenge: ‘Learn to rake leaves in the wind’

  People who want to make a difference in an imperfect world cannot wait for perfect timing and perfect circumstances, Delvin Atchison told a Wayland Baptist University crowd.

  09/08/2017 - By Jonathan Petty / Wayland Baptist University

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  CommonCall: Take away the labels

  Making sure families in West Fort Worth have food in their stomachs is the driving passion of William Pherigo, executive director of WestAid in Fort Worth.

  09/08/2017 - By George Henson / Special to the Baptist Standard

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  ‘White Christian America’ dwindling, study shows

  Almost every Christian denomination in the United States shows signs of growing diversity, according to a study by the Public Religion Research Institute.

  09/08/2017 - By Kimberly Winston / Religion News Service

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  Engage culture by embracing the cross, Russell Moore urges

  Evangelicals engage American culture most effectively not by mimicking it but by offering an alternative centered on the cross of Christ, ethicist Russell Moore told a Baylor University crowd.

  09/08/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: HPU collects donations, plans concert to benefit disaster relief

  The Howard Payne University baseball team worked in partnership with Brownwood businesses to help support disaster relief efforts along the Texas Gulf Coast, and HPU’s music department will present a Hurricane Harvey benefit concert.

  09/06/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• On the Move: Sammons

  Staff change noted for a congregation in Hewitt.

  09/06/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  TBM disaster relief volunteers fan out along Texas Gulf Coast

  Eleven days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall, Texas Baptist Men volunteers were providing disaster relief at two-dozen sites along the Texas Gulf Coast.

  09/06/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Momento Oportuno para Ministrar a Inmigrantes

  En un momento cuando inmigrantes indocumentados en los Estados Unidos viven con un creciente temor e incertidumbre, existen ministerios que buscan ayudarlos a obtener un estatus legal y dar mejores oportunidades a familias para que permanezcan unidas.

  09/06/2017 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Opportune time for ministry to immigrants

  At a time when undocumented immigrants in the United States live with increasing fear and uncertainty, ministries that seek to help them gain legal status and keep families united have greater opportunities.

  09/06/2017 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Differences diminish between Catholics and Protestants

  The theological differences that led to the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago have dwindled since in both the United States and Western Europe.

  09/06/2017 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Baptist leaders react to announcement rescinding DACA

  Baptist leaders reacted swiftly to an announcement the Trump Administration is rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy.

  09/06/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Buckner assessing, picking up in Hurricane Harvey aftermath

  Buckner International continues to assess the short- and long-term impact on the families it serves in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey after the storm pounded Houston and Southeast Texas, areas where Buckner has significant work.

  09/06/2017 - By Scott Collins / Buckner International