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  Older people who feel close to God more likely to have sense of well-being

  According to a Baylor University study, as people grow older, those who are securely attached to God are more likely to have a sense of well-being.

  06/26/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  More than a place to stay; a path to restoration

  Eunice Chambless Hospitality House ministers to the physical and spiritual needs of people who arrive to visit loved ones incarcerated in Abilene.

  06/23/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  No major U.S. religious groups approve refusing service to homosexuals

  Overall in 2016, twice as many Americans disapproved than approved of those who refuse service to a gay person based on religious beliefs—61 percent to 30 percent

  06/23/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Note to your church: Raise $714,000/year to offset Trump budget cuts

  Churches can’t “pick up the slack” left by President Trump’s proposed federal budget, Bread for the World’s David Beckmann insists.

  06/23/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Evangelical leaders push for criminal justice reform

  Evangelical Christian leaders are spearheading a campaign for criminal justice reform, calling for equitable punishment, alternatives to incarceration and a different take on the “tough on crime” language of the Trump administration.

  06/21/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Truett’s Gregory comforts mourners remembering ‘Emanuel Nine’

  Truett Seminary preaching professor Joel Gregory preached a message of comfort for Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., on the second anniversary of the shooting there. He urged worshippers to “cling to what is good” despite the evil.

  06/21/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Whole relationships involve God and others, Baylor’s Singletary insists

  A person’s relationship with God cannot be made whole if relationships with other people aren’t whole, too, explains Jon Singletary, dean of the Garland School of Social Work at Baylor University.

  06/21/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Students help Dallas bounce back from sub-standard housing

  Students from across Texas spent a week in Dallas, helping people improve their homes through Bounce Student Disaster Recovery.

  06/21/2017 - By Marv Knox

• On the Move: Vela and Tarver

  Two staff changes noted this week.

  06/21/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Around the State: Disaster Relief Day, awards, promotions, more

  Churhces around the state will observe Texas Baptist Men Disaster Relief Day June 25. Texas Baptists also won awards, got promoted and received new jobs.

  06/21/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  African-American leader offers to help churches overcome racism

  The head of the National African American Fellowship has offered to help congregations combat racism.

  06/21/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  WMU celebrates 20 years of Christian Women’s Job Corps

  Linda Cooper, president of national Woman’s Missionary Union, and Sandy Wisdom-Martin, WMU executive director, highlighted 20 years of ministry through Christian Women’s Job Corps during their report to the Southern Baptist Convention.

  06/18/2017 - By Ken Camp