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  Texas Baptist missions leader Joy Fenner died at age 89

  Joy Fenner, a Baptist missionary, Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas leader and the first woman elected as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died Nov. 29 in Dallas. She was 89.

  12/03/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Glenn Majors

  Glenn Grady Majors, longtime denominational worker and missions pastor, died Nov. 27, one week before his 82nd birthday.

  12/02/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Hispanic Protestants go on pilgrimage to Darien Gap

  More than two dozen Hispanic Protestant leaders and pastors journeyed to Panama to understand the experiences of migrants who arrive in their communities and to explore opportunities to collaborate with Panamanian churches and other partners to support migrants.

  12/02/2024 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  India’s anti-conversion law allows policing of Christians

  More than two years after a Christian prayer service at his home was raided by police, a court in Uttar Pradesh in northern India acquitted Abhishek Gupta, a 41-year-old radiologist, of violating the state’s anti-conversion law.

  12/02/2024 - By Mohammed Ali / Religion News Service

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  Conexión Esposas ministers to Hispanic pastors’ wives

  “Together, Faithful and Healthy” is the motto of Conexión Esposas, which includes retreats, conferences, connection groups and resources.

  11/27/2024 - By Clara Molina / Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas

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  Conexión Esposas ministra a esposas de pastores hispanos

  “Juntos, fieles y saludables” es el lema de Conexión Esposas, que incluye retiros, conferencias, grupos de conexión y recursos.

  11/27/2024 - By Clara Molina / Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas

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  Signing church services for the Deaf is a work of love

  The Deaf Bible Society, a nonprofit that works to make the Bible accessible to Deaf people, lists nearly 30 houses of worship in the state that are “Deaf Churches” (led by Deaf people) or “Interpreted Churches.”

  11/27/2024 - By Reina Coulibaly / Religion News Service

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  Baptists support Texas law regulating porn sites

  Three Baptist entities sign on to an amicus brief in support of Texas’ regulation of porn websites, a case to be heard by SCOTUS on Jan. 15.

  11/27/2024 - By Timothy Cockes / Baptist Press

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  Around the State: Wayland students aid area food bank

  Wayland Baptist University’s Best Achievement Strategies for College students embodied servant leadership and community service with their fifth annual food donation to the Faith in Sharing House as part of Project HOPE.

  11/25/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  2024 B.E.S.T. award recipients announced

  Texas Baptists’ Office of Cooperative Program Ministry announced the winners of its 2024 Baptist Educators Serving Texans Award.

  11/25/2024 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptists Communications

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  Small Baptist association finds renewed purpose

  More than two hundred people in North Carolina, who continue to deal with the aftereffects of Hurricane Helene, will be warmer this Thanksgiving due to the generosity of a small Baptist association in Texas.

  11/25/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  CLC files complaint against retailers skirting lottery rules

  Texas Baptists’ CLC filed a complaint with the state attorney general’s office last month against three lottery retailers for selling scratch-off tickets in violation of the Texas Lottery Commission’s rules.

  11/22/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard