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  What evangelicals say they want from Trump’s second term

  Evangelical advisers of President Donald Trump say they are hoping for more from him the second time around—although exactly what form those policies will take appears to be the subject of debate.

  11/14/2024 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Individual approaches needed to engage Gen Z for Christ

  Young people in Gen Z have little interest in religious systems and institutions, but they crave acceptance and meaningful connections, a campus minister and a college pastor told a Texas Baptist gathering in Waco.

  11/14/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Marriott: GC2 task ‘requires great unity’

  Division is not hard to find in society, BGCT President Ronny Marriott told Texas Baptists at their annual meeting.

  11/13/2024 - By Teresa Young / Texas Baptists Communications

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  Missions Foundation celebrates student ministry

  The Texas Baptist Missions Foundation celebrated the work of Baptist Student Ministries around the state and offered updates on efforts to construct a new BSM building at Baylor University.

  11/13/2024 - By Teresa Young

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  Trump taps Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

  President-elect Donald Trump announced Nov. 12 he will appoint former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee—a Baptist minister—as ambassador to Israel during Trump’s second administration.

  11/13/2024 - By Baptist Press Staff

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  Texas Baptists panel discusses women in ministry

  A panel discussion on the role of women in ministry closed out the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.

  11/13/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Keynote addresses focus on Jesus’ kingdom agenda

  Keynote speakers at Texas Baptists’ annual meeting expounded on various aspects of Jesus’ “kingdom agenda” as revealed in the Gospels.

  11/13/2024 - By Texas Baptists Communications

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  Matt Queen resigns pastorate after guilty plea

  Three weeks after pleading guilty to a charge of making false statements to federal investigators as part of a sexual abuse investigation stemming from his time as a seminary administrator, Matt Queen has resigned as pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church.

  11/13/2024 - By Chad Austin / Baptist Press

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  Hispanic Texas Baptists encouraged to follow Jesus’ agenda

  Albert Reyes, president and CEO of Buckner International, challenged leaders of Hispanic Baptist churches in Texas to look to the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry to learn his agenda and adopt it as their own.

  11/13/2024 - By Teresa Young

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  Guarneri: Partnerships key to kingdom work

  Strategic partnerships and cooperation are key as the Baptist General Convention of Texas looks to the future, Executive Director Julio Guarneri told Texas Baptists.

  11/12/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BGCT rejects call to affirm 2000 Baptist Faith & Message

  Messengers to Texas Baptists’ annual meeting soundly defeated a motion affirming the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message, the Southern Baptist Convention statement of faith that limits the role of pastor to men.

  11/12/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BGCT votes to create insurance program, elects officers

  Texas Baptists at their annual meeting authorized the Baptist General Convention of Texas to form a corporation to provide churches access to property and casualty insurance, elected officers and approved a $36.7 million Texas budget for 2025.

  11/11/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor