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  Seven screen-free weeks changed one man’s view of God

  It all started when Carlos Whittaker received a Sunday morning notification summarizing time spent on his handheld screen in the past week.

  08/26/2024 - By Ellie Davis / Religion News Service

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  Tyler couple’s ministry to kindergarteners spans decades

  Generations of kindergarteners have memorized Bible verses and learned about Jesus’ love for them in Pat and Charles White’s Sunday school class at First Baptist Church in Tyler.

  08/23/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Mexico Protestants protest displacement, church burning

  The last Protestants in an indigenous Mexican community dominated by Roman Catholics were forced from their homes Aug. 6 and their lone church set ablaze, Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported Aug. 22.

  08/23/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

• Obituary: Dorothy Louise Welch

  Dorothy Louise Welch, longtime educator and faithful church member, died Aug. 14. She was 93.

  08/23/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Ukrainian bill bans Russian-linked faith groups

  The Ukrainian Parliament passed a bill banning the activities of churches deemed to have ties to the Russian Orthodox Church or the invasion.

  08/23/2024 - By David I. Klein / Religion News Service

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  Seminary hosts kickoff for the 2025 SBC annual meeting

  Dozens of key Baptist leaders—including Julio Guarneri, executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas—gathered for a kickoff to begin preparations for the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas.

  08/23/2024 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  Christian Women’s Job Corps alumni serve with Hagar’s Heart

  Christian Women’s Job Corps of Arlington Executive Director Brandi Dalton met Hagar’s Heart founder, Jennifer Jones, some time ago. 

  08/22/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Campus ministry leaders prepare at Collegiate Week

  Days before the start of a new school year, college students and leaders gathered at Falls Creek Conference Center in Oklahoma to learn how to live on mission and become passionate followers of Jesus.

  08/21/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Collegiate Network

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  Health care paves the way for gospel in Indonesia

  A health care triad—including a Baptist hospital, a rural clinic and a nursing college—in East Java is reaching far beyond the island’s, and even the country’s, borders.

  08/21/2024 - By  Leslie Peacock Caldwell / Baptist Press

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  Around the State: ETBU bass fishing team goes on mission to Alaska

  The East Texas Baptist University bass fishing team traveled to Soldotna, Alaska, as part of ETBU’s Tiger Athletic Mission Experience.

  08/21/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Availability key in aiding refugee resettlement

  Christians can use different approaches to help refugees adjust to life in the United States, but they all tend to revolve around the subject of availability.

  08/21/2024 - By Baptist Press Staff

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  Supreme Court rejects new Title IX rule emergency request

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 16 rejected an emergency request from the Biden Administration that would have required the enforcement of new Title IX regulations released in April of this year.

  08/20/2024 - By Laura Erlanson / Baptist Press