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  Gen Z’s life in ‘Digital Babylon’ presents opportunities

  Barna and Impact 360 concluded a series of Gen Z reports Sept. 12 with a simulcast highlighting their final research-based conclusions.

  09/23/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Disability and Church: Building a culture of belonging

  Jason Le Shana challenged faith and disability workshop participants to commit to “one next move” toward building a culture of belonging.

  09/19/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Faith leaders key to providing access to mental health care

  When it comes to mental health, “too blessed to be stressed” isn’t an altogether helpful catchphrase, according to the American Psychiatric Association. 

  09/19/2024 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

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  SBC to create sexual abuse response department

  Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee trustees on Sept. 17 approved a recommendation to create a department within the Executive Committee to assist churches in the area of sexual abuse prevention and response.

  09/18/2024 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  SBC legal expenses surpass $12M in three years

  The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee reported it has spent more than $12.1 million on the 2021-2022 Guidepost Solutions investigation into its handling of sexual abuse claims and subsequent legal expenses dating back to 2021.

  09/18/2024 - By Brandon Porter and Laura Erlanson / Baptist Press

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  Around the State: Shoes for Orphan Souls turns 25

  Buckner International celebrated the 25th anniversary of its largest humanitarian aid project, Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls, Sept. 21.

  09/18/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Views about Latino voters’ faith often distorted

  As reporters and pundits seek to understand the Latino voting bloc, they’re digging into the faith of Hispanic communities. But some narratives distort the big picture of Latino faith.

  09/18/2024 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  SBC a cooperative ‘force for good,’ Jeff Iorg asserts

  The Southern Baptist Convention is a diverse, cooperative “force for good” that is poised to move forward on mission, Jeff Iorg said at his installation as the eighth president of the SBC Executive Committee Sept. 16 in Nashville.

  09/18/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

• Obituary: Vernon Dee Stokes

  Vernon Dee Stokes of Midland, longtime public educator and trustee of Wayland Baptist University, died Sept. 14. He was 85.

  09/17/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: John Theodore ‘Ted’ Sanders

  John Theodore “Ted” Sanders, former trustee and distinguished alumnus of Wayland Baptist University, died Sept. 8 in Angel Fire, N.M. He was 82

  09/17/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Successful leaders accept help, says Joni Eareckson Tada

  Good leaders often are told to play to their strengths and hide their weaknesses. That really never has worked for disability activist and nonprofit leader Joni Eareckson Tada.

  09/17/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Gen Z fearful, but Scripture reduces anxiety, study shows

  Generation Z, the first to grow up with smartphones and tablets, is the most fearful and anxious of any age, the American Bible Society said in its latest release from the 2024 State of the Bible.

  09/17/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press