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  Southwestern Seminary accreditation warning continued

  The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has continued its accreditation warning for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

  06/25/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Louisiana requires Ten Commandments in classrooms

  Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law a bill mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in all of the state’s public schools. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick promptly responded by pledging to pass a similar bill in the Texas Senate

  06/24/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Surgeon General urges warning labels for social media

  U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on June 17 called for warning labels to be placed on social media, saying in a post to X it is “an important contributor” to a youth mental health crisis.

  06/24/2024 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

• Obituary: Minette Williams Drumwright Pratt

  Minette Williams Drumwright Pratt, missions advocate and denominational servant, died June 15.

  06/20/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  More hope, less stress for Gen Zers engaged in Scripture

  Scripture engagement improves hope and lowers stress in Gen Z, the American Bible Society said in its latest release.

  06/19/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Faith and Gen Z: Cynthia Montalvo

  Since the oldest members of Gen Z began entering adulthood in 2014, studies have shown a pessimistic, struggling generation.

  06/19/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Around the State: ETBU team leads camps in Honduras

  Student athletes from ETBU led sports camps, served and competed against a local team during a recent mission trip to Honduras.

  06/18/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  East Asia spiritually vibrant despite religious disaffiliation

  In East Asia, people are leaving their religion at rates among the highest in the world, according to a recent survey by Pew Research Center.

  06/18/2024 - By Chloë-Arizona Fodor / Religion News Service

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  Paul Pressler, SBC legend accused of abuse, is dead at 94

  Paul Pressler, a retired Texas judge and one of the most influential evangelicals of the past 50 years, has died.

  06/17/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Accrediting body approves ETBU and Carroll merger

  The pending merger of East Texas Baptist University and B.H. Carroll Theological Seminary passed another milepost when a major regional institutional accrediting agency granted its approval.

  06/17/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Historic all-sign-language ‘Jesus’ movie hits theaters

  Joseph Josselyn remembers being fascinated by the 1977 drama ‘Jesus of Nazareth.’ But as a Deaf child, he had to rely on closed captions to catch the dialogue.

  06/14/2024 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

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  Carthage church helps bring Bibles to remote area

  An East Texas church’s year-end surplus enabled Baptist World Alliance partners to deliver thousands of Bibles to people in a rural area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

  06/14/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor