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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

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  Church team helps rebuild tornado-damaged home

  A volunteer team from Lawn Baptist Church helped rebuild a tornado-damaged home in Matador.

  06/13/2024 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  Messenger motions deal with ERLC, censure, other issues

  Messengers presented 50 motions at the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention annual neeting and acted on several, rejecting calls to abolish the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and censure Southern Baptist leaders.

  06/13/2024 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

• On the Move: Breidenbach, Jonse, Schneider and Vance

  Ministry changes noted.

  06/12/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley elected SBC president

  Clint Pressley, a North Carolina megachurch pastor known for a conservative but even-keel approach to leadership and who does not wear jeans in the pulpit, was elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

  06/12/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service