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  Women in ministry featured during Wayland emphasis

  A Texas Baptist leader among women in ministry challenged students at Wayland Baptist University to view themselves as Jesus sees them and moderated a panel discussion in which women described their journeys into ministry.

  11/25/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Young Latino leaders aim to complete 100 projects in 2020

  Members of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas Young Latino Leadership Development Initiative set in motion “100 Projects in 2020,” a program seeking the discovery and development of young Latino leaders in Texas.

  11/22/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Global disciple-making depends on a missional church culture

  “What would it look like to create a culture for global disciple-making?” Phillip Nation from the Baptist World Alliance asked a gathering of Texas Baptists.

  11/22/2019 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Denison predicts cultural confusion but gospel expansion

  “Bad times for the culture are good times for the gospel,” Jim Denison, founding chief executive officer of the Denison Forum, told a workshop held in conjunction with the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.

  11/22/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Lowrie named recipient of Paul Powell Award in preaching

  D.L. Lowrie, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and denominational leader, became the first recipient of the Paul Powell Award in preaching at the National Preaching Conference.

  11/21/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Texas Baptists resolve to address needs of vulnerable children

  During otherwise routine business sessions at their annual meeting, Texas Baptists endorsed a far-from-routine initiative to address the state’s foster care crisis.

  11/20/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Pastors lead honest conversation on race and the church

  In a deeply divided culture marked by a painful history, Christians can take courageous steps to build friendships with people in other racial and ethnic communities, two Dallas pastors told a Texas Baptist workshop.

  11/20/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Brooks encourages Texas Baptists simply to proclaim Jesus

  Duane Brooks summed up the role of Texas Baptists—pastors and laity alike—in two simple words: proclaim Jesus.

  11/20/2019 - By Teresa Young

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  Texas Baptists urged to plant seeds in changing landscape

  Victor Rodriguez encouraged pastors to “let the seeds fly” in his sermon during the closing worship session of Texas Baptists’ annual meeting. 

  11/20/2019 - By Lauren Sturdy

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  Learn to disciple new believers effectively

  Just as person never would leave a newborn baby to fend for itself, new believers likewise should not be treated that way, a director of ministry to college students told a Texas Baptist workshop.

  11/20/2019 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Unified study leads to unified church

  A discipleship program that directs the focus of all church members to a specific Bible passage each week can reshape the life of a church, a pair of San Antonio pastors told a workshop at Texas Baptists’ annual meeting. 

  11/20/2019 - By Blake Killingsworth

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  Youth ministers challenged to be the leaders teens need

  Churches should look ahead to consider the needs new generations have to know God and experience the life Christ wants to give them, a veteran student discipleship leader told a Texas Baptist workshop.

  11/20/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter