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  Sutherland Springs church launches building project

  First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, the congregation whose members were targeted by a gunman in one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, will begin construction of a new worship center and education building in May.

  04/02/2018 - By Mike Ebert / North American Mission Board

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  Baylor alum recalls events surrounding MLK assassination

  Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Theo Brown still vividly remembers the events of that evening and the days that followed.

  04/02/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Valley church recognized God called Melba Zapata to pastorate

  When Melba Zapata accepted the call as lead pastor of New Wine Church in La Feria this year, she became one of the first Hispanic Baptist women pastors in Texas.

  03/28/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Address same-sex relationships with grace and truth

  Christians who believe the Bible will not allow them to bless same-sex unions have a responsibility to become family to LGBT individuals, a Houston pastor told participants at a Texas Baptist conference.

  03/27/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Justice and kindness inconsistent with protecting privilege

  Christians cannot cling to privileged positions and honestly claim to “do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with God,” an African-American pastor from Philadelphia told the Micah 6:8 Conference.

  03/27/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Community needs too great to minister in isolation, panel says

  Both the kingdom of God and the needs of communities are too great for any single congregation to operate in isolation, panelists told participants at a conference sponsored by Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission.

  03/27/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Students rebuild homes and share faith during spring break

  More than 1,400 middle school, high school and college students served across the United States in Texas Baptist mission endeavors over spring break.

  03/27/2018 - By Kalie Lowrie and Kirsten McKimmey / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Tarrant Baptists seek to reduce infant mortality

  The Fort Worth area leads the state in infant mortality, but Tarrant Baptist Association is working in cooperation with churches and social service agencies to save young lives by providing babies a safe sleep surface.

  03/20/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas School Breakfast Report Card shows improvement

  Texas has become a national leader in school breakfast participation, moving up to 10th in the state rankings, thanks in part to the passage in 2013 of Texas Senate Bill 376—the “Universal Breakfast Bill.”

  03/19/2018 - By Kasey Ashenfelter / Texas Hunger Initiative

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  Senior adults serve school across the street from church

  Senior adults at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church in Abilene have established deep relationships a neighboring elementary school.

  03/16/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Attorney general opinion requested on poker houses that charge fees

  Poker houses that charge a fee violate gambling provisions in the Texas Penal Code, a statewide anti-gambling organization argues in a brief submitted to the state attorney general’s office.

  03/15/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Mission teams build houses and futures for families

  Mission teams from across the state spent their spring break in the Rio Grande Valley, building homes for families involved with the local Family Hope Center.

  03/15/2018 - By Aimee Freston / Buckner International