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  No place for tepid faith, African-American rally speaker insists

  Christians need to “bring the fire back” and reject any tepid commitment to Christ, a Waco pastor told participants at the African-American Fellowship Worship Rally, held prior to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.

  11/15/2017 - By Ruth Whorton

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  Cowboy church roundup hears testimony of answered prayer

  God hears and answers the prayers of his people, a western-heritage church pastor told a crowd at a cowboy church roundup prior to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.

  11/15/2017 - By Kirsten McKimmey / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Mancini challenges Texas Baptist churches to dream big

  A dream can move God’s people to do incredible things for the kingdom of God, but most churches aren’t dreaming big enough, author and church consultant Will Mancini told Texas Baptists.

  11/15/2017 - By Lauren Hollon Sturdy / Buckner International

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  Atchison calls on Texas Baptists to look up

  Delvin Atchison urged Texas Baptist not to look longingly at the past or fearfully at the future but rather “look up” for their source of strength and discover unlimited possibilities.

  11/15/2017 - By Lauren Hollon Sturdy / Buckner International

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  Churches kept Sutherland Springs together before and after the shootings

  After the mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a command center was needed to help investigators, disaster relief teams and families of the dead. So, the town turned to the only other civic institution here capable of handling it all—another Baptist church.

  11/15/2017 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Texas Baptists denounce racism and sexual harassment

  Messengers to the BGCT annual meeting adopted resolutions that denounce racism as “a scheme of the devil” and affirm victims of sexual harassment and assault.

  11/15/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  ‘Stay centered on Christ,’ BGCT president urges

  “How on earth did we ever get into this mess?” Danny Reeves, pastor of First Baptist Church in Corsicana, asked in his presidential message to Texas Baptists.

  11/14/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Routine business marks BGCT annual meeting

  Texas Baptists re-elected pastors from Corsicana, Lewisville and Bryan to office by acclamation and approved a $37 million budget during an extraordinarily routine business session at the Nov. 12-14 meeting in Waco.

  11/13/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Rebuild marks new disaster ministry for Texas Baptist Men

  When volunteers began to install insulation and drywall in a storm-damaged Katy home, it represented a new phase of disaster response after Hurricane Harvey and a new era of ministry for Texas Baptist Men.

  11/12/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Sutherland Springs church to be demolished

  First Baptist Church will be razed. The site where 26 people were shot dead by a lone gunman who sprayed the small sanctuary with hundreds of bullets will give way to a newly constructed church.

  11/09/2017 - By Yonat Shimron and  Kimberly Winston / Religion News Service

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  Puerto Rican family with seriously ill son depends on God

  Axel Dieppa and Desiree Roman have seen God at work in the midst of uncertainty since their son, Sebastian, was born nine months ago with pulmonary atresia—a congestive heart defect.

  11/09/2017 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Faith community surrounds grieving town with love

  After a day’s work, Jennifer Garcia drove from San Antonio to an intersection near First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, where she propped a homemade poster she and her 6-year-old son drew.

  11/08/2017 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service