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  Hispanic Texas Baptists encouraged to follow Jesus’ agenda

  Albert Reyes, president and CEO of Buckner International, challenged leaders of Hispanic Baptist churches in Texas to look to the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry to learn his agenda and adopt it as their own.

  11/13/2024 - By Teresa Young

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  Guarneri: Partnerships key to kingdom work

  Strategic partnerships and cooperation are key as the Baptist General Convention of Texas looks to the future, Executive Director Julio Guarneri told Texas Baptists.

  11/12/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BGCT rejects call to affirm 2000 Baptist Faith & Message

  Messengers to Texas Baptists’ annual meeting soundly defeated a motion affirming the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message, the Southern Baptist Convention statement of faith that limits the role of pastor to men.

  11/12/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BGCT votes to create insurance program, elects officers

  Texas Baptists at their annual meeting authorized the Baptist General Convention of Texas to form a corporation to provide churches access to property and casualty insurance, elected officers and approved a $36.7 million Texas budget for 2025.

  11/11/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Bezner urges young leaders to adopt kingdom mindset

  Pastor Steve Bezner of Houston challenged Gen Z and Millennial church leaders to pursue a vision based on the kingdom of God rather than American Christianity.

  11/11/2024 - By Bonnie Hirschfeld / Texas Baptists Communications

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  DBU receives record $20 million gift for School of Business

  Dallas Baptist University on Nov. 11 announced the largest donation in its history—a $20 million gift to establish the Don and Linda Carter School of Business.

  11/11/2024 - By Staff / Dallas Baptist University Communications

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  Strategic plan advances Baylor’s Christian mission

  Baylor University’s new strategic plan, Baylor in Deeds, offers multiple opportunities for the school to advance its mission to be a distinctively Christian research university, President Linda Livingstone said.

  11/09/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Four Gateway elders removed after pastor’s sex abuse

  Four elders at Gateway Church, whose senior pastor stepped down earlier this year, have been removed after the results of a law firm’s investigation of sexual abuse allegations against the pastor were announced in a sermon Nov. 3.

  11/04/2024 - By James Russell / Religion News Service

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  Spirit of collaboration marks Serve Tour Brownsville

  More than 300 volunteers from around the United States completed 33 service projects across the Rio Grande Valley as a part of the Serve Tour Brownsville in mid-October.

  11/01/2024 - By Texas Baptists Communications

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  Prayer effort spotlights Chinese house church persecution

  Texas Baptists’ Intercultural Ministries is highlighting house churches in China for the upcoming International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, scheduled on Sunday, Nov. 3.

  10/30/2024 - By Texas Baptists Communications

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  Park Cities Baptist withdraws from SBC

  Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas—a prominent congregation situated in the affluent Highland Park/University Park area—voted to withdraw its affiliation with the Southern Baptist Convention.

  10/29/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  40-year-old Arabic Church of Dallas reaches the world

  Arabic Church of Dallas, whose pastors have trained leaders and cared for refugees around the world, celebrated 40 years on Oct. 27.

  10/29/2024 - By Eric Black / Editor