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  Texans on Mission respond to widespread spring disasters

  It has been a spring to remember—traumatic memories for disaster survivors. Texans on Mission volunteers already have responded to 11 declared disasters this year.

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

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  David Miranda tapped for new Millennial/Gen Z position

  Executive Director Julio Guarneri announced a new position related to the Pastor’s Common during his Executive Board meeting address May 20.

  06/05/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Relationship with apologist changes heart of atheist

  Eric Hernandez, apologetics lead and millennial specialist with Texas Baptists’ Center for Church Health, struck up a long-distance friendship with Daniel Nieto at a time when Nieto considered himself an atheist.

  06/05/2024 - By Teresa Young

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  Tornado cut short prayer service, tore off church wall

  The sky grew dark with threatening clouds shortly before 6 p.m. May 22, but the eight people gathered for the midweek service at Dyess Grove Baptist Church decided to go ahead as planned.

  05/31/2024 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  Henderson helps churches fulfill the Great Commission

  Kyle Henderson felt a clear calling from God to resign the pastorate of a church he loves to step out by faith and raise his own financial support to help churches to fulfill Christ’s Great Commission by 2033.

  05/31/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Small church leads giving to Texans on Mission

  Twenty years ago, Vincent Baptist Church had to decide whether to disband. The church kept going. Today, it’s a leading financial contributor to Texans on Mission.

  05/30/2024 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  NAMB relationship with BGCT appears murky

  A spokesperson for the SBC North American Mission Board asserted “nothing has changed, and nothing is new” regarding its policy to grant church-starting funds only to state conventions that have affirmed the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message.

  05/29/2024 - By Eric Black & Ken Camp / Baptist Standard

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  Texans on Mission volunteers respond to Houston tornado

  Texans on Mission responded to a tornado and high winds that hit Houston May 16. The Houston storm damage is the latest in a series of disasters the organization has responded to this spring.

  05/23/2024 - By Russ Dilday / Texans on Mission

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  Executive Board authorizes GC2 study group

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board affirmed the creation of a study group concerning out-of-state churches that want to affiliate with Texas Baptists’ GC2 network.

  05/21/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Board approves recommendations about women in ministry

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board voted in favor of Executive Committee recommendations on women in ministry in Texas. The measure was approved by three-fourths (75 percent) of the board.

  05/21/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  BGCT committee endorses B.H. Carroll degree programs

  Texas Baptists’ Theological Education Council and Institutional Relations Committee endorsed multiple graduate degree programs that will be offered by B.H. Carroll Theological Seminary at East Texas Baptist University.

  05/21/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baylor regents approve expanded university motto

  Baylor University’s board of regents approved revising the university’s motto, which has been unchanged for more than a century and a half.

  05/20/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor