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  Editorial: A key element of a pastor’s endurance

  Alexander Lang listed real stressors and pressures leading some pastors to leave ministry. A key element of endurance wasn’t mentioned.

  09/06/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Why some pastors are quitting, and many are not

  Ron Cook responds to Alexander Lang’s blog post “Departure: Why I Left the Church” with encouragement for both pastors and churches.

  09/06/2023 - By Ron Cook

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  Voices: In heaven, we’ll have everything ‘from soup to nuts’

  Lanny Hall remembers his older sister teaching him a hymn giving him lifelong encouragement and a lighthearted phrase when he needed it.

  09/06/2023 - By Lanny Hall

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  Commentary: Considerations for Texas school boards and chaplains

  Katie Frugé and John Litzler offer counsel to Texas school boards weighing whether to employ or accept volunteer chaplains.

  08/31/2023 - By Katie Frugé and John Litzler / Texas Baptists

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  Editorial: Jerrald Gallion bore God’s image

  Editor Eric Black calls his readers to see how they are connected to Jerrald Gallion and then to act on their shared humanity.

  08/30/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: How to pray for your pastor

  Pastor Damon Pearce knows the importance of praying for pastors and encourages church members to pray for their pastor.

  08/30/2023 - By Damon Pearce

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  Commentary: Ministry with mavericks and rogues

  Ron Danley explains how to lead more productively those who seem to do things their own way in their own time.

  08/30/2023 - By Ron Danley

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  Letter: Editorial: How do we regard those outside our borders?

  A Baptist Standard reader responds to Editor Eric Black’s editorial about how Christians should regard those who cross borders.

  08/30/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Choose to follow God’s path of life

  God has a path of life for believers in Jesus. Are you on that path of following Jesus or heading down a different one?

  08/28/2023 - By Patti Greene

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  Editorial: How do we regard those outside our borders?

  We may think of borders as necessary for protecting what is ours, but does this view obscure a deeper issue of relationship?

  08/23/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Commentary: 3 suggestions for faithful use of digital technology

  Josepha Mbouma suggests three ways to use digital technology to facilitate discipleship rather than being a distraction from it.

  08/23/2023 - By Josepha Mbouma

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  Voices: Pastoral care for youth ministry

  Hunter Brown offers a view of pastoral care from his experience as a youth minister. Spoiler alert: it’s all about presence.

  08/22/2023 - By Hunter Brown