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  Irving church connects student athletes to the love of Christ

  To demonstrate the love of Christ and meet needs in their community, members of Oak View Baptist Church in Irving developed an outreach program to encourage student athletes to press on towards the goal.

  01/03/2022 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

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  Peace on Earth elusive for believers in Myanmar

  As Christians around the world remember the birth of the Prince of Peace, believers in Myanmar continue to suffer from violence perpetrated by their nation’s military.

  12/20/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas Baptists respond after tornadoes hit mid-South

  When multiple tornadoes ripped through the mid-South, a Baptist congregation in Garland partnered with Texas Baptist Men to deliver supplies to help a Hispanic Baptist pastor in Mayfield, Ky., minister to his community.

  12/14/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Family’s support helps Baylor protect Black Gospel music

  A professor’s search-and-rescue mission to prevent the loss of musical history and a family’s desire to honor the wishes of their late husband and father combined not only to preserve a distinctly African American art form, but also give it the academic attention it previously lacked.

  12/07/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  South Texas Hispanic church prospers through pandemic

  Many churches struggled through the COVID-19 pandemic, but one predominantly Hispanic congregation in South Texas grew by every measure throughout the last 20 months.

  12/01/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Property sale retires BUA debt, enables relocation

  Baptist University of the Américas will begin a new chapter in mid-December when it closes on the sale of the property it has occupied the past six years and moves debt-free into repurposed facilities it already owns on 60 acres across Interstate 35.

  11/22/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas Baptists create task force to address generational change

  Texas Baptists addressed generational change at their annual meeting, voting overwhelmingly to create a task force to explore ways to increase Millennial and Generation Z involvement in churches and the denomination.

  11/17/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Task force proposed to involve Gen Z and Millennials

  A motion at next week’s Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting will call on the convention to form and fund a task force to involve Millennials and Generation Z in Texas Baptist life in greater ways.

  11/10/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Voters approve ban on state limiting religious gatherings

  Voters approved eight amendments to the Texas Constitution on Nov. 2, including one barring the state from limiting religious services.

  11/03/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Middleman turns church’s burden into ministry’s blessing

  Jesus’ instruction to his disciples, “Freely you have received; freely give,” not only guides Middleman Ministries’ approach to reaching teenagers on the margins of society, but also governs its approach to churches and other ministries.

  10/26/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  NAMB will endorse and support only male church planters

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board issued a statement making clear it will limit endorsement and funding exclusively to church plants with male pastors.

  10/19/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Call to courageous conversations about race

  Systemic injustice, implicit bias, educational inequity and historical reckoning should be part of the courageous conversations Christians must engage in as they confront racism, speakers told the No Need Among You Conference in Houston.

  10/12/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor