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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

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  Voices: Ben finds a home

  Ben needed more than a handout. He needed advocates and a network. Baptist Temple in San Antonio took up the challenge.

  10/28/2024 - By Rev. Jorge Zayasbazan

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  Call for reparations as a healing act of repentance

  A white professor at a historically Black university considers reparations for slavery and segregation an essential act of biblical repentance that can lead to racial healing in the United States.

  10/28/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Inmate turned playwright in his ‘comeback season’

  Jamison Charles always considered himself a follower, and he “followed the crowd straight to prison,” But during his incarceration, he became a follower of Jesus Christ, and “tragedy turned to triumph,” he said.

  10/28/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Editorial: How far does church-state separation go?

  If church-state separation means neither exert authority or control over the other, what amount of influence rises to a breach of separation?

  10/24/2024 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Voices: Love should prod us to proclaim Christ

  Of all the bad choices a loved one can make, the most serious and devastating is not to believe in Christ, Joshua Sharp contends.

  10/23/2024 - By Joshua Sharp

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  Voices: Christian unity and humility

  Wade Berry calls for a humility that balances the responsibility to follow God’s call with the need to trust God for the results.

  10/22/2024 - By Wade Berry

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  Kingdom focus at upcoming BGCT annual meeting

  Messengers and guests from churches across the state will gather Nov. 10-12 in Waco for the 139th BGCT annual meeting.

  10/22/2024 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptists Communications

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  ‘Historical wormholes’ shed light on larger story

  Preaching from a passage recounting the passing of the prophetic mantle from Elijah to Elisha, the field coordinator for CBF Texas encouraged women in ministry to draw strength from the bigger picture.

  10/21/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: A response to ‘On Transgenderism’

  Cristian Cervantes argues that certain New Testament Scripture passages can’t be read as affirmation of transgender.

  10/21/2024 - By Cristian Cervantes

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  Amanda Tyler denounces Christian nationalism as idolatry

  Christian nationalism threatens democracy and substitutes coercive idolatry for authentic faith, Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, told a gathering at a North Texas church.

  10/21/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Churches called to ‘break the chains’ of family violence

  Given the prevalence of family violence and human trafficking in Texas, every faith community will encounter survivors, participants in a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services webinar learned.

  10/21/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor