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  Research links intimacy with God and belief in biblical literalism

  Women are more likely than men to believe the Bible is literally true, but a recent Baylor University study finds this may have more to do with how people relate to God than it does gender.

  02/21/2019 - By Terry Goodrich / Baylor University

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  Around the State: Bush speaks at DBU, ETBU hosts Congreso event

  About 1,500 people filled the Patty and Bo Pilgrim Chapel at Dallas Baptist University to hear former President George W. Bush. East Texas Baptist University will host a Congreso Experience on March 2 in partnership with Texas Baptists.

  02/20/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Ruth Menchaca Sanchez

  Ruth Menchaca Sanchez, wife of a Texas Baptist pastor and leader among Hispanic Texas Baptists, died Feb. 18 in Dallas. She was 81.

  02/20/2019 - By Staff

• Obituary: Philip Wright Sherrod

  Philip Wright Sherrod of Waco, a longtime Texas Baptist minister of music, died Feb. 13. He was 83. 

  02/20/2019 - By Staff

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  CommonCall: Second Helpings meets needs in Lufkin

  An East Texas pastor’s wife launched a community ministry to recover and repurpose food that otherwise would have gone to waste.

  02/18/2019 - By Carolyn Tomlin

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  Brownsville pastor ministers to Central American immigrants

  Like the Old Testament patriarch Joseph who was able to meet the needs of his brothers after he rose to a position of responsibility in a foreign land, Pastor Carlos Navarro of Brownsville helps minister to the needs of fellow immigrants from Central America.

  02/15/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Poiema helps trafficked women rediscover their worth

  Rebecca Jowers wants young women who have been victimized by human sex traffickers to view themselves the way God sees them—as his precious creation.

  02/15/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Absence of lament in worship leads to spiritual stagnation

  Public worship that fails to include lament leads to spiritual stagnation and spiritually anemic believers, an Old Testament scholar told a crowd at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  02/13/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: HSU on track to meet financial goals

  Cost-cutting measures at Hardin-Simmons University are projected to enable the university to meet all the necessary financial goals set by its board of trustees last September, President Eric Bruntmyer announced.

  02/13/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Ethicist: Welcome Muslims to the table of fellowship

  Christ’s followers must “make space” for people who hold deeply different views—not only in the public square, but also at the table of fellowship, a Christian ethicist told a crowd at Howard Payne University.

  02/11/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Calling: Ministry is not a job for Lillian Hinds

  Lillian Hinds serves as witness to God calling women to the pastorate. February is the Baptist Women in Ministry Month of Preaching.

  02/06/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Around the State: UMHB honored by BGCT, Texas Legislature

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas recognized the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor on the inaugural Texas Baptists’ Institutional Legacy Day during a worship service at the historic Anderson Baptist Church

  02/06/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard