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  Sudan connection drives Amarillo church to aid refugees

  South Sudanese attending All Nations Worship Church, a ministry of Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo, know the pain of those displaced by the war in Sudan, which has created the greatest humanitarian crisis globally.

  01/10/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Obituary: Todd Condell Hamilton

  Todd Condell Hamilton Sr., retired missionary and pastor, died Dec. 17 in Houston. He was 96.

  01/09/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Obituary: Marci Lynn Parrott Chaddick

  Marci Lynn Parrott Chaddick of San Marcos, a pastor’s wife and former missionary to Ethiopia, died at home Jan. 4 after a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 53.

  01/08/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Around the State: ETBU hockey travels to Sweden

  The East Texas Baptist University hockey team departed Texas for Sweden in December as part of ETBU’s Tiger Athletic Mission Experience.

  01/07/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Obituary: Robert Owen Rachuig

  Robert Owen Rachuig, Texas Baptist pastor and home missionary, died Dec. 19 in Garland. He was 85.

  01/03/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Obituary: Gene McLain

  EuGene “Gene” Euell McLain of Plainview, Baptist deacon and former trustee of Wayland Baptist University, died Dec. 25, 2024. He was 89.

  01/03/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Around the State: Wayland announces tuition freeze

  Wayland Baptist University President Donna Hedgepath announced a university-wide tuition freeze for the 2025-2026 academic year.

  12/17/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  A proposal, a loss and an answered prayer at camp

  Abel Kent had one thing on his mind: Asking his girlfriend Katelin “Kat” Weikel to marry him. The pair were both sponsors of youth attending Royal Ambassadors Campout and Missions Mania at Latham Springs Camp and Retreat Center in Aquilla.

  12/17/2024 - By Russ Dilday / Texans on Mission

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  Collectable cards find funds disaster relief

  A man donated $10,000 to Texans on Mission after profiting off rare trading cards he found in a dumpster 25 years ago.

  12/13/2024 - By Staff / Texans on Mission

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  Indigenous leaders sue under Texas religious liberty act

  When the city of San Antonio decided to remove trees from the banks of the river bend in Breckenridge Park, Indigenous leaders sued to protect the area on religious grounds.

  12/11/2024 - By BeLynn Buckley / Religion News Service

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  Around the State: HPU earns top Model UN honors

  The Howard Payne University Model U.N. team recently took home top honors at the Northwest Model United Nations Conference in Seattle, Wash.

  12/10/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• On the Move: Tate

  Interim pastor becomes bivocational pastor of Waco church.

  12/04/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard