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  Dan Patrick to chair Trump’s religious liberty commission

  President Donald Trump named Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as chair of his administration’s newly created commission on religious liberty.

  05/02/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  International missionaries face new restrictions in China

  The Chinese Communist Party enacted new restrictions on foreign missionaries there May 1, preventing them from preaching, evangelizing and establishing various religious organizations among other activities without official government approval.

  05/02/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Study links flourishing to religious service attendance

  An international survey reveals a strong correlation between regular attendance at religious services and higher levels of individual flourishing.

  05/01/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Court considers taxpayer-funded religious charter school

  Whether taxpayers should be forced to fund religious charter schools came before the U.S. Supreme Court April 30 in the first case of its kind.

  05/01/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  SBC membership continues decline but baptisms rising

  The number of Southern Baptists in the United States is the lowest it has been in 50 years, but more of them seem to be showing up in church. And the number of baptisms in the SBC continues to rebound from the lows of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  05/01/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  House committee holds Ten Commandments bill hearing

  In a sometimes-testy late-night hearing that continued into the early-morning hours on April 30, the Texas House Committee on Public Education heard public testimony on a bill mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom.

  04/30/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Pew study: White evangelicals remain Trump loyalists

  President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office were filled with change and controversy. And for many Americans, it appears too much. Whiter evangelicals are the exception.

  04/30/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Mangieri named as CEO of Baptist publishing house

  Carolina Carro de Mangieri, director of global events and fellowship for the Baptist World Alliance, has accepted the role of chief executive officer/publisher of Editorial Mundo Hispano/Casa Bautista de Publicaciones in El Paso.

  04/30/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  William Barber arrested after praying in Capitol Rotunda

  Prominent pastor and anti-poverty activist William Barber and two others were arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda April 28.

  04/29/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  More teens see social media’s negatives but not quitting

  Although a recent Pew Research study says more teens are becoming aware of the negative effects of social media, that doesn’t mean they’re ready for anything resembling a large-scale break from it.

  04/29/2025 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Debbie Potter nominee for Texas Baptists’ president

  Debbie Potter, incumbent first vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and children’s pastor at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, will be nominated as BGCT president at Texas Baptists’ annual meeting, Nov. 16-18 in Abilene.

  04/28/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Kerrville church offers gospel-centered escape room

  To help bring the Bible to life in a fun and innovative way for elementary kids to understand, the children’s ministry at Trinity Baptist Church in Kerrville recently put together a gospel-centered escape room.

  04/28/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard