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  Texas again ranks second nationally in food insecurity

  For the second consecutive year, Texas had the second-highest rate of household food insecurity in the nation, a study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed.

  09/12/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  ERLC board affirms staff, seeks to ‘listen to churches’

  The staff of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission heard an official word of affirmation Sept. 11 with the release of a statement approved by the agency’s board of trustees in a two-hour executive session.

  09/11/2024 - By Jennifer Rash Davis / The Baptist Paper

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  Ukraine seminary leader urges prayer for transformation

  “Pray for the transformation of our nation,” Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary President Yaroslav “Slavik” Pyzh implored Southern Baptists at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s trustee meeting Sept. 10 in Nashville.

  09/11/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

• Connect360: Sacred Life of the Preborn

  Lesson 10 in the Connect360 unit “Sacred Life: God’s Plan for Us” focuses on Psalm 139:13-16.

  09/11/2024 - By Katie Frugé

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  Texans on Mission funds make a difference in Bangladesh

  When floodwaters inundated southeast Bangladesh, Texans on Mission rushed funds to ministry partners in the region. This week, Baptists from the flooded villages sent photos of the difference Texans on Mission donors are making.

  09/11/2024 - By Staff / Texans on Mission

• Obituary: William “Bill” Horan

  William “Bill” Horan of Mesquite, a former employee of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Annuity Board and GuideStone, died Aug. 27. He was 71.

  09/11/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Report urges changes to promote global religious freedom

  Naming the worst violators of international religious freedom has been a good way to condemn bad behavior but has been far less effective at bringing about changes in policy by foreign nations, a report from the U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom concluded.

  09/10/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Evangelical leaders pledge allegiance to Jesus alone

  More than 350 evangelical leaders—including some Texas Baptists—have endorsed a “Confession of Evangelical Conviction,” affirming allegiance to Jesus Christ and his gospel alone, “apart from any partisan agenda.”

  09/09/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Greenway suit against seminary resolved without payment

  Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Adam W. Greenway dropped his defamation lawsuit against his former employer without any financial settlement.

  09/09/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Frances Ann Wilson

  Frances Ann “Fran” Wilson, former seminary administrator, died Sept. 4. She was 79.

  09/09/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Trump shifts on abortion, some evangelicals still supportive

  Former President Donald Trump’s shifting rhetoric on abortion has unsettled some conservative faith-based activists. But several of Trump’s long-term evangelical supporters are insisting the former presiden remains the best candidate for their cause.

  09/09/2024 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  National Baptists choose Boise Kimber as president

  After an unusual election that gave voters the choice on the ballot of a name or a “no,” members of the National Baptist Convention, USA, lined up behind a new president, Pastor Boise Kimber of First Calvary Baptist Church in New Haven, Conn.

  09/06/2024 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service