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  Discipleship a priority without a plan for many churches

  In the first part of the State of Discipleship study from Lifeway Research, U.S. Protestant pastors shared their understanding of what discipleship means and how it best occurs.

  08/25/2025 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Review: You Have a Calling

  Managing Editor Ken Camp reviews “You Have a Calling: Finding Your Vocation in the True, Good and Beautiful” by Karen Swallow Prior.

  08/25/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Pastors at conference address racism in their churches

  A racial reconciliation conference calls church leader to engage in discussions on race from a gospel-centric perspective.

  08/25/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

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  Samaritan’s Purse assists Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

  After struggling for months to find partners to help them deliver aid to Gaza, the embattled Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has picked up a collaborator—Samaritan’s Purse, the international Christian disaster relief organization headed by Franklin Graham.

  08/25/2025 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Focus on the Family founder James Dobson dies at 89

  James C. Dobson, a psychologist who advocated a “family values” brand of conservative Christian morality on his popular radio shows and in his bestselling books, died Aug. 21. He was 89.

  08/22/2025 - By David Mark and Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Federal district judge blocks Ten Commandments mandate

  A federal district judge in San Antonio blocked implementation of a law mandating the display of a prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in every Texas public school classroom.

  08/20/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Singing Men of Texas mark 50th anniversary

  The Singing Men of Texas celebrated their 50th anniversary Aug. 15 with a concert at Riverbend Centre in Austin.

  08/20/2025 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptists Communications

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  Homeland Security uses the Bible to promote ICE

  In a video posted to its social media account, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security warned “illegal aliens” that the U.S. Border Patrol’s special operations group was coming to hunt them down.  It also quoted an unexpected reference—the Bible.

  08/20/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

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  Attendance drops, fear rises in D.C. immigrant churches

  The first weekend after President Trump federalized the Washington, D.C., police force and deployed National Guard troops, leaders of immigrant churches described lower than average attendance, anxious WhatsApp groups and escalating fears.

  08/20/2025 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain and Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Baylor group takes time before school to help flood victims

  Four students, 17 faculty and staff members, and one alumnus from Baylor University spent a day alongside Texans on Mission volunteers rebuilding homes in flood-devastated San Angelo.

  08/19/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  Mexia church experiences new life after dry season

  Earlier this year, there was dirt in the baptistery at First Baptist Church in Mexia. That’s how long it had been since it had been used.

  08/19/2025 - By Erin Roach / Baptist Press

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  Obituary: Kay Patterson Abney

  Kay Peterson Abney, retired teacher and pastor’s wife, died Aug. 14. She was 77.

  08/19/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard