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  Court upholds right of coach to pray at midfield

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled a high school football coach’s post-game prayers at midfield are protected by the First Amendment, not a violation of its prohibition on the government establishment of religion.

  06/27/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Conservative Baptist Network pledges return

  The Conservative Baptist Network lost nearly every vote at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, but its leaders insist, “We’ll be back.”

  06/27/2022 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Hardage to retire as BGCT executive director

  David Hardage, executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, has announced plans to retire following more than 10 years of service.

  06/24/2022 - By Texas Baptists Communications

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  Supreme Court overturns federal right to abortion

  As both pro-life groups and abortion rights advocates responded to the Supreme Court’s ruling, their disparate reactions included one common refrain: “This is not the end.”

  06/24/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Retired medical missionary still making an impact

  About 2.5 million nutritious meals have been provided to hungry people, thanks to a pair of nonprofit organizations that grew out of the vision of veteran medical missionary Lee Baggett and his colleagues.

  06/24/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Worshippers at Baptist church in Nigeria abducted

  Three dozen worshippers at a Baptist church in Nigeria’s southern Kaduna state were abducted by gunmen on June 19 after the attackers first killed three people at a Catholic church.

  06/23/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: USDA awards $5 million to Baylor Collaborative

  The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded nearly $5 million to the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty to continue its Meals-to-You demonstration project this summer.

  06/22/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Jack Ridlehoover

  Jack Ridlehoover, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and mentor to ministers, died June 19. He was 91.

  06/22/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Gallup Poll: Americans’ belief in God at low level

  In the latest Gallup Poll, belief in God dipped to 81 percent, down 6 percentage points from 2017, and the lowest since Gallup first asked the question in 1944.

  06/22/2022 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Court rules tuition program cannot exclude religious schools

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled July 21 a state tuition assistance program in Maine cannot exclude religious schools.

  06/21/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptist women in ministry show marginal gains

  A Baptist Women in Ministry survey revealed one in four have been sexually harassed or sexually assaulted while serving in their ministry setting.

  06/21/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Hispanic pastors discuss leading a church out of COVID

  Hispanic pastors from California, Florida and Texas discussed strategies to lead the church in a post-COVID world during a panel discussion in the exhibit hall at the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting.

  06/20/2022 - By Keila Diaz / Baptist Press