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  Judge accepts immigrant activists’ religious liberty defense

  An Arizona federal judge has reversed the convictions of four faith-based volunteers who were fined and put on probation for aiding migrants at the border, saying the activists simply were exercising their “sincerely held religious beliefs.”

  02/05/2020 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  TBM provides clean water, Living Water in Papua New Guinea

  Volunteers with the TBM water ministry make available both clean drinking water and the Living Water of Christ to villagers in Papua New Guinea.

  02/05/2020 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

• Explore the Bible: Promised

  The Explore the Bible lesson for Feb. 23 focuses on Deuteronomy 32:48-52; 34:4-7.

  02/04/2020 - By Jaime Cortez

• Connect360: The Great Dilemma

  Lesson 12 in the BaptistWay Press Connect360 unit “Miracles: The Transforming Power of Jesus” focuses on Matthew 17:24-27.

  02/04/2020 - By Stan Granberry / BaptistWay Press

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  Houston church still rebuilding, reaching out after hurricane

  When Houston Northwest Church recently welcomed children and their families to the congregation’s newly constructed HNW Kids Building, it marked a milepost in recovery and rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey.

  02/04/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Bill O’Brien

  William Robert “Bill” O’Brien, longtime missionary and missions innovator, died Feb. 1. He was 86.

  02/04/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Review: The New Testament in its World

  Karl Fickling reviews “The New Testament in its World” by N.T. Wright and Michael Bird.

  02/03/2020 - By Karl Fickling

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  GuideStone announces release of Ministers’ Tax Guide

  GuideStone has released the 2020 Ministers’ Tax Guide for 2019 Returns. It includes changes based on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the current status of minister’s housing allowance after the recent 2019 litigation.

  02/03/2020 - By Holly Taylor / Baptist Press

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  WMU ministries touch countries ‘from A to Z’

  National Woman’s Missionary Union leaders emphasized the organization’s global reach during reports to the WMU board meeting in mid-January.

  02/03/2020 - By Julie Walters / Woman's Missionary Union

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  Chitwood announces IMB five-year plan

  Paul Chitwood, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, announced the mission agency’s five-year plan during meetings with trustees Jan. 29-30 in Riverside, Calif.

  02/03/2020 - By Ken Camp

• Obituary: Donald Cannata

  Donald Cannata, longtime minister of education, died Jan. 31. He was 86. 

  02/03/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Denhollander urges Christian colleges to condemn sex abuse

  Abuse survivor and activist Rachael Denhollander brought her advocacy to presidents of evangelical colleges, urging them at their annual conference to not discount sexual abuse but to instead support survivors who report it.

  02/03/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service