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  Aponte named vice president of mobilization at IMB

  Trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board approved Edgar Aponte, seminary administrator and educator, as vice president of mobilization.

  08/30/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  CBF board affirms executive coordinator in process of divorce

  Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leaders issued statements affirming Executive Coordinator Suzii Paynter in light of her pending divorce from her husband of 44 years, Roger Paynter, former pastor of First Baptist Church in Austin.

  08/25/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Customers praise GuideStone as ‘trustworthy’

  Vision, integrity and purpose characterize people and organizations of influence, O.S. Hawkins, president of GuideStone Financial Resources, told the agency’s board of trustees.

  08/09/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Texas Baptist named national WMU ministry consultant for boys

  Zachariah Seanor, a graduate of Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary and former Texas Baptist minister to students, joined the national Woman’s Missionary Union staff as ministry consultant for Royal Ambassadors and Challengers.

  07/26/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Tim LaHaye, Religious Right leader and ‘Left Behind’ author, dead at 90

  Tim LaHaye, the evangelical minister known for both his conservative politics and the best-selling Left Behind series of novels, died July 25 at age 90, after recently suffering a stroke.

  07/26/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Baptist Joint Committee joins Nevada brief opposing school vouchers

  Funneling taxpayer funds to religious schools through a voucher program compromises religious liberty, according to a legal brief filed at the Nevada Supreme Court and joined by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty.

  07/26/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Houston pastor named to committee to guide CBF Illumination Project 



  Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Moderator Doug Dortch appointed a Houston pastor to a five-member ad hoc committee that will oversee implementation of the Illumination Project.

  07/25/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Walker still sees need to boost religious freedom

  Brent Walker serves as executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, making him a key voice for Baptists in the nation’s capital. Working for the BJC more than a quarter-century, Walker remains passionate about religious liberty and the heritage Baptists have in that area. (BNG)

  07/19/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  BWA adds three new member groups

  The Baptist World Alliance welcomed three new member organizations during its general council meeting in Vancouver.

  07/07/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Analysis: Southern Baptists will need a bigger tent

  Not too long ago, the Southern Baptist Convention was known more for what—and often who—it rejected than what it included. But over the past decade, that began to change.

  06/28/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  CBF condemns violence against LGBTQ persons

  God is in Christ, reconciling the world unto Godself, making all of us into a single family. We stand united in condemning anyone who questions the full worth of LGBTQ persons before God or as citizens of our country. We reject any language and condemn any person who advocates violence against LGBTQ persons. — Cooperative Baptist Fellowship governing board statement

  06/25/2016 - By Marv Knox

• Human rights advocate elected to top NABF leadership role

  Human rights activist Elijah Brown has been elected general secretary of the North American Baptist Fellowship, succeeding congregational leadership coach and author George Bullard, the organization has announced. (BNG)

  06/23/2016 - By Ken Camp