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  Pastors urge TEA to offer guidelines and allow flexibility

  In the midst of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of Pastors for Texas Children, including several Texas Baptist ministers, have asked the Texas Education Agency to offer schools clear health and safety guidelines.

  07/15/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: Camp Buckner staff encourages foster families; Liebrum to HPU as VP

  Six college-aged Camp Buckner employees have hand-written more than 350 encouraging notes to foster families across the state of Texas. Howard Payne University has named veteran denominational leader Chris Liebrum as vice president for external affairs, effective Aug. 1.

  07/15/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Mable Consuelo Solis

  Mable Consuelo Solis of Hewitt, longtime pastor’s wife, died July 6. She was 89.

  07/14/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Adela Galvan Enrriques

  Adela Galvan Enrriques of Robstown, veteran leader in Union Femenil Misionera and Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas, died July 6. She was 81.

  07/14/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Church and civic partnership for contact tracing encouraged

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is encouraging churches to partner with government officials to fight the spread of COVID-19, while receiving First Amendment protections as they cooperate.

  07/14/2020 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

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  Villanueva nominee for BGCT second vice president

  Jordan Villanueva, pastor of Indian Hills Baptist Church in Grand Prairie, will be nominated for second vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  07/14/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  U.S. urged to accept persecuted refugees and asylum seekers

  Christians fleeing religious persecution abroad increasingly are denied access to safety in the United States, according to a new report urging the Trump administration to reverse the trend.

  07/13/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Evangelical group urges Trump not to rescind DACA

  A group of evangelical Christian leaders have asked President Trump to hold off on another effort to rescind a program for certain undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children.

  07/10/2020 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

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  WMU leader reflects on spiritual journey from Ghana to U.S.

  When Doris Opoku and her family immigrated to the United States from Ghana in 2008, they had no idea what ministry opportunities God had in store for them.

  07/10/2020 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

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  When leaders leave the faith, how do churchgoers respond?

  When high-profile Christian leaders announce they no longer believe in core doctrines of the faith, their public pronouncements are met with a mix of emotions from churchgoers, according to a recent survey.

  07/10/2020 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Book helps parents discuss pandemic with children

  After seeing family routines disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Sara Howle decided to combine her love for children and love for literature by creating a book to help parents discuss the changing world with their little ones.

  07/10/2020 - By Teresa Young

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  Supreme Court rules in two key religious freedom cases

  In a pair of 7-2 rulings related to religious liberty issues, the U.S. Supreme Court on July 8 broadened the scope of employers’ right to make employment and benefits decisions based on moral and religious grounds.

  07/09/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor