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  Dementia and religion: What to do, what not to do

  Although each person is different and advice varies depending on an individual’s condition, here are some basic suggestions from experts on how congregations and individuals can help and not hurt.

  01/18/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Inside a church’s Alzheimer’s caregiver support group

  Adults sat in a circle in a room usually used by high schoolers and talked about the people they loved who no longer recognized them or who had died forgetting the names of family caregivers in their last days.

  01/18/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Around the State: Buckner enters agreement with Lifeline Children’s Services

  Buckner Children and Family Services entered into an agreement to provide temporary foster care for children in Texas on behalf of Lifeline Children’s Services.

  01/16/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• On the Move: Holman

  Staff change noted for a church in San Antonio.

  01/16/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Dementia and religion: ‘What if I forget about God?’

  When Benjamin Mast evaluates dementia clients at his University of Louisville research lab, there’s a question some people of faith ask him: “What if I forget about God?”

  01/16/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Former SBC President Bailey Smith dies

  Evangelist Bailey Smith, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, died Jan. 14 at his home in Duluth, Ga. He was 79.

  01/16/2019 - By Baptist Press Staff

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  Baxley unanimously elected to lead CBF

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Governing Board voted unanimously Jan. 15 to elect Paul Baxley as the organization’s fourth executive coordinator.

  01/16/2019 - By Aaron Weaver and Jeff Huett / Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

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  New translation of the Old Testament completed

  During NPR’s Morning Edition on Jan. 14, host Rachel Martin interviewed Robert Alter about his newly released translation of the Hebrew Bible, a 24-year labor of love. Alter approaches the Hebrew Bible as a literary work of art and sought to translate it in a way to restore its artistry. (via NPR)

  01/15/2019 - By NPR

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  Two-thirds of teenagers drop out of church as young adults

  Church pews may be full of teenagers, but a new study says most of them likely won’t be in church on Sunday mornings after they graduate from high school.

  01/15/2019 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Al-Shabab militants target Christian teachers in northern Kenya

  More than 1,100 Christian teachers who have fled since al-Shabab began coming across the border into northern Kenya from Somalia in 2017, mostly targeting non-Muslim teachers.

  01/15/2019 - By Doreen Ajiambo / Religion News Service

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  International students find home away from home

  Every Friday, Art and Susan Green serve dinner to international students from Hardin-Simmons University and Abilene Christian University, making them feel at home even when they are away from their families.

  01/15/2019 - By Lucila Decia / Hardin-Simmons University

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  Good for the long haul: Pastoral sabbaticals offer renewal

  Observing the sabbath can be tough for ministers, but taking time away from the demands of ministry can help them maintain emotional, physical and spiritual health.

  01/15/2019 - By Carolyn Tomlin