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CommonCall: Open home, open hearts

Mace and Jennifer Perez always knew they wanted children. And for Jennifer, adoption had tugged on her heart even when she was an adolescent.

03/09/2018 - By Ken Camp

CommonCall: Church supports high school robotics team

Roca Viva Church in Fort Worth supports North Side High School’s robotics and engineering program. The congregation sees the potential this program has for the students in the area.

03/07/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

Around the State: HPU students raise money for local ministry; TBM aids Erath County and Rockport

Howard Payne University students raise money for local ministry, TBM aids Erath County and Rockport, more news from HPU and Baylor, and anniversaries in this week’s On the Move.

03/07/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

On the Move: Kusch and Ryan

Staff changes noted for churches in Castroville and Houston.

03/07/2018 - By Ken Camp

Obituary: Ted Cromer

Ted Cromer, retired Baptist missionary and minister, died March 1 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was 93.

03/07/2018 - By Ken Camp

BUA inaugurates Jaquez as president

Because of its past accomplishments, Baptist University of the Américas is “poised to do new things,” Abraham Jaquez said at his inauguration and formal installation as the school’s eighth president.

03/06/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

Obituary: Dick Moody

Richard “Dick” Moody, retired minister and artist, died Feb. 27 in Southlake. He was 87.

03/06/2018 - By Ken Camp

IMB trustees name presidential search committee

The Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board named a presidential search committee to find a successor to David Platt.

03/06/2018 - By Julie McGowan / International Mission Board

‘I Can Only Imagine’ reveals truth of MercyMe ballad

Everyone needs a Mrs. Fincher in their lives, actress Priscilla Shirer said of her character who stirs up the gift in MercyMe lead singer Bart Millard in the upcoming movie I Can Only Imagine.

03/06/2018 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Billy Graham laid to rest near his childhood home

With his childhood home as a backdrop, Billy Graham was celebrated as a man of God at his funeral, the closing chapter of a century-long story in American evangelical history.

03/06/2018 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

A preacher to millions took comfort in a local church pastor

If Billy Graham was “America’s pastor,” as so many headlines pronounced following his death, who was Billy Graham’s pastor?

03/06/2018 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Battle over religion in public schools waged in McKinney

Public school officials in McKinney are being accused of violating the separation of church and state.

02/28/2018 - By Bobby Ross Jr. / Religion News Service