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  Around the State: Bike Out Hunger

  The 6th annual Bike Out Hunger-Texas will be May 11-16, 2015.

  05/11/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Religion promotes well-being, epidemiologist says

  Religion enhances physical and mental health and contributes significantly to overall well-being over the long haul, an epidemiologist told participants at a conference sponsored by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion.

  05/08/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Religion alive and well, Baylor scholars insist

  Reports about the imminent death of religion, rise of secularization and growth of atheism largely ignore facts or base conclusions on faulty research, scholars from Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion told a recent conference.

  05/08/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Book tells story of love in the time of Ebola

  A new book tells the story of America’s first Ebola victim, Thomas Eric Duncan, as well as his fiancé, Louise Troh, and how hope sustained their family as fear spread faster and further than the deadly virus.

  05/08/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Standard wins national awards

  Baptist Standard Publishing earned national awards from two professional communications associations, including eight “Best of the Christian Press” awards from the Associated Church Press.

  05/08/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Modern feeding of the 5,000 by TBM benefits correctional officers

  When Texas Baptist Men set out to cook meals for correctional officers at Huntsville-area prisons, feeding the 5,000 required considerably more than the biblical five loaves and two fishes—closer to 1,500 pounds of chicken and 10,000 tortillas.

  05/08/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: Carroll Institute board elects Jackson as chair

  The B.H. Carroll Theological Institute’s board of governors elected as chairman Richard Jackson, longtime Baptist minister and president of the Jackson Center in Brownwood.

  05/08/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Americans don’t want student religious groups defunded for restrictive leadership policies

  A dispute over who can lead student religious groups has left Americans uneasy, but few want to see groups punished for requiring their leaders to hold specific beliefs or practices.

  05/08/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Senate committee urged to protect pastors from lawsuits and harassment

  Ministers from throughout Texas urged a Senate committee to support a bill to protect clergy from being compelled to participate in same-sex marriage ceremonies, but representatives of some religious groups questioned whether the proposed legislation could prompt lawsuits within hierarchal denominations.

  05/05/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Obituaries: Johnston, O’Brien, Miller and Sylvester

  Obituaries in this issue include Ramona Johnston, 81, April 14 in Tyler; Bonnie O’Brien, 87, April 21 in Amarillo; Don Miller, 93, April 22 in Fort Worth; and Chester Sylvester, 97, April 23 in San Angelo.

  05/01/2015 - By John Rutledge

• On the Move: David Atwood

  David Atwood to Knobbs Springs Baptist Church in McDade as pastor.

  05/01/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: Julie Pennington-Russell resigns from pastorate

  Julie Pennington-Russell, a pioneer among Southern Baptist women in ministry and early supporter of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, is stepping down as pastor of First Baptist Church in Decatur, Ga.

  05/01/2015 - By John Rutledge