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  Mental illness remains taboo topic for many pastors, study shows

  Two-thirds of Protestant senior pastors—66 percent—seldom speak to their congregations about mental illness, a recent study of faith and mental illness by Nashville-based LifeWay Research revealed.

  09/25/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Missions expert Bill O’Brien named director of Dallas ministry center

  Gaston Christian Center, an emerging community ministry center in northeast Dallas, named internationally recognized missions expert Bill O’Brien as its first executive director.

  09/25/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Southern Baptist pastor compensation not keeping up with inflation

  Compensation for full-time Southern Baptist pastors has not kept pace with inflation over the past two years, while salaries for other full-time ministers and office staff increased at a rate higher than national inflation.

  09/25/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas legislators taking money from payday-lending industry, ETBU study reveals

  Eight of ten lawmakers in the Texas House of Representatives received financial support from the payday-lending industry, researchers at East Texas Baptist University discovered.

  09/22/2014 - By John Rutledge

• On the Move: Chad Bertrand

  Chad Bertrand to First Baptist Church in Gatesville as pastor from Sienna Ranch Baptist Church in Missouri City, where he was pastor of teaching and missions.

  09/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Obituaries: Freddie Gage, Anna Fuson

  Longtime evangelist Freddie Gage, 81, died Sept. 12 in Houston and pastor’s wife Anna Fuson, 89, died Sept. 13 in Plainview.

  09/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Around the State: TBM feeds troops in Seagoville

  Texas Baptist Men’s military fellowship and disaster relief feeding unit provided food and fun for “Family Day” of the U.S. Army’s 94th Combat Support Hospital Bravo Company in Seagoville.

  09/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: U.S. News recognizes Texas Baptist schools

  Seven schools related to the Baptist General Convention of Texas ranked in the Top 100 list of colleges and universities compiled by U.S. News & World Report.

  09/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: California convention expels ‘Third Way’ church

  The California Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Board voted to withdraw fellowship from a church whose pastor says he believes homosexual acts are not always sinful.

  09/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  The rise and fall and rise again of Joel Gregory

  Joel Gregory, professor of preaching at Truett Baptist Theological Seminary, marked 50 years in the ministry this summer, and looks back on a life marked by promise, grandeur, loss and redemption.

  09/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Pastor learns the power of thanksgiving

  Giving thanks to others can make as great an impact on the giver as on the recipient, said Dale McDaniel, pastor of First Baptist Church in Tehuacana, outside Mexia.

  09/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Historic Atlanta Baptist church considered for national recognition

  West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Ralph Abernathy Sr. and Martin Luther King Jr. met, prayed and organized the civil rights movement, could be on its way to formal national recognition after a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives.

  09/19/2014 - By John Rutledge