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  Evangelicals for Harris ad prompts threat of lawsuit

  An advertisement by Evangelicals for Harris that contrasts clips from a sermon by evangelist Billy Graham and statements by Donald Trump is for Harris, is now the subject of a potential lawsuit from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

  10/09/2024 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

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  BWA urges prayer and support for Lebanese Christians

  Lebanon is facing a mass displacement crisis amid escalating violence, despite a history of providing sanctuary for refugees fleeing violence.

  10/08/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Chaplaincy: From ‘cultural competency’ to ‘cultural humility’

  Neighborhood chaplain Mary Flin envisions a world where there is no space where people can be without access to spiritual care.

  10/08/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Truett event focuses on police and faith community

  Waco Police Chief Sheryl Victorian applauded faith leaders who hosted Faith & Blue community engagement events that help to build relationships of trust with police officers and to “humanize the badge.”

  10/08/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Storm survivors found what they needed on pastor’s deck

  Isolated storm survivors find food and fellowship on back deck of North Carolina pastor’s home.

  10/08/2024 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Layman Owen Cooper made significant impact on SBC

  Fifty years ago, Cooper ended two terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention—among only a few laymen ever elected to the office. His legacy includes casting a vision for the SBC-wide Bold Mission Thrust initiative.

  10/08/2024 - By Art Toalston / Baptist Press

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  Baptist witness continues in Gaza and Israel

  Gaza Baptist Church is heavily damaged, perhaps beyond repair. Its 50 or so members have all fled to safer ground. But the Baptist witness has not left.

  10/07/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Trump-endorsed Bible may be headed to Oklahoma schools

  Oklahoma is in the market for some Bibles. They might get some help from Donald Trump.

  10/07/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Texas Baptists rolls out new sexual abuse help page

  When the sexual abuse task force reported to the BGCT Executive Board, the task force chair noted a need for a more user-friendly website. 

  10/04/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

• On the Move: Burden, Harrell, Jones

  Pastoral and staff changes noted in Lubbock, Wichita Falls, and at Texas Baptists.

  10/02/2024 - By Baptist Press Staff

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  Texans on Mission teams deploy after Hurricane Helene

  Texans on Mission deployed mass feeding, chainsaw and flood recovery teams—among others—Sept. 30 to meet needs after the second deadliest hurricane in U.S. history.

  10/02/2024 - By John Hall / Texans on Mission

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  CLC urges action to regulate Texas prison temperatures

  Inmates in Texas prisons and the correctional officers who work there suffer in unbearable heat each summer due to unregulated temperatures.

  10/02/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard