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  Editorial: We need a new missions story

  U.S. Baptists have prided ourselves on our mission work. It’s time for us to celebrate what Baptists are doing around the world.

  07/05/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  BWA adopts resolution on justice for indigenous people

  The Baptist World Alliance General Council adopted a resolution condemning the historic and ongoing mistreatment of indigenous people around the world.

  07/05/2023 - By Ken Camp and Eric Black / Baptist Standard

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  BWA launches Global Baptist Mission Network

  The Baptist World Alliance launched the Global Baptist Mission Network—a collaborative venture involving 23 inaugural member agencies—at its annual meeting in Stavanger, Norway.

  07/05/2023 - By Ken Camp and Eric Black / Baptist Standard

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  Baptists called ‘to every neighborhood and every nation’

  Baptists are “a missionary people” sent by God “to every neighborhood and every nation,” Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Elijah Brown said,

  07/03/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Three Baptists in 10 are in highly vulnerable areas

  Globally, three Baptists in 10 face the highest levels of vulnerability to hunger, poverty, violent conflict and religious persecution, a vulnerability index produced by BWA revealed.

  07/03/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BWA celebrates calling as people sent by God

  Baptists from more than 40 nations began the Baptist World Alliance annual gathering with a celebration of their common mission as a people called, sent and empowered by God.

  07/02/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Religious accommodation ruling draws broad support

  A unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in a case protecting employees’ rights to religious accommodations in the workplace drew broad-based support across the religious spectrum.

  06/29/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Southwestern Seminary receives accreditation warning

  The accreditation status of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has been moved to “warning” level by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

  06/29/2023 - By Jennifer Rash / The Baptist Paper

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  Editorial: We need water

  This is less an opinion about the issues we face than an echo of that pervasive cry: “We thirst.” Do we know what it is we thirst for?

  06/28/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Volunteers help North Texas family recover from house fire

  Soot-covered Texas Baptist Men volunteers swirled around Mark Korenek , some with wheelbarrows, moving charred personal items from the fire that burned his Grand Prairie home in January.

  06/28/2023 - By Russ Dilday / Texas Baptist Men

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  What does the Bible say a pastor is? It’s complicated

  When Southern Baptists say “pastor,” they are discussing a job description, gender and church governance. And there’s a difference between how SBC doctrine defines the word and how churches use it.

  06/28/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Voices: How pastors and churches can respond to ChatGPT

  ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence pose challenges to pastors and churches that require prior commitments and training to overcome.

  06/27/2023 - By Patti Greene