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Missouri

YouthLead Conference scheduled for Sept. 19 at SBU

Designed to help youth ministers and key student leaders reach Generation Z, the 2026 YouthLead conference will be a day of training and fellowship on Southwest Baptist University's Bolivar campus. This conference will help youth ministers learn how to create leaders and will simultaneously equip current student leaders to serve more effectively. Warren Gasaway, the Generations Team Leader for the Arkansas Baptist Convention, will be the keynote speaker. 
Faith

Gen Z churchgoers attend more but often lag in application, according to Lifeway Research’s State of Discipleship

The faith of Generation Z frequently draws them to church on Sunday but often fails to shape their lives during the week.
International

As quake death toll rises, Send Relief assists Venezuelan Baptists

Devastating news continues streaming out of Venezuela as the death toll keeps rising. Many suspect the June 30 total of 1,719 victims may only be scratching the surface of the total loss of life from last week’s earthquakes.
Ethics

Women’s sports scores ‘9-Nil’ win at U.S. Supreme Court

In one of the most significant rulings of the decade for women and girls, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 upheld state laws protecting female athletes from male competition — and delivered an historic double victory for Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the nation's leading religious-liberty legal organization.

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