Weekend review: James Dobson dies; Ten Commandments in TX blocked; Mike Dance named exec. dir. of Arkansas Baptists

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below.

1. James C. Dobson — founder of Focus on the Family, one of the world’s largest faith-based organizations — died Aug. 21. He was 89.

2. A federal district judge in San Antonio blocked implementation of a law mandating the display of a prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in every Texas public school classroom.

3. Mark Dance has been selected as the next executive director of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention.

EDITOR’S NOTE — These stories were compiled by The Baptist Paper.