• Gateway Seminary trustees elect Adam Groza president

    In a unanimous vote April 15, Gateway Seminary trustees elected Adam Groza as the seminary’s eighth president during their spring 2024 meeting. His term begins May 13.

  • Editorial: Superman is not your pastor

    Superman is not your pastor. Even if he was, he’d still disappoint you. Why, then, do we expect pastors to be superheroes?

  • Dallas pastor Haynes resigns from Rainbow PUSH Coalition

    Frederick D. Haynes III, who succeeded Jesse Jackson as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, has resigned suddenly from leading the Chicago-based civil rights organization.

  • Tennessee pastor Spencer nominee for SBC president

    Dan Spencer, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Sevierville, Tenn., has become the sixth nominee for president of the Southern Baptist Convention at the 2024 SBC annual meeting June 11-12 in Indianapolis.

  • On the Move: Knott

    Pastoral resignation noted for a Fort Worth church.

  • More Christians join in urging support for Ukraine

    More than a dozen Christian leaders—including the executive director of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention—sent a letter to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson April 17 urging Congress to protect religious liberty in Eastern Europe by supporting Ukraine.

  • Voices: Bridges between worship and work

    First Baptist Church in Amarillo saw positive results from a new Bible study focused on bridging worship and work.

  • Kachin Baptist leader released from Myanmar prison

    Hkalam Samson, former president and general secretary of the Kachin Baptist Convention in Myanmar, has been released from Myitkyina Prison in Burma’s Kachin State.

  • Obituary: Roger Paynter

    Roger A. Paynter, former Texas Baptist pastor, died March 6 after complications from a stroke. He was 74.

  • Lott Carey expresses solidarity with Haitians during crisis

    Lott Carey, a historically Black Baptist missional organization, expressed “unwavering solidarity with the people of Haiti during this time of unprecedented crisis.”

  • Around the State: Student art exhibit displayed at Wayland

    Artwork created by seven Wayland Baptist University seniors will be on display April 19 to May 17 at Abraham Art Gallery.

  • Voices: How should I vote? Part 1

    “How do we engage in the brawl without becoming brawlers? … How do we vote from a biblical, Christ-centered worldview?”