Aretha Franklin, who began her singing career with gospel music and later was crowned the “Queen of Soul,” died Aug. 16 after battling a range of health issues. She was 76.

For millions of Americans, summer is the season for short-term mission trips. But for mission trip operators, it’s also time to weigh the risks and rewards that come with bringing the well intentioned face-to-face with real-life hardships in far-flung locations.

Ella Prichard wrote “Reclaiming Joy” as a practical guide for widows—the book she needed but could not find when her husband died in 2009.

Texas Baptist Men volunteers spent three days learning how to remove an injured person trapped by rubble, handle a fire hose and recognize hazards such as IEDs—skills they almost certainly will not use but that will qualify them to provide disaster relief in Israel.

Biblical justice means restoring what has been broken, not just punishing people who break laws, author and Christian activist Shane Claiborne believes.

Pastor Kenneth Jackson of New Light Baptist Church in Lubbock prayed 10 years ago, asking God to give him a vision for community outreach. He found it in John’s Gospel, when he read a conversation between Jesus and Simon Peter.

A commitment to environmental stewardship led Baptist Temple in San Antonio to install solar panels on the roof of its facility, but getting paid to do the right thing didn’t hurt. 

Nonprofit organizations focused on community development should recognize churches as natural allies in helping vulnerable children and their families improve their lives, said Lorena Gonzalez, vice president of Urban Strategies.

From a Lord’s Supper observance in the opening Sunday evening session to the final benediction Tuesday night, an emphasis on unity permeated worship services at Texas Baptists’ Family Gathering in Arlington.

Jesus provided a model for his followers by using the resources his disciples offered to meet needs, Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Elijah Brown told guests at the 2018 Texas Baptist Hunger Offering Family Luncheon.

Texas Baptists elected by acclamation pastors from North Texas, Southeast Texas and the South Plains as Baptist General Convention of Texas officers.

Ministers in Nazi Germany enabled the Holocaust not because they abandoned professional ethics and moral codes but because they redefined them, a Truett Theological Seminary student concluded after her time at Auschwitz.