Ken Camp, Author at Baptist Standard

Connect360: Dressing for Battle

Lesson 12 in the Connect360 unit “The Immeasurable Love of Christ” focuses on Ephesians 6:10-17.

11/22/2024 - By GC2 Press Staff

Anti-terror financing bill may punish nonprofits

Over the objections of religious groups, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would enable the secretary of the Treasury to rescind the tax-exempt status of any nonprofits the secretary concludes are “terrorist-supporting organizations.”

11/22/2024 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Ministry helps widows overcome loss, find purpose

Overcomers, a ministry of First Baptist Church in Grand Prairie, encourages widows to overcome fear, anxiety, loneliness, doubt, adversity and worries about how to provide for themselves.

11/22/2024 - By Tamela Turbeville / Missions Mosaic

Mexican Baptists move when authorities fail to honor rights

Members of a Baptist church in Mexico’s Hidalgo State who were displaced in April have moved to neighboring Veracruz State after local officials failed to honor their religious freedom rights, an international human rights group reported.

11/22/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Activist urges mercy for man convicted of killing pastor

The spiritual adviser of Steven Nelson—who was convicted of murdering Arlington Pastor Clint Dobson and is scheduled for execution—not only is pleading for mercy from the state, but also grace from some of those most deeply wounded by his actions.

11/22/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Trump selects Baptist chaplain to lead VA

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a Baptist chaplain and former pastor to be the next head of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

11/22/2024 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

Connect360: How Can I Know God’s Will?

Lesson 11 in the Connect360 unit “The Immeasurable Love of Christ” focuses on Ephesians 5:17-18.

11/21/2024 - By GC2 Press Staff

Review: The Mary We Forgot

Managing Editor Ken Camp reviews “The Mary We Forgot” by Jennifer Powell McNutt.

11/21/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Connect360: Shine!

Lesson 10 in the Connect360 unit “The Immeasurable Love of Christ” focuses on Ephesians 5:8-14.

11/20/2024 - By GC2 Press Staff

Obituary: Mike Melcher

Mike Melcher of Plainview, former director of advancement at Wayland Baptist University, died Nov. 4 in Dallas. He was 72.

11/20/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Red Letter Christian Tony Campolo dead at age 89

Tony Campolo, an American Baptist minister and sociologist who spent decades trying to convince evangelicals and other Christians that their faith should motivate them to address social ills like poverty and racism, has died. He was 89.

11/20/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Bible study offers antidote to loneliness, study shows

The Bible protects against what the U.S. surgeon general has termed an “epidemic of loneliness” as harmful to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, the American Bible Society said in releasing its latest chapter of the 2024 State of the Bible.

11/19/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press