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  Baptists assaulted in indigenous community in Mexico

  A Baptist woman in Mexico remains hospitalized in serious condition after being tied to a tree and beaten before Christmas. A representative for an international human rights organization says it was “not an isolated incident.”

  01/09/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Stewart named COO and ministries director of BWA

  Jenny Stewart of Australia/United Kingdom has joined the Baptist World Alliance executive leadership as its first director of ministries and chief operating officer. 

  01/09/2023 - By Baptist World Alliance Communications

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  Who are the Christian nationalists?

  The “Christian Nationalist” umbrella covers a wide spectrum.

  01/09/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Truett program helps churches prepare for the future

  Dustin Benac believes the church has a future, and he wants to help congregations get ready for it.

  01/09/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  More Americans stay away from church since pandemic

  At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly every congregation in the United States shut down, at least for a while. For some Americans, that was the push they needed to never come back to church.

  01/06/2023 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  European Baptists pray for peace in Ukraine

  Even before Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to observe a 36-hour ceasefire for Orthodox Christmas, the European Baptist Federation and Ukrainian Baptists planned a Christmas Eve prayer vigil for peace.

  01/06/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Review: The Old Testament and God

  Managing Editor Ken Camp reviews “The Old Testament and God” by Craig G. Bartholomew.

  01/06/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Explore the Bible: Pick Up Your Mat

  The Explore the Bible lesson for Jan. 15 focuses on John 5:5-16.

  01/04/2023 - By Matt Baird / East Texas Baptist University

• On the Move: Dale, Sanchez and Skinner

  Staff changes noted for churches in New Boston and Stanton.

  01/04/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Bobbye Rankin, missionary and IMB president’s wife, dies

  Bobbye Simmons Rankin, who served more than two decades as a Southern Baptist foreign missionary to Asia before her husband Jerry was named International Mission Board president, died Jan. 2 in her home state of Mississippi. She was 78.

  01/04/2023 - By Mary Jane Welch / International Mission Board

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  Percentage of professing Christians in Congress stable

  The religious makeup of the new Congress bucks the trends seen in American religious life, a new report finds.

  01/04/2023 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Banquete anual navideño para pastores y esposas

  La iglesia Bautista Parkview, localizada en Plainview, Texas, albergó la junta anual navideña para pastores patrocinada por la Unión Femenil Misionera (UFM) para el compañerismo de los Plains de Texas.
  

  01/03/2023 - By Clara Molina