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  Judge bars ICE from some acts against protestors

  A federal judge in Illinois has issued a temporary restraining order that bars government agents from using some forceful tactics against faith-based demonstrators who have been protesting outside a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility.

  10/13/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Obituary: Charles ‘Chuck’ Davis

  Charles “Chuck” William Davis Jr., chair of the board of trustees at Hardin-Simmons University, died Oct. 1 in McKinney. He was 67.

  10/13/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Chris Clayman: Frontier people groups deserve priority

  Chris Clayman of the Joshua Project presented 10 reasons why frontier people groups—unreached people whose numbers exceed 1.5 billion—deserve priority in Christian missions outreach

  10/11/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Christians called to missional—not comfortable—lives

  Christ calls his followers to missional lives, not lives of comfort and ease, speakers emphasized at the “Beyond Us … From Neighborhoods to Nations” Missions Conference at First Baptist Church in Waco.

  10/10/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Nigerian official disputes reports of anti-Christian violence

  A high-ranking Nigerian official dismissed reports by international human rights organizations about widespread violence against Christians in his country as “not supported by the facts on the ground,” but some Nigerian Christian leaders disagreed.

  10/10/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Faith-based protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom

  Dramatic and violent scenes that unfolded in recent weeks near an ICE detention facility in Broadview, Ill., as protesters—including some ministers—have called on ICE agents to repent.

  10/08/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Franklin Graham quits financial accountability group

  Franklin Graham, the president and CEO of two of the largest Christian ministries in the country, has quit his organizations’ membership in a financial accountability group that sets standards for evangelical nonprofits.

  10/08/2025 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Deportation flight to Iran included Christians at risk

  The deportation of more than a hundred Iranians held in ICE custody on a flight that touched down in Tehran on Sept. 29 includes Christians and other religious minorities who may face harsh penalties for their religious beliefs upon return to the Islamic Republic.

  10/07/2025 - By David I. Klein / Religion News Service

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  Tony Evans will not return to lead Dallas megachurch

  Dallas megachurch founder Tony Evans, who stepped back from leading his church due to an undisclosed “sin” he announced last year, will not return as pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship.

  10/07/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Beautiful Hope Ministries aids trafficking survivors

  University of Mary Hardin-Baylor sophomore Hannah Balkenbush founded Beautiful Hope Ministries in 2021 to raise awareness about human trafficking and to offer Christ-centered restoration to survivors.

  10/06/2025 - By Keely Mills / University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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  Abortion opponents denounce drug entering market

  Pro-life advocates protested the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s approval of another generic abortion drug.

  10/06/2025 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Review: And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle

  Managing Editor Ken Camp reviews “And There Was Light: American Lincoln and the American Struggle” by Jon Meacham.

  10/03/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor