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  March to Austin: ‘This is our Selma moment’

  Fifty-six years after the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, William J. Barber II will lead a similar four-day, 27-mile march from Georgetown to Austin—also focused on voting rights.

  07/28/2021 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  TBM ash-out crew offers hope in Colorado

  Dressed in Tyvek suits and N95 masks to clear trash and debris, TBM volunteers worked in Grand County, Colo., sifting through the charred remains of homes that belong to people still struggling to pick up the pieces months after the East Troublesome Fires.

  07/27/2021 - By Laura Tolentino

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  In Nigeria, 28 abducted Baptist school students freed

  Armed kidnappers in Nigeria have released 28 of the more than 120 students who were abducted at the beginning of July from the Bethel Baptist High School in the northern town of Damishi.

  07/27/2021 - By Ibrahim Garba and Sam Olukoya / Associated Press

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  Mesquite church adjusts to meet needs of families

  When COVID-19 forced a Mesquite church to cancel its regularly scheduled mission trip to the Rio Grande Valley, the congregation reallocated missions funds in ways that would make a lasting difference—both locally and in South Texas.

  07/27/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Game on for IMB Olympics ministry team

  Southern Baptist missionaries in East Asia are partnering with Japanese Christians to share the gospel during the Olympics by riding on subways, trading English pins and evangelistic materials, prayer walking, and offering opportunities to practice English.

  07/26/2021 - By IMB Staff

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  Baptists join call to protect Native American rights

  Fellowship Southwest and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Texas were among the Baptist groups who endorsed an interfaith appeal to President Joe Biden, asking him to intervene in an Arizona land-swap based on religious liberty arguments.

  07/23/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Seaberrys’ curtain call becomes next act of missions story

  About two decades after medical issues forced Steve and Anne Seaberry to leave Africa, they got the chance to return for three years for Steve to be the chaplain at Dakar Academy in Senegal. Unexpectedly, Anne has taken on the massive challenge of launching a new school.

  07/23/2021 - By Craig Bird

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  Three detained Baptist pastors in Cuba released

  Three Baptist minister in Cuba who had been detained after nationwide protests have been released. However, the wife and child of one of the pastors forcibly were evicted from their home.

  07/23/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Pioneering UMHB physician dealt with earlier pandemic

  COVID-19 wasn’t the first pandemic to lock down the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor campus and to prompt safety precautions, such as wearing masks and social distancing.

  07/23/2021 - By Christi Mays / University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

• On the Move: Chandler

  Pastoral change affects churches in Richmond and Orange.

  07/21/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Around the State: Spooner Endowed Discipleship Fund launched

  The Texas Baptist Missions Foundation created the Bernard and Patricia Spooner Endowed Discipleship Fund to support the staff and ministries of Texas Baptists’ Discipleship.

  07/21/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  David Platt’s dreams for McLean Bible Church sour

  David Platt, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, had a dream for the future of McLean Bible Church. But a series of controversies and political polarization have turned his dream into a nightmare.

  07/21/2021 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service