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  Supreme Court considers potentially major church-state case

  The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on a case prompted by a Montana program that offered tax credits to people who funded scholarships in private schools, including religious schools. Two Baptist agencies have taken opposing positions on the case.

  01/24/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Jack C. Burton

  Jack C. Burton, longtime pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Austin, died Nov. 30. He was 88.

  01/23/2020 - By Ken Camp

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  Around the State: Baylor president named to OSU Hall of Fame

  Linda Livingstone, president of Baylor University, will be inducted into the Oklahoma State University Hall of Fame. Working with North Carolina Baptist Men, TBM helped send 500 water filters to provide clean drinking water for families affected by the recent earthquake in Puerto Rico.

  01/22/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: William “Dub” Henry Jackson

  William “Dub” Henry Jackson Jr., the “pioneer” of the partnership missions movement, died on Jan. 19 in Fort Worth after an extended illness. He was 95 years old.

  01/21/2020 - By Ken Camp

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  Partnership benefits multiple congregations in Garland

  A growing Ethiopian church, a once-thriving Anglo congregation and a start-up congregation of Millennial and Gen-X Christians share a common facility and vision for reaching their area with the gospel. And two of the three congregations share the same pastor.

  01/17/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Lanny Hall to begin chemotherapy for lymphoma

  Lanny Hall, past president of three Texas Baptist universities, has been diagnosed with lymphoma and will begin chemotherapy at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston on Jan. 22.

  01/17/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Trump announces school prayer guidelines

  President Trump marked National Religious Freedom Day by announcing a revised set of guidelines for religious expression in public schools and new regulations regarding government funds directed to faith-based agencies.

  01/17/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Technology advancing persecution, watchdog group reports

  The use of technology is advancing and strengthening religious persecution, Open Doors CEO David Curry said in releasing his organization’s 2020 World Watch List of the 50 countries where such persecution is most severe.

  01/16/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Judge blocks executive order on refugees

  A federal judge in Maryland blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order allowing state and local officials to refuse refugee resettlement. It came less than one week after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to reject the direct resettlement of refugees

  01/16/2020 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Northwest Baptist Convention exec nominee for SBC president

  A group of Southern Baptists announced Jan. 14 their intention to nominate Randy Adams, executive director of the Northwest Baptist Convention, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

  01/16/2020 - By Tess Schoonhoven / Baptist Press

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  Around the State: TBM and Buckner agree to collaborate

  Buckner Children and Family Services and Texas Baptist Men signed a memorandum of understanding solidifying their partnership. The Nederland Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Bureau named Pastor Jason Burden as its 2019 Citizen of the Year and TBM as 2019 Service Organization of the Year.

  01/15/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Evangelista internacional conoció a Cristo en una prisión de Texas

  Viendo hacia atrás, Rick Vasquez se da cuenta de cómo Dios se movió a su alrededor y lo cuidó, aun cuando estuvo en peligro y pudo haber muerto.

  01/15/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter