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Religious coercion lawsuit in Chicago schools settled

The Chicago Board of Education and New York’s David Lynch Foundation have agreed to settle a three-year-long class-action lawsuit that alleged public high school students were forced to practice Hindu rituals through the guise of a meditation program.

05/12/2025 - By Richa Karmarkar / Religion News Service

Afghans who fled Taliban face repatriation

About 14,000 Afghans who came to the United States to escape the Taliban—including religious minorities who experienced persecution in their homeland—face forced repatriation in less than two weeks.

05/08/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Musician Squire Parsons moves on to ‘Sweet Beulah Land’

Squire Parsons Jr., longtime Southern Gospel singer-songwriter, died May 5. He was 77.

05/08/2025 - By Staff / The Baptist Paper

God sustains in times of drought, Truett student proclaims

Jessalyn Brown, recipient of the 2025 Robert Jackson Robinson Outstanding Student Preacher award, preached the final chapel sermon of the semester at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary on May 6.

05/07/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

New volunteer makes an impact with Texans on Mission

Javier Jacobo is new to Texans on Mission disaster relief. Now, six people living in the Rio Grande Valley are new followers of Christ thanks to Jacobo’s efforts after spring flooding.

05/07/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

Around the State: ETBU students analyze worship songs

Students in East Texas Baptist University’s worship music course recently completed a comprehensive research project examining the content of the most-sung worship songs in churches across the country.

05/07/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Telehealth certificate at HSU strengthens rural health care

As Hardin-Simmons University put together the new nursing school, the university saw an opportunity to address lack of access to medical care across rural West Texas by adding a telehealth certificate.

05/06/2025 - By HSU Staff

Shane Claiborne arrested while praying at the capitol

Five faith leaders were arrested while praying in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on May 5. Among those arrested was Shane Claiborne, a longtime activist and co-director of Red Letter Christians, a Christian social justice group.

05/06/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Obituary: Freddy Mason

Freddy Mason of Carthage, who served the same rural Panola County church as pastor more than five and a half decades, died May 5. He was 79.

05/06/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Senate committee considers bill to abolish Texas Lottery

The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs heard public testimony May 5 on a bill calling for the Texas Lottery to be abolished.

05/06/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Lowrie named dean of HPU School of Christian Studies

Howard Payne University appointed David Lowrie, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and former president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, as dean of the School of Christian Studies.

05/05/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Suit alleges illegal power grab at Second Baptist Houston

A lawsuit alleges Second Baptist Church in Houston unlawfully changed its governing documents to eliminate the congregation’s power to vote on virtually everything.

05/05/2025 - By David Roach / Baptist Press