Viento Fuerte Church in Waco has changed to meet the changing needs of its neighborhood.

Regardless of a teenager’s background or future hope, speakers at Congreso 2018 urged students to choose to serve Christ.

During three decades at Procter Baptist Church in Port Arthur, Pastor Rick Erwin has experienced fire and flood—the former figurative and the latter literal.

Joanna Jespersen, minister to children and families at Shiloh Terrace Baptist Church in Dallas, will nominate Jason Burden, pastor of First Baptist Church in Nederland, for first vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

First Baptist Church in Plano is mourning the loss of a couple killed in an April 23 car accident and seeking to minister to seven children left without their parents.

A dozen pastors known for their consistently stellar performances in the pulpit made Baylor University’s list of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world.

Daniel “Tiny” Dominguez, pastor of Community Heights Church in Lubbock, plans to nominate a fellow Lubbock pastor, Jason Atchley from Bacon Heights Baptist Church, for second vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

A Fort Worth congregation opened its doors to the Mexican Consulate to help Mexican citizens in North Texas obtain proper identification to avoid legal problems.

Motivated by belief Texas Baptists needed a seminary in the United States’ seventh-largest city, Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary dedicated its campus at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio.

Dennis Wiles, pastor of First Baptist Church in Arlington, plans to nominate Michael Evans, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in neighboring Mansfield, as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Speakers at the inaugural Bloom Conference challenged young Hispanic professional women to grow in their relationship with Christ and fulfill their God-given potential.

The Baptist Standard received 10 awards from the Associated Church Press, including awards of excellence for editorial, Texas Baptist Voices and social media.