• Letters: Where are the women among Texas Baptists?

  A Baptist Standard reader replies to Grace Mitchell’s op-ed about the inclusion of women in leadership among Texas Baptists.

• Letters: Pretending all is well while the winds howl

  A Baptist Standard reader replies to Eric Black’s op-ed on debating social justice while preparing for a natural disaster.

• Letters: Is football good?

  A Baptist Standard reader replies to Zac Harrel’s op-ed on the question of whether football is good.

• Letters: BGCT pastors reconnecting to national Baptist groups

  A Baptist Standard reader replies to Ross Shelton’s op-ed on BGCT pastors reconnecting with national Baptist groups.

• Letters: Safety and security

  A Baptist Standard reader replies to editor Eric Black’s reporting on safety and security in the church.

• Letters: Children at the border

  A Baptist Standard reader responds to the separation of children from their immigrant parents at the Texas border.

• Letters: Hubcaps

  A Baptist Standard reader replies to incoming Publisher Eric Black’s first op-ed for the Standard.

• Letters: Paige Patterson

  One reader responds to Paige Patterson’s dismissal from Southwestern.

• Letters: Paige Patterson’s dismissal

  Baptist Standard readers respond to Paige Patterson’s dismissal as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

• Letters: Jerusalem embassy

  A reader responds to the United States’ recent move of its embassy to Jerusalem.

• Letters: Burnout; Preacher survey; Patterson’s remarks

  Baptist Standard readers respond to stories about pastor burnout, Baylor’s list of effective preachers and Paige Patterson’s remarks about domestic abuse.

• Letters: Gambling expansion

  Readers weigh in on recent articles, such as the negative effects of gambling expansion to help fund education efforts.