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Palm Sunday airstrikes hit Ukraine, Myanmar and Gaza

Separate military airstrikes on Palm Sunday in Ukraine, Myanmar and Gaza claimed dozens of lives, destroyed a church building and severely damaged a hospital.

04/14/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Greed fuels sports gambling industry, ethicist says

Sports gambling feeds on greed and thrives on the exploitation of the vulnerable, Baptist minister and former college football coach RaShan Frost said.

04/07/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Judge rules excess heat in Texas prisons unconstitutional

Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission’s efforts to improve prison conditions received a positive tailwind this week, with a judge ruling the lack of air-conditioning in some state prisons is unconstitutional.

03/28/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Mission partnerships take shape at Ascent gathering

A “movement” focused on reengaging North America with the gospel that has been brewing for almost a decade is beginning to take a more defined shape, and Texas Baptists have quite a few seats at the table.

03/25/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Builders mentor students in construction, faith

Ray Cucancic is the master builder guiding the work of Texans on Mission Church Builders in Huntsville this spring. However, the retired contractor does more than build on the work site. He also teaches.

03/17/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

Crisis deepens but Texas Baptists send aid to east Congo

The humanitarian crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo grows worse, but Texas Baptists are responding to needs there.

03/06/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Citizenship in heaven must impact citizenship here

Christians can change the world by practicing “radical obedience to Jesus,” Pastor Steve Bezner of Houston Northwest Baptist Church told participants at Christian Life Commission Advocacy Day in Austin.

03/05/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

70 beheaded Christians found inside DRC church

Seventy Christians were found bound and beheaded inside a church in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Lubero Territory of North Kivu in mid-February.

02/24/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Board approves NAMB agreement, insurance program

Texas Baptists’ Executive Board adopted a new agreement with the SBC North American Mission Board regarding church-starting in Texas and approved the initial reserve investment, officers and board for the Texas Baptist Insurance Program.

02/18/2025 - By Ken Camp & Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Logsdon School of Theology to become college

The university’s board of trustees voted to elevate the Logsdon School of Theology by making it a distinct college, five years after Hardin-Simmons University closed Logsdon Seminary.

02/07/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Voucher bill goes to Texas House after Senate approval

The Texas Senate approved an education savings account bill that would allow public funds to go to private religious schools. The measure now will be considered in the House of Representatives, where it has faced stiff opposition in past legislative sessions.

02/05/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Pastor: Make America great again by welcoming refugees

Jalil Dawood, pastor of the Arabic Church of Dallas, understands the plight of refugees. He wishes President Donald Trump—for whom he voted three times—understood, as well.

01/28/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor