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Voices: Territoriality—Why Baptists can struggle to get along

How can people so close be so divided? Ross Shelton explores an explanation taken from nature and a response.

03/29/2022 - By Ross Shelton

Ukrainian Baptists minister in midst of conflict

One month after Russia invaded Ukraine, Christians are delivering humanitarian aid and helping to evacuate endangered residents in eastern part of the nation that has been most hard-hit by shelling, the European Baptist Federation reported.

03/28/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Pastors identify spiritual needs for life and ministry

Churchgoers may think their church leaders have it all together spiritually, but pastors admit they have room to grow.

03/28/2022 - By Aaron Earls / Lifeway Research

Voices: Don’t miss Jesus like Judas did

What we don’t bring into submission to the Holy Spirit can cause us, like Judas, to miss the true relationship available with Jesus.

03/28/2022 - By Dr. Froswa' Booker-Drew

Fletcher Seminary has Baugh Foundation backing

More than a year after supporters of Logsdon Theological Seminary announced their intention to launch a seminary at Baptist Temple in San Antonio, the planned school has secured significant financial support from a prominent family foundation.

03/25/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Court upholds right to have a pastor in death chamber

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the religious liberty rights of a Texas Death Row inmate who wants his pastor to lay hands on him and audibly pray for him at the moment of his execution.

03/24/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Editorial: Does our moral compass still recognize evil?

We ought to be horrified at what war will lead us to do, even the best of us. Before war, there is evil, of which war is merely a symptom.

03/23/2022 - By Eric Black / Editor

Baptist pastors and leaders join clemency plea for Melissa Lucio

Dozens of Texas Baptists—including the executive director of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas—are among more than 100 faith leaders requesting clemency for Melissa Lucio, who is scheduled to be executed April 27.

03/22/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Wade Berry: Questioning the Identity of Jesus

Wade Berry, pastor of Second Baptist Church in Ranger, preached in challenging circumstances. Two days earlier, the church’s building was destroyed by fire. (Luke 8:22-25)

03/22/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Access to clean water promotes peacemaking

Dee Dee Wint, leader of Texas Baptist Men’s international water ministry, believes providing access to clean water promotes peacemaking, and it offers a tangible expression of God’s love.

03/21/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Fire destroys historic church building in Ranger

Members of Second Baptist Church in Ranger and a significant number of their neighbors gathered for worship on a parking lot across the street from the fire-gutted remains of their historic church building on March 20.

03/21/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Voices: Jesus’ colt ride wasn’t a rodeo

Rev. Joseph Parker brings out an element of the Palm Sunday story we may not have seen before and ties it to our observance today.

03/21/2022 - By Rev. Joseph Parker