In China, right now, no faith group is facing more persecution than the Uighur Muslims. For a Christian, an evangelical, and especially a Baptist—this is unacceptable.

Just when I thought I had seen gambling operators pull every trick in the book, a commercial poker club in Austin sued another commercial poker club in San Antonio.

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

“What does the gospel have to do with justice, particularly social justice?” … Christians, both as people of faith and citizens of this country, have pondered what to do in this current social climate.

I wonder if any of my fellow Southwestern Seminary alumni shared my roller-coaster ride related to the goings-on at our once-beloved alma mater.

The BJC carries on the historic Baptist tradition of fighting for religious liberty for all people, a mission made more difficult by the partisan jockeying over defining the term “religious liberty.”

Student Missions blog: Just two weeks before I came back to the States, I saw God pursue the hearts of three girls after one of them overheard a story I was telling some people nearby. I witnessed the Lord lay out a pathway that led directly to him, only I didn’t know it at the time.

Student missions blog: I’m back in Texas after 50-plus days away. People ask me, “I bet you’re glad to be back, right?” I usually just respond with a nod, because on the inside, I don’t really know my answer.

The religious aspects of 1968 are not quite as legendary as other events and trends of that year, but they are extraordinarily significant. What can re-examining them teach us about today?

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

Student missions blog: God worked in me to always trust his will and to have faith that he works out the details. If I had said no, I would have missed out on meeting and learning from some incredible people.

“It may seem counterintuitive, if not downright implausible, that voting Democrat or Republican could change something as personal as our relationship with God,” Michele Margolis wrote in a recent New York Times op-ed. “But over the course of our lives, political choices tend to come first, religious choices second.”