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Baptist groups urge Indian officials to stop mob violence

Baptist groups urge Indian officials to stop mob violence

Baptist conventions, councils and associations representing thousands of churches were among the groups who urged Indian President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to act decisively to stop violent mobs who have targeted Christians.

01/10/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
Baptists

BGCT and NAMB leaders clarify path for church starting

BGCT and NAMB leaders clarify path for church starting

Leaders from the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the North American Mission Board agreed in principle to a clear path forward for providing church-starting resources and support for BGCT churches desiring access to NAMB resources.

01/10/2025 - By Staff / Texas Baptists Communications
Texas

ETBU senior pens original worship song

ETBU senior pens original worship song

Hannah Hopkins, a senior at East Texas Baptist University, transferred to the school in spring 2023 with a passion to lead worship.

01/10/2025 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptists Communications
Nation

BJC brief challenges Louisiana Ten Commandments law

BJC brief challenges Louisiana Ten Commandments law

The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and several other religious groups filed a brief Jan. 6 challenging a Louisiana law that mandates displaying the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

01/10/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
Texas

Sudan connection drives Amarillo church to aid refugees

Sudan connection drives Amarillo church to aid refugees

South Sudanese attending All Nations Worship Church, a ministry of Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo, know the pain of those displaced by the war in Sudan, which has created the greatest humanitarian crisis globally.

01/10/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Nation

Jimmy Carter’s life celebrated at state funeral

01/10/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service
World

Syrian church reopens after being padlocked for a decade

01/09/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
Nation

Dignitaries laud Jimmy Carter as ‘good and faithful servant’

01/09/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service
Nation

Blowback after Johnson misattributes prayer to Jefferson

01/09/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service
Opinion

Editorial: 3 lessons Epiphany tries to teach us

01/09/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor
Opinion

Voices: Celebrating the simple life

01/08/2025 - By Don Newbury

Opinion

01/07/2025 - By Robert Ritzenhein

Commentary: Look for the light on a sea of darkness
Opinion

01/06/2025 - By Donna Hedgepath / Wayland Baptist University

Voices: His ways are better than mine
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Faith & Culture

01/06/2025 - By Bob Smietana / RNS

Richard Hays, scholar know for changing his views, has died
Nation

01/06/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

Congress more diverse, but most identify as Christian
World

01/06/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

300 million Christians persecuted globally, report says
Texas

01/03/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Parolee’s baptism tells of redemption outside prison walls
Baptists

01/03/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

New Orleans ministers respond after terror attack
Texas

01/03/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

New church plant cultivates vision for missional community
Baptists

01/02/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

Texans on Mission serve 80,000 meals in Israel in 2024
World

01/02/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Eleven killed in airstrike on Baptist church in Sudan
Nation

01/02/2025 - By Jack Jenkins and Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

Biden commutes sentences of 37 on federal death row
World

01/02/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

Report ranks countries where religion faces hostility
Texas

12/20/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Report: Texas use of death penalty low but racial bias high

Baptist groups urge Indian officials to stop mob violence

BGCT and NAMB leaders clarify path for church starting

ETBU senior pens original worship song

BJC brief challenges Louisiana Ten Commandments law

Sudan connection drives Amarillo church to aid refugees

Commentary: Look for the light on a sea of darkness

Voices: His ways are better than mine

Richard Hays, scholar know for changing his views, has died

Congress more diverse, but most identify as Christian

300 million Christians persecuted globally, report says

Parolee’s baptism tells of redemption outside prison walls

New Orleans ministers respond after terror attack

New church plant cultivates vision for missional community

Texans on Mission serve 80,000 meals in Israel in 2024

Eleven killed in airstrike on Baptist church in Sudan

Biden commutes sentences of 37 on federal death row

Report ranks countries where religion faces hostility

Report: Texas use of death penalty low but racial bias high