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  Obituary: Ben W. Mieth Jr.

  Ben W. Mieth Jr., supporter of global missions and Wayland Baptist University, died Dec. 8 in Glen Rose. He was 92.

  12/15/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Clergy Act advances from House committee 

  The House Ways and Means Committee unanimously voted to advance the Clergy Act, H.R. 227, which would provide ministers who opted out of Social Security a one-time window to opt back in.

  12/15/2025 - By Roy Hayhurst  / GuideStone

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  Review: In the Low: Honest Prayers for Dark Seasons

  Editor Eric Black reviews “In the Low: Honest Prayers for Dark Seasons” by Justin McRoberts & Scott Erickson.

  12/15/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Doug Wilson demonstrates growing national influence

  Critics say Christ Church’s renown has less to do with God than with Pastor Doug Wilson’s dedication to Christian nationalism and his ties to like-minded officials in the Trump administration and among its allies.

  12/12/2025 - By Tracy Simmons / FāVS News

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  Baylor receives major Lilly grant for Truett Seminary

  Baylor University received a $9.76 million Lilly Endowment grant to launch and provide financial support for the Ministry for Life initiative at Baylor’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  12/11/2025 - By Beth Ann Hargis / Truett Theological Seminary

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  BUA hosts Called to Ministry retreat

  Texas Baptist youth gathered Dec. 5-6 on the Baptist University of the Américas campus in San Antonio for a Called to Ministry retreat.

  12/10/2025 - By Staff / Baptist University of the Américas

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  Wisdom-Martin announces WMU retirement plans

  Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director-treasurer of national Woman’s Missionary Union, announced Dec. 10 she will retire in January 2027, marking 36 years of ministry service.

  12/10/2025 - By Julie Walters / Woman’s Missionary Union

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  Isaiah 41, Psalms 23 and 91 among top Bible app passages

  For the fourth time in the last six years, Isaiah 41:10 was the most downloaded Scripture of the year on the YouVersion family of Bible apps, which according to its founder has been installed on 1 billion devices nationwide.

  12/09/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Willimon offers Advent reminders to Texas pastors

  Advent should remind justice-minded Christians their “yearning” and “longing for more” is rooted in the awareness God’s kingdom has come, but it also is yet to come, theologian Will Willimon told religious leaders on a Zoom call convened by Pastors for Texas Children.

  12/09/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Decline of religion remains stalled, but no revival yet

  A decades-long religious decline remains stalled for now, according to a report based on data from two Pew Research Center surveys. However, young Americans remain less religious than their parents or grandparents, with just over half (55 percent) claiming a religion.

  12/09/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Indian Christians call for religious freedom protections

  Two thousand Christians gathered in India in November to urge the government to protect religious freedoms as violence and legalized discrimination increase in the world’s most populous country.

  12/08/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Religious dissidents subjected to mistreatment in prison

  Oppressive governments not only violate freedom of religion by imprisoning adherents of disfavored religions, but also subjecting them to harassment and even torture during their incarceration, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom reports.

  12/06/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor