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  East Texas volunteers pass along legacy of service

  Age caught up with an East Texas disaster relief unit, but their desire to serve kept the future in mind. They donated their three trailers, a truck, a large generator and money to Texans on Mission.

  04/22/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  Robert Jeffress says IRS investigated his church

  President Donald Trump told reporters pastors who gathered for a White House Easter service had complained about being investigated by the IRS over the past four years. Robert Jeffress at First Baptist in Dallas said his church was one of them.

  04/22/2025 - By Bob Smietana and Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Video shows how the Texas Lottery was rigged

  Video evidence sheds new light on how some individuals inside the Texas Lottery Commission allegedly enabled a syndicate with international connections to rig the system and claim a $95 million Texas Lottery jackpot.

  04/22/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Most pastors say their churches will survive

  A new survey from Nashville-based Lifeway Research found 94 percent of Protestant pastors believe their church will still be open in 10 years, with 78 percent strongly agreeing that will be true.

  04/21/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  ETBU prayer tent brings students together

  East Texas Baptist University’s Baptist Student Ministry recently hosted a prayer tent event, offering students 24 consecutive hours of prayer, reflection, confession and thanksgiving.

  04/21/2025 - By Faith Pratt / Intern

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  Texas House approves education savings account program

  After hours of debate, the Texas House of Representatives approved for the first time in the state’s history a plan to send public funds to private schools, including religious schools.

  04/17/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Bill on temperature control in Texas prisons gets hearing

  The Texas House of Representatives Committee on Corrections heard public testimony April 16 on a bill to buy and install air-conditioning and heating systems in Texas prisons.

  04/17/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Chris Tomlin’s new song resurrects oldest known hymn

  A new version of an ancient debuted last week, courtesy of a new translation from biblical scholar John Dickson and help from Chris Tomlin and Ben Fielding, two of the most popular modern worship songwriters.

  04/16/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Texans on Mission flood recovery teams help families

  Consuelo Oliva’s home was one of many that flooded in the Rio Grande Valley after excessive rain at the end of March. Texans on Mission team spent all day at Oliva’s home, tearing out ruined sheetrock and insulation, treating surfaces to remediate mold and moving furniture.

  04/15/2025 - By Aimee Freston / Texans on Mission

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  ETBU students participate in 2025 Serve Day

  In spite of cold, rainy weather, more than 250 East Texas Baptist University students spent a recent Saturday serving churches, outreach centers and nonprofit organizations throughout Harrison County.

  04/15/2025 - By Faith Pratt

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  Pressley nominee for second term as SBC president

  North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley will be nominated for a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Rockwall pastor Michael Criner announced April 13.

  04/15/2025 - By Chad Austin / Biblical Recorder


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  Obituary: Melvin William Clinton Jr.

  Melvin William Clinton Jr. of Turkey, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died April 11 in Silverton. He was 88.

  04/15/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard