Ken Camp, Author at Baptist Standard

Iniciativa nacional para fortalecer a los líderes pastorales y las congregaciones hispanas

Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas ha recibido una subvención de $1,500,000 de Lilly Endowment para apoyar “Adelante: Developing Capacity in Service of Hispanic Congregations” and Leaders, ” que es un proyecto que se desarrolla en colaboración con la Red Nacional Bautista Hispana.

02/19/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Connect360: More Than Enough

Lesson 11 in the Connect360 unit “The reMARKable Journey Continues: The Gospel of Urgency” focuses on Mark 6:30-44.

02/19/2025 - By GC2 Press Staff

Board approves NAMB agreement, insurance program

Texas Baptists’ Executive Board adopted a new agreement with the SBC North American Mission Board regarding church-starting in Texas and approved the initial reserve investment, officers and board for the Texas Baptist Insurance Program.

02/18/2025 - By Ken Camp & Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Texas Baptists committed to finishing the task

The global church is focused on “finishing the task” two millennia in the making, Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Director Julio Guarneri told the BGCT Executive Board.

02/18/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

SBC leaders undaunted as legal bills mount

Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee struck a hopeful and defiant tone Feb. 17, acknowledging the fiscal woes facing the convention, yet insisting the nation’s largest Protestant denomination remains a force for good in the world.

02/18/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

50 Christians killed in Nigeria since late January

About 50 Christians were killed, dozens kidnapped and homes destroyed since late January in several attacks spanning southern to northern Nigeria, Christian persecution watchdog groups said.

02/17/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Texas Supreme Court answers questions in Patterson case

The Supreme Court of Texas issued a ruling Feb. 14 on two questions raised in a case brought against former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Paige Patterson and the seminary by a plaintiff known as Jane Roe.

02/17/2025 - By Baptist Press Staff

Former pro athlete takes mental health talk to churches

Former professional football player Jay Barnett was raised in church, but he met God as an adult in therapy, he said.

02/17/2025 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

Lawmakers seek to bar ICE raids at sensitive locations

Lawmakers and religious groups are speaking out in support of a bill that would largely protect immigrants from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids within 1,000 feet of “sensitive locations” such as hospitals, schools and churches.

02/17/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Center offers sabbath to ministers and spouses

Couples in ministry need sabbath rest more than they realize, Cory and Amy Brand believe. That’s why the Brands created a safe place where ministers and spouses can experience it.

02/14/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Collegiate mission trips spark church revival

As college students from Highland Baptist Church in Waco embarked on mission trips they are helping to spark revival in their church and community by returning with a renewed passion for outreach, ministry and prayer.

02/14/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

Ukrainian orphans can ID missiles by sound, pastor reports

The children of Mykolaiv, Ukraine, were among the first to hear missiles after Russia declared war in 2022. Many can distinguish missiles just by the sound heard as they pass overhead, a pastor who ministers to them reported.

02/14/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press