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  Report ranks countries where religion faces hostility

  A report by Pew Research Center on international religious freedom named Egypt, Syria, Pakistan and Iraq as the countries where both government restrictions and social hostility most limit the ability of religious minorities to practice their faith.

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

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  Jimmy Carter, beloved Sunday school teacher, ex-president, dead at 100

  Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, at age 100, will be remembered as the 39th president of the United States and the world’s most famous Sunday school teacher.

  12/30/2024 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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

  For the 10th consecutive year, death sentences in Texas remained in single digits, a year-end report noted. However, the report points to continued racial bias and wrongful convictions in the state’s administration of capital punishment.

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

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  Religious traditions can help with holiday blues, experts say

  For many, the winter holidays are a time of grief, loss or perhaps heightened levels of depression and anxiety, but churches can help.

  12/18/2024 - By Audrey Thibert / Religion News Service

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  Volunteers serve at Christmas in the Rio Grande Valley

  Texans on Mission assembled a “dream team” of volunteers to bring Christmas—and its Christ-focused message—to the Rio Grande Valley Dec. 13-19.

  12/18/2024 - By Russ Dilday / Texans on Mission

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  Questions surround the future of religious freedom in Syria

  Many human rights advocates greeted the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with relief and optimism, but some groups focused on international religious freedom view Syria’s future with more questions than answers.

  12/18/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  UMHB students serve NC disaster survivors

  A life on mission must begin somewhere. For several University of Mary Hardin-Baylor students, it began this December with Texans on Mission in North Carolina.

  12/18/2024 - By John Hall / Texans on Mission

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  Nigerian Christians fear violence as Christmas approaches

  Christians in Nigeria plan to celebrate Christmas amid fear of a repeat of violence that claimed at least 160 lives in Nigeria’s Middle Belt at Christmastime in 2023 and dozens in northern Nigeria during the holidays in 2022, international religious liberty advocates reported.

  12/18/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Around the State: Wayland announces tuition freeze

  Wayland Baptist University President Donna Hedgepath announced a university-wide tuition freeze for the 2025-2026 academic year.

  12/17/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  A proposal, a loss and an answered prayer at camp

  Abel Kent had one thing on his mind: Asking his girlfriend Katelin “Kat” Weikel to marry him. The pair were both sponsors of youth attending Royal Ambassadors Campout and Missions Mania at Latham Springs Camp and Retreat Center in Aquilla.

  12/17/2024 - By Russ Dilday / Texans on Mission

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  Children still at heart of Texas Baptist Children’s Home

  Almost 75 years after a couple donated 112 acres of Round Rock farmland to enable Texas Baptists to build a home for abused and neglected children, Texas Baptist Children’s Home has changed a lot, but one thing has stayed constant.

  12/16/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texans on Mission: Christmas looks different in Uganda

  Mission trips often reveal contrasts—differences between things at home and those far away. Mikey Osborne and his family saw Christmas differently on a recent trip to Uganda.

  12/16/2024 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission