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  New nonprofit to oversee SBC abuse database and reforms

  Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention’s abuse reform task force announced plans Feb. 19 to launch a new, independent nonprofit to host a database of abuse pastors and to implement other reforms.

  02/20/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Will the SBC Cooperative Program crumble?

  As the Cooperative Program approaches its 100th anniversary in 2025, the trust that made the program possible has frayed.

  02/20/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  New animated series encourages kids to watch the Bible

  he Christian production company Revelation Media will unveil its new animated Bible project on Easter, with the first segment aiming to depict the stories of the Book of Genesis in a child-friendly way.

  02/19/2024 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

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  Can American churches learn to embrace the uncoupled?

  Almost half of American adults are now single. Meanwhile, many churches suffering a decline in attendance tend to focus on traditional families.

  02/19/2024 - By Elizabeth E. Evans / Religion News Service

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  Racial justice rooted in Scripture, evangelical leader says

  Racism permeates human history, but racial justice finds its roots in biblical truth, a national evangelical leader told a conference at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  02/19/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  White Christians can learn lessons from the Black church

  White Christians can learn lessons about repentance, grace and worship from the Black church, Pastor Ralph Douglas West told a conference at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  02/19/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Slay the ‘two-headed monster of racism and patriarchy’

  Stories of God’s love toward marginalized women can help the church slay “the two-headed monster of racism and patriarchy” in its midst, a historical theologian and women’s advocate told a conference at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  02/16/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Theologian decries ‘normalization of white supremacy’

  The “normalization of white supremacy” has “distorted the very fabric of Christianity,” Black theologian Anthony Reddie told an international online audience and a group assembled at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  02/16/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Burma-born minister serves internationals in San Antonio

  When Tera Kouba was growing up in Burma, her mother hoped and prayed God would call her to the ministry. Today, Kouba is the newly ordained minister of international/Asian ministries at First Baptist Church in San Antonio.

  02/15/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Caregivers for dementia patients learn unconditional love

  Grady Caldwell, senior pastor of New Mercy Baptist Church in Griffin, Ga., is among 11 million Americans who serve as caregivers to Alzheimer’s and dementia patients

  02/15/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Around the State: Baylor named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution

  The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognized Baylor University as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

  02/14/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Editors create Breathe Life Bible with George Floyd in mind

  After the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed in 2020 by a white Minneapolis police officer, Michele Clark Jenkins and Stephanie Perry Moore say they felt compelled to do something new that combined their faith and their desire to advance racial and social justice.

  02/14/2024 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service