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Around the State: Wayland students dedicate recycled bench

Representatives of Corteva AgriScience joined Wayland Baptist University students, faculty, staff and administrators Aug. 5 to dedicate a new recycled-material bench.

09/17/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Only two-thirds of U.S. Christians believe all have sinned

Only 66 percent of American Christians accept the biblical teaching that all have sinned, George Barna said in the latest release from the 2025 American Worldview Survey he oversees at Arizona Christian University.

09/17/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Gary Hollingsworth named ERLC interim president

Retired South Carolina Baptist state convention leader and longtime pastor Gary Hollingsworth has been selected as interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, effective Oct. 1.

09/17/2025 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

World Vision CEO discusses humanitarian aid post-USAID

Two months after the Trump administration dismantled the United States Agency for International Development, humanitarian organizations are reorganizing as they reel from the effects.

09/17/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

White church dedicates memorial to the enslaved

A predominantly white church that sought to learn about its racial history has dedicated a memorial to the enslaved people who once worked on the building’s land in downtown Washington, D.C.

09/17/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

Baptists denounce violence, call for prayer after shooting

Baptists from varied perspectives denounced political violence and called for prayer after the shooting death of political activist Charlie Kirk. However, they took different postures regarding many aspects of Kirk’s message.

09/16/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Ukraine retreat offers peace in midst of trauma

Leo Regheta led 160 pastors and their families for a weeklong retreat in prayer and a peaceful time with God along the Black Sea in Odesa, Ukraine.

09/15/2025 - By Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard

East Texas layman building children’s home in India

Andrew “AJ” Ireton owns a small construction company in Van Zandt County, but his clients know he won’t be available for a couple of months. The Baptist layman will be building a children’s home in eastern India.

09/15/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Charlie Kirk leaves behind a vast and influential network

In the wake of his killing, Charlie Kirk leaves behind a vast faith-rooted network of politically active religious leaders that may continue to influence politics for years to come.

09/15/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Kirk impacted generation of young Christian conservatives

Launched in 2012 when Charlie Kirk was just 18, Turning Point USA began as a way of educating students about fiscal responsibility and capitalism, but grew into a conservative powerhouse with more than 800 chapters on college and high school campuses.

09/12/2025 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

National Baptists hear first female preacher at meeting

Tracey L. Brown recently became the first woman ever to preach at the annual session of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc., a 145-year-old, historically Black denomination.

09/12/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

White evangelicals say election results in God’s plan

Seven out of 10 white evangelical Americans believe God played a role in putting Donald Trump back in the White House after the 2024 election—and that the same number said God’s plan was also for Joe Biden to be president four years earlier.

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