Baptist pastor and wife kidnapped in Ukraine

A Baptist pastor and his wife remain missing after being kidnapped Sept. 21 from their church in Russian-occupied Mariupol, Forum 18 News Service reported Oct. 6.

10/11/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Programs, research, congregations key to fighting hunger

Food insecurity is a widespread problem that demands evidence-based, on-the-ground solutions, panelists told a Christian community development conference.

10/10/2022 - By Lauren Turner

Church responses to white flight have consequences

The ways churches respond to white flight can have “unfortunate, unintended consequences” both for congregations and the communities they serve, a Baylor University sociologist told a Christian community development conference.

10/10/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

SBC president fields questions on CBS 60 Minutes

Southern Baptist Convention President Bart Barber responded to questions about sexual abuse in the SBC and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol during an interview on the CBS 60 Minutes news program.

10/10/2022 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

Culture wars changing how students choose colleges?

For some Christian families, politics are revamping the college decision process, swaying them away from colleges marked “too liberal” or “too conservative.”

10/10/2022 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

Wayland otorgó casi $3 millones para mejorar el apoyo a los estudiantes hispanos

Wayland Baptist University recibirá casi $3 millones del Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos durante los próximos cinco años para garantizar el éxito académico de los estudiantes hispanos y de bajos ingresos, de primera generación.

10/10/2022 - By Staff / Wayland Baptist University

Obituary: Nathan J. Porter

Nathan Johnson Porter of Waco, former home missionary, pastor and advocate for the poor, died Oct. 3. He was 90.

10/10/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Greed and profit at heart of racism, lynching expert says

WACO—Systemic racism has more to do with greed and profit than with race-based hatred, a Baylor University authority on lynching told a Christian community development conference. “Racism is not fundamentally…

10/07/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Analysis: Some Christian Democrats abandoning the Social Gospel

(RNS)—About a decade ago, the conservative commentator and radio show host Glenn Beck told listeners to “look for the words ‘social justice’ or ‘economic justice’ on your church website. If…

10/06/2022 - By Ryan Burge / Religion News Service

Barr: God sees women even when Christian patriarchy does not

The Bible tells the stories of women whom God used and who exercised spiritual leadership, but they are all-but-invisible when Scripture is viewed through patriarchal lenses, best-selling author Beth Allison…

10/06/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

TBM disaster relief meets needs in Florida after Hurricane Ian

NAPLES, Fla.—Hurricane Ian is gone, and its floodwaters have receded. But devastating evidence of its presence remains throughout Naples, Fla., where Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers are serving. Random…

10/06/2022 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

Sociologist says white Christians are ‘stuck’ regarding race

10/05/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor