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East Texas Baptist University’s beach volleyball team returned on Dec.14 from Roatan, an island in Honduras, as part of ETBU’s Tiger Athletic Mission Experience.
01/06/2026 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Richard Smallwood, a singer and pianist best known for his contemporary gospel music hit “Total Praise,” died Tuesday, Dec. 30.
01/05/2026 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service
Melchor “Mel” Gomez, pastor, community leader and longtime Hale Center restaurateur, died Jan. 2, 2025, in Hale Center. He was 70.
01/05/2026 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
James Lynn Scarborough, Southern Baptist minister and longtime associational leader, died Dec. 30 in Mineral Wells. He was 78.
Sergio Ramos, ministry leader and pillar of the Tyler County community, died Dec. 27 in Conroe. He was 82.
12/30/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Speakers at AmericaFest in Phoenix painted Charlie Kirk as a spiritual unifier who connected disparate parts of the American right and reached out to progressives.
12/22/2025 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service
Texas Baptist pastors and ministry leaders learned more about a four-phase plan for partnership between Texas and Ukrainian Baptist churches during a Dec. 18 Zoom call.
12/22/2025 - By Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard
Wayland Baptist University has selected Ronald Angelo Johnson, associate professor of history and Ralph & Bessie Mae Lynn Endowed Chair of History at Baylor University, as the featured speaker for the 2026 Willson Lectures scheduled Feb. 10–12 at the university’s Plainview campus.
12/22/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
A group of NFL players sent a letter to Capitol Hill on Dec. 19, urging U.S. leaders to take steps to curb violence against religious groups in Nigeria, including Christians.
12/22/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service
Doris Ann Tinker of Richardson, who served as executive associate to two Baptist General Convention of Texas executive directors, died Dec. 12. She was 92.
Armed assailants attacked two churches in Nigeria’s Kogi State in recent weeks and abducted worshippers, a United Kingdom-based human rights organization focused on international religious freedom reported.
12/19/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
As more people move away from regular attendance in religious institutions, they are moving toward individual spiritual exploration and “secular supernaturalism,” the latest findings from the Baylor Religion Survey reveal.
12/19/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service
