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  Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force takes first steps

  After the initial meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention Abuse Reform Implementation Task Force, the group publicly pledged to begin its work by focusing on several mandates from the convention.

  09/19/2022 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  ERLC president says he won’t tell Christians how to vote

  Brent Leatherwood hopes Southern Baptists will vote in the upcoming mid-term elections in ways “that protect life, that protect religious liberty, that protect marriage.” But it’s up to each person to vote the way he or she sees best.

  09/19/2022 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Disaster relief leads to marriage for volunteers

  Dianne Crouch said her “first date” with future husband Rick was working on a “mud-out” disaster relief mission.

  09/19/2022 - By Ferrell Foster

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  Baptist Women in Ministry: Broken systems can be reshaped

  Too often, men have overlooked and silenced women who have sought to proclaim the gospel or exercise leadership in the church, Meredith Stone told the Texas Baptist Women in Ministry Conference.

  09/17/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baylor prof records stories of Baptist women in ministry

  Mandy McMichael of Baylor University has spent the past two years interviewing Baptist women in ministry, asking them to describe their experiences.

  09/16/2022 - By Lauren Turner

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  Food insecurity down nationally but not in Texas

  The percentage of households nationally that lack consistent access to food decreased last year, but food insecurity in Texas continues to outpace the national average, a recently released study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed.

  09/16/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Court reverses course on LGBTQ club at Jewish school

  In a surprising reversal, the U.S. Supreme Court said Sept. 14 Yeshiva University must for now recognize an LGBTQ student club the school claims violates its religious beliefs.

  09/16/2022 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

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  Around the State: TBM volunteers provide flood recovery

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief workers donated more than 3,000 hours of volunteer labor in the aftermath of flooding in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

  09/14/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Brent Leatherwood named ERLC president

  The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission board of trustees named Brent Leatherwood president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy agency.

  09/14/2022 - By Brandon Porter / Baptist Press

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  Fuller Theological Seminary names first Black president

  Fuller Theological Seminary, the nation’s largest interdenominational seminary, has chosen a Baptist as its new president—David Emmanuel Goatley, the first Black person to hold the office.

  09/14/2022 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Fewer than half of Americans may be Christian by 2070

  If current trends continue, Christians could make up less than half of the population—and perhaps as little as a third—in 50 years.

  09/14/2022 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Former Baylor President Ken Starr dies at 76

  Ken Starr, the former independent counsel in the Clinton administration Whitewater investigation who later became president and chancellor of Baylor University, died Sept. 13 at age 76.

  09/13/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor