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Hardage calls for ‘lament and earnest prayer’ regarding abuse

Texas Baptists join in “lament and earnest prayer” for those “whose hearts have been broken and spirits crushed” by sexual abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention, Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Director David Hardage said.

05/23/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Gambling foes criticize new Texas Lottery ticket

The Texas Lottery upped the ante again, introducing the most expensive scratch-off ticket in the nation—a move gambling opponents labeled as “a cynical business model” and “beyond brazen.”

05/23/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

McLean leaders hope election will resolve lawsuit

Leaders of a prominent Washington, D.C.-area congregation hope to end an ongoing conflict by redoing a contested church election.

05/23/2022 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Baylor will rename Burleson Quadrangle and move statue

Baylor University will remove the statue of slaveholding former president Rufus Burleson from the quadrangle that has borne his name and add to Founders Mall a space recognizing unknown enslaved people connected to Baylor’s early years.

05/22/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Report: SBC leaders mistreated abuse survivors for decades

For decades, a handful of Southern Baptist leaders treated sexual abuse survivors as enemies, denied responsibility for the actions of local churches and downplayed the number of sexual abuse cases, according to a report released May 22.

05/22/2022 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Veterans Patrol serves those who served

Veterans Patrol offers a place where veterans feel welcomed and appreciated—an environment where they can be open and transparent with people who have similar experiences.

05/19/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Around the State: HPU dedicates welcome center

Hundreds of guests gathered at Howard Payne University recently for the grand opening of the Newbury Family Welcome Center.

05/18/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

On the Move: Breslaw

Pastoral change affects churches in Gonzales and Cleburne.

05/18/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Baptists worship in arena after blast damages Havana church

Little more than a week after a deadly explosion at an adjacent hotel seriously damaged the historic Calvario Baptist Church building in Old Havana, church members met for worship in a basketball arena.

05/18/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Buffalo church, community grieve supermarket massacre

Four miles from the Tops Friendly Markets mass shooting May 14, North Buffalo Community Church Pastor William Smith is comforting a crying community.

05/17/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

One dead, five wounded in California church shooting

One person is dead and five people were injured May 15 in a shooting inside Geneva Presbyterian Church in the south Orange County city of Laguna Woods, Calif., authorities said.

05/17/2022 - By Alejandra Molina / Religion News Service

Moldovans give Ukrainian refugees the sheets off their beds

Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Moldova—a small and impoverished nation bordering Ukraine—has received an estimated one refugee for every 25 Moldovans. Most refugees are being housed and cared for by churches in the Moldovan Baptist Union, which has about 400 congregations.

05/17/2022 - By IMB Staff