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Oklahoma church meets one week after losing building

Keith Rogers planned to celebrate his 65th birthday preaching to Texoma Southern Baptist Church on March 27. Despite a tornado that destroyed the building and his home days earlier, he was still able to do so.

03/29/2022 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

López es el director ejecutivo de relaciones y movilización hispana

Luis R. López ha sido nombrado Director Ejecutivo de Relaciones y Movilización Hispana del Comité Ejecutivo de la Convención Bautista del Sur y ocupa el puesto que dejó vacante Julio Arriola.

03/28/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Ukrainian Baptists minister in midst of conflict

One month after Russia invaded Ukraine, Christians are delivering humanitarian aid and helping to evacuate endangered residents in eastern part of the nation that has been most hard-hit by shelling, the European Baptist Federation reported.

03/28/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Pastors identify spiritual needs for life and ministry

Churchgoers may think their church leaders have it all together spiritually, but pastors admit they have room to grow.

03/28/2022 - By Aaron Earls / Lifeway Research

California church welcomes Ukrainian refugees

Russian Baptist Church in West Sacramento is sheltering Ukrainian refugees, welcoming as many as possible into family homes, and then in temporary shelters in buildings at the church that draws about 2,700 Russian and Ukrainian worshippers on Sundays.

03/28/2022 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Fletcher Seminary has Baugh Foundation backing

More than a year after supporters of Logsdon Theological Seminary announced their intention to launch a seminary at Baptist Temple in San Antonio, the planned school has secured significant financial support from a prominent family foundation.

03/25/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Court upholds right to have a pastor in death chamber

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the religious liberty rights of a Texas Death Row inmate who wants his pastor to lay hands on him and audibly pray for him at the moment of his execution.

03/24/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Former missionary Robin Hadaway nominee for SBC president

Former International Mission Board missionary Robin Hadaway willl be nominated for Southern Baptist Convention president at the upcoming 2022 SBC annual meeting in Anaheim, Calif.

03/23/2022 - By Jonathan Howe / Baptist Press

TBM volunteers meet needs caused by tornadoes, wildfires

Texas Baptist Men volunteers are meeting needs across the state after tornadoes and fires disrupted the lives of many Texans.

03/23/2022 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

Around the State: Summit encourages women to develop gifts

Katie McCoy, director of Women’s Ministry with Texas Baptists, was the featured speaker at the 2022 Women’s Summit at East Texas Baptist University on March 14.

03/23/2022 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Baucham and Ascol to be nominated as SBC leaders

Two preachers known for their claims that the nation’s largest Protestant denomination is becoming too liberal will be nominated for top roles in the Southern Baptist Convention.

03/23/2022 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Lindsey Graham grills Ketanji Brown Jackson on faith

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham grilled Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson about her faith on March 22, an uncomfortable exchange that confirmed Jackson’s status as a Protestant Christian and highlighted questions about the separation of church and state.

03/23/2022 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service