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  Leatherwood resigns as president of the ERLC

  Brent Leatherwood, who spent nearly four years dealing with critics from the most conservative wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, resigned as head of the SBC’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.

  07/31/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Academic freedom topic of latest public letter to Baylor

  A public letter focused on academic freedom marked the latest development in an ongoing controversy surrounding Baylor University’s decision to accept and later rescind a research grant.

  07/30/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Military chaplaincy marks 250 years of service

  In 1775, a year before there was a United States and six weeks after the Continental Army was formed, George Washington made a declaration that has shaped the military ever since—a call for military chaplains.

  07/30/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Hunt residents literally keep eyes on the cross

  As floodwaters rose around her Hill Country home, Ann Britt looked out a second-floor window at a cross that remained standing, saying: “OK, Lord, you’ve got us. … You’ve got us in your arms.”

  07/30/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

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  Gaza Baptists show love amid starvation and death

  “A love offering from the Baptist Church in Gaza” proclaims the sign as Christian Mission to Gaza serves hot meals to both Christians and Muslims in the Gaza Strip, where people are starving to death.

  07/30/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Religious organizations sue over ICE raids at churches

  A group of Christian denominations and organizations—including American Baptist Churches USA and the Alliance of Baptists—filed a lawsuit on July 28 against Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem over immigration enforcement in houses of worship.

  07/30/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Around the State: Howard Payne students surf and serve

  At the end of the spring semester at Howard Payne University, Kim Rosato, adjunct professor of kinesiology, took her surfing class on a road trip to Encinitas, Calif. In addition…

  07/29/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Camp Fusion cultivates culture of connection, service

  While many teenagers struggle to fit in and find their place in the world, adolescent immigrants or refugees face particular challenges. Each summer, hundreds of those teens make their way…

  07/28/2025 - By Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard

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  As deportation fears mount, churches feel financial strain

  At Celebration Church, a Portuguese- and English-speaking Baptist congregation in the Boston area, the benevolence fund is supposed to be there to help church families meet basic needs, such as food, clothing and heat, throughout the year.

  07/25/2025 - By Helen Teixeira and Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  Pastor marks 60 years at his one and only church

  In 1965, Bob Ray had no intention of serving the same rural Central Texas church for six decades and counting, but he fell in love with the people there.

  07/25/2025 - By William Dooley / Baptist Press

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  Granddaughter joins grandmother in providing flood relief

  Sometimes, people just need a little reminder to go. For Danielle Cisco of Fort Worth, that reminder came when her grandparents stopped by unexpectedly with a graduation gift.

  07/25/2025 - By Tim Miller / Texans on Mission

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  Llano girls step up to support others after flood

  A dozen girls in Llano set up a lemonade stand and bake sale to benefit the people of nearby Kerr County, which suffered from the deadly July 4 flooding of the Guadalupe River. The girls raised $4,095 for the Texans on Mission’s disaster relief effort.

  07/24/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission