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  Senate acts to stymie China’s genocide of Uyghurs

  The U.S. Senate approved an import ban on goods made by forced labor in western China on the same day global religious freedom advocates brought attention to the Communist Party’s genocidal campaign primarily against Uyghur Muslims in the region.

  07/21/2021 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

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  Seldom a ‘typical’ day in the life of Sandy Wisdom-Martin

  As Sandy Wisdom-Martin approaches her fifth anniversary as executive director-treasurer of national Woman’s Missionary Union, she seldom experiences a “typical” day.

  07/20/2021 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

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  Student team never made it on ‘Cover of the Baptist Standard’

  Members of an early 1970s Baptist student missions fine arts team never fulfilled their tongue-in-cheek dream of appearing on the “Cover of the Baptist Standard.”

  07/19/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Alvis Milton Bell

  Alvis Milton Bell, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and supporter of the Royal Ambassadors missions program for boys, died June 20 in Houston. He was 94.

  07/19/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Bible to replace Baylor Mace in formal ceremonies

  At future Baylor University commencements, a distinctive Bible will replace the Baylor Mace—a historic ceremonial relic with links to slavery—at the head of processions.

  07/16/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Most pastors feel supported by other local ministers

  The vast majority of pastors say they feel support from other ministers in their communities, but that encouragement is less prevalent in some places, Lifeway Research reveals.

  07/16/2021 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  ‘Texas Baptist’ name claimed by school decades ago

  If leaders of the institution now known as Dallas Baptist University had succeeded more than four decades ago, the school would have had its own distinctive claim to the “Texas Baptist” name.

  07/15/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: ETBU meets challenge grant goal

  East Texas Baptist University raised more than $6 million for its Great Commission Center campaign, meeting a challenge grant goal set last year.

  07/14/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Baptists among clergy detained following Cuba protests

  Cuban authorities have detained religious leaders—including at least three Baptists—in the wake of nationwide protests, action that drew rebuke from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

  07/14/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Bob Roberts: Witness in a pluralistic world by loving

  Christians who want to offer a public witness in a pluralistic world must learn how to love people the way God loves them, Texas Baptist pastor Bob Roberts told a Baptist World Congress seminar audience.

  07/13/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Confronting Christian nationalism as ‘distortion of the gospel’

  A loose consortium of Christian organizations has produced a three-session adult study curriculum called “Responding to Christian Nationalism” for pastors who want to educate church members. 

  07/13/2021 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Virtual Baptist World Congress issues call to work together

  Speakers during the virtual Baptist World Congress called on the global Baptist community to work together in the midst of their diversity for the sake of the gospel.

  07/12/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor