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  Accrediting body extends sanctions for Southwestern

  Southwestern Seminary President David S. Dockery announced June 27 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges extended sanctions against Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary first implemented in 2023.

  06/30/2025 - By Staff / Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

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  Interview with a Ukrainian Baptist chaplain

  Denys Gorenkov, an instructor in military chaplaincy in Ukraine, interviews Ukraininan Baptist chaplain Ivan Horbyk about his ministry.

  06/30/2025 - By Denys Gorenkov

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  Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites

  The United States Supreme Court ruled June 27 a Texas law requiring age verification for adult websites is constitutional.

  06/30/2025 - By Timothy Cockes / Baptist Press

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  Friends mourn Jennifer Lyell, SBC whistleblower

  Mourners gathered June 26 in a small chapel at Immanuel Nashville church to say goodbye to Jennifer Lyell, a former Christian publishing executive whose career was derailed when she accused her former Southern Baptist mentor and seminary professor of sexual abuse.

  06/30/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Bill Moyers had deep and abiding Texas Baptist ties

  Bill Moyers, a renowned broadcast journalist with strong Texas Baptist roots, died June 26 in New York, N.Y. He was 91.

  06/30/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Federal agents arrest Iranian Christian asylum-seekers

  Two Iranian Christian asylum-seekers were arrested by masked federal agents in Los Angeles on June 24. Their pastor recorded the event on video and posted it on social media.

  06/27/2025 - By Fiona André / Religion News Service

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  Christian broadcasters ask listeners to support AM radio

  The National Association of Broadcasters reports 80 million Americans still listen to AM radio each month on over 4,000 AM stations. However, AM radio now faces an existential threat: removal from cars.

  06/27/2025 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

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  Faith groups say probe violates their religious freedom

  A House of Representatives investigation into dozens of religious organizations and denominations, from the U.S. Catholic bishops to the Unitarian Universalist Association, is being called a violation of the groups’ religious liberty.

  06/27/2025 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Program reduces barriers to theological education

  A network of Ascent-related seminaries, including Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary, will launch a pilot program this fall hoping to open the door to theological education to a cohort of students for whom “taking the first step” has been an obstacle.

  06/27/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  ‘Brother Bob’ ministers to Midland through the decades

  For more than four decades, almost every patient at Midland Memorial Hospital could count on a visit from “Brother Bob” Porterfield, pastor of West Kentucky Avenue Baptist Church in Midland.

  06/27/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Trump gained among Catholics, nonwhite Protestants

  White evangelicals’ love for Donald Trump has been well documented. A new study examining the 2024 vote among nearly 7,100 voters shows the president won over the affections of many other Protestants beyond evangelicals—and Catholics, too.

  06/27/2025 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  On the Move: Billups, Traylor

  Pastoral changes noted in McGregor and Cedar Hill.

  06/26/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard