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  TBM meets needs in the Valley after Hurricane Hanna

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief teams are continuing to meet needs across the lower Rio Grande Valley in the aftermath of Hurricane Hanna.

  08/05/2020 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

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  Baptist confirmed as USAF deputy chief of chaplains

  The U.S. Senate confirmed Col. Randall (Randy) E. Kitchens, a Southern Baptist chaplain, as the U.S. Air Force’s 27th deputy chief of chaplains on July 30. The confirmation entails the promotion to the rank of brigadier general.

  08/04/2020 - By Brandon Elrod / Baptist Press

• On the Move: Ibarra and Malone

  Staff changes noted for Rio Grande Valley Baptist Association and the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  08/04/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

• Obituary: Harley Redin

  Harley Redin, former coach of the Wayland Baptist Flying Queens, died Aug. 1 in Plainview. He was 100 years old.

  08/04/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Billy Graham statue slated to replace one of white supremacist

  A life-sized statue of evangelist Billy Graham is on track to be installed in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall collection sometime next year, replacing a statue of a white supremacist that both the state of North Carolina and the U.S. House want removed.

  08/04/2020 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Baylor Collaborative receives grant for milk incentive program

  The Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty received a major grant from USDA for a pilot program designed to encourage SNAP participants to purchase and consume milk as part of a healthy, balanced diet.

  08/03/2020 - By Lori Fogleman / Baylor University

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  Online conference includes focus on Sisters Who Care

  During the online Black Church Leadership and Family Conference, Michelle Fergus of DeSoto led a breakout session titled “Missions Relevance Test: Are You Really on Mission?”

  08/03/2020 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

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  Churches see success with online giving

  Many churches transitioned to online giving when the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to suspend in-person worship service. And they plan to continue the convenient giving option.

  08/03/2020 - By Tess Schoonhoven / Baptist Press

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  Texas Christian women’s advocate still waits for apology

  Shirley Taylor, an East Texas-based Christian advocate for women’s equality, has been waiting 10 years for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood to apologize for promoting what she considers “a gender-based caste system.”

  08/03/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Churchgoers confident but confused about the Bible

  Most churchgoers say they can address doubts others have about the Bible, but half admit they have problems understanding Scripture on their own.

  07/31/2020 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Alabama pastor resigns church after celebrating KKK leader

  A bivocational Southern Baptist pastor resigned from his church July 29 after backlash resulting from his participation in an annual birthday celebration for Nathan Bedford Forrest, a general in the Confederate Army and the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

  07/31/2020 - By Baptist Press Staff

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  Can Christian focus on race move from reconciliation to justice?

  For decades, many white evangelical Christians have used the term “racial reconciliation” when they talked about cultivating improved race relations. They avoided “racial justice” language—often heard in recent months in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and other Black people in police custody.

  07/31/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service