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  Supreme Court extends LGBTQ employment rights

  The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision June 15 when it ruled nondiscrimination protections in federal workplace law make employment discrimination against LGBTQ individuals illegal.

  06/16/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptist philanthropist Babs Baugh dies at age 78

  Barbara Nell “Babs” Baugh of San Antonio, a second-generation philanthropist who supported numerous Baptist causes, died June 14 after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 78.

  06/15/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Roy Kornegay

  Roy Aubry Kornegay Jr., Texas Baptist minister of education and associational director of missions, died April 6. He was 82.

  06/15/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Texas Baptist family and partners provide food for Cubans

  A Waco Baptist layman and his family are coordinating a multi-state effort involving multiple Christian groups to provide food and hygiene supplies at the request of Cuban Baptists.

  06/15/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Churches grapple with including older adults in current context

  As states begin loosening COVID-19 lockdown restrictions and churches contemplate how to reopen safely, religious leaders face difficult decisions when it comes to their senior members.

  06/12/2020 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Gains and losses for international religious freedom noted

  International religious freedom experienced both gains and losses in 2019, officials said upon the release of the U.S. State Department’s annual report on the issue.

  06/12/2020 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press

• Obituary: Charlotte Ware

  Charlotte Eddings Ware, a longtime Sunday school teacher and deacon at Cliff Temple Baptist Church in Dallas, died June 5 in Fort Worth. She was 85.

  06/12/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  School’s history reflects changing Southern Baptist attitudes

  Laine Scales at Baylor University believes the history of a school that ceased to exist 23 years ago is worth telling because of what it reveals about changing Southern Baptist attitudes toward gender roles and social ministries.

  06/12/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Time capsule sparks memories for San Angelo Hispanic church

  Fond memories of a major event Segunda Iglesia Bautista in San Angelo once celebrated had been lost. Because of its difficult history, recollections of the event had been as buried as the time capsule that contained mementos of better days.

  06/12/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Werntz named founding director of ACU Baptist Studies Center

  Christian ethicist and theologian Myles Werntz has been named founding director of the Baptist Studies Center in Abilene Christian University’s Graduate School of Theology.

  06/11/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Pastors comfort and exhort at George Floyd funeral

  Ralph Douglas West, pastor of The Church Without Walls, and Steve Wells, pastor of South Main Baptist Church, were among the ministers who spoke at the June 9 Houston funeral of George West.

  06/10/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Around the State: DBU coffeehouse benefits five nonprofits

  Dallas Baptist University’s Zeta Chi sorority raised $9,000 at a coffeehouse featuring recording artist Chris Renzema prior to the COVID-19 lockdown. Wayland Baptist University named Joe Rangel associate dean of its School of Christian Studies.

  06/10/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard