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  The Way Forward for HSU involves balance, provost says

  Ask Provost Chris McNair about the future of Hardin-Simmons University, and he often returns to the theme of balance.

  04/21/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

• Obituary: Bill Austin

  Bill R. Austin, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and educator, died April 17. He was 88.

  04/20/2020 - By Ken Camp

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  Pastors face mental health challenges amid pandemic

  The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted not only changes in ministry structure, but also increased personal challenges and stress for pastors as they seek to meet the needs of their families, their congregations and their communities—and as they do it largely from home during a time of social distancing.

  04/20/2020 - By Tess Schoonhoven / Baptist Press

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  COVID-19 forces church ministries to asylum-seekers to adjust

  Social restrictions continue changing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for immigrants seeking asylum in the United States, those changes add more instability to their situation. Churches in Texas with ministries for asylum seekers have been forced to make adjustments.

  04/20/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Clergy note COVID-19 prevalence among African Americans

  Across the country, black clergy say the coronavirus is touching—and sometimes taking—the faithful who until a month ago were accustomed to meeting weekly in their pews.

  04/17/2020 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  COVID-19 hampers seminary education in prisons

  The 165 students earning bachelor’s degrees in biblical studies at Darrington Prison Unit in South Texas no longer can attend classes, with the prison on lockdown since the presence of COVID-19 was confirmed in the facility.

  04/17/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Garland Acteens stay on mission during pandemic

  Missions discipleship is personal for Mary Lou Sinclair and her Acteens group at Freeman Heights Baptist Church in Garland—even amid a pandemic.

  04/17/2020 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

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  Houston church honors Easter tradition with virtual choir

  South Main Baptist Church in Houston met two seemingly irreconcilable goals—refrain from gatherings to protect public health and keep alive a beloved Easter tradition at the church—by putting together a virtual choir.

  04/16/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Wingfield named Baptist News Global executive director

  Baptist News Global announced April 15 its board of directors named Mark Wingfield, associate pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church and a former managing editor of the Baptist Standard, as executive director and publisher of the news service.

  04/15/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Around the States: Volunteers make doorstep deliveries to Buckner families

  Volunteers from New Beginnings Baptist Church in Longview delivered boxes of food and necessities to the doorsteps of families served by Buckner. Two Texas young women were named to the National Acteens Panel.

  04/15/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Chaplains minister to soldiers at the heart of the outbreak

  Joshua Choquette, a chaplain endorsed by Texas Baptists and captain in the Air National Guard, volunteered to go to New York City to minister to military personnel stationed there during the COVID-19 crisis.

  04/15/2020 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Student sues Liberty University over pandemic response

  A student at Liberty University has filed a class-action lawsuit against the school alleging students were put at “severe physical risk” when the campus reopened in March despite the pandemic.

  04/15/2020 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service