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  Southwestern Seminary denies liability in sex abuse lawsuit

  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary says it is not liable for any monetary damages to a former student who claims in a lawsuit she was raped on campus at gunpoint by a student the seminary employed.

  08/09/2019 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Refugee center partners with clinic to provide school supplies

  When the staff at the Women’s Health Specialists of Dallas began planning their next office event, they wanted it to be meaningful. So, they contacted Leonid Regheta, director of the Project:Start refugee resource center.

  08/09/2019 - By Texas Baptists Communications

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  CLC approves grants for ministry to refugees and immigrants

  To meet urgent global needs—including those of Syrian refugee children and immigrants along the Texas/Mexico border—the Christian Life Commission approved $49,000 in care grants from the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering.

  08/08/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: HPU choirs perform in Austria; new BSM director at UMHB

  Members of Howard Payne University’s Concert Choir and University Singers recently performed in Austria.Daniel McAfee was named director of Baptist Student Ministries at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

  08/07/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Senators oppose refugee cuts on religious freedom grounds

  A bipartisan group of lawmakers has sent a letter to Trump administration officials calling on them not to reduce the refugee cap to zero, arguing that doing so could call into question a promise to assist persecuted religious minorities abroad.

  08/06/2019 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

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  Texas Baptists pray, condemn white nationalism after shooting

  Texas Baptist leaders uniformly expressed grief and pledged prayer after a mass shooting in El Paso.

  08/06/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Do most churchgoers think they need other Christians?

  Protestant churchgoers say they can walk with God just fine by themselves, but they also say they need other believers to help them do it.

  08/06/2019 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  El Paso TBM volunteer: ‘Love beats hate every time’

  In the hours immediately after a mass shooting, Texas Baptist Men mobilized volunteers to serve first responders, help at the family reunification center and meet other needs.

  08/05/2019 - By Ken Camp

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  El Paso Baptists gather to pray after tragedy

  One day after a mass shooting in their city that claimed 20 lives and injured another 26 people, Baptists from El Paso churches met together to pray at First Baptist Church.

  08/05/2019 - By Kalie Lowrie / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Video leads to board resignations from Calvinist group

  Several board members have resigned from a neo-Calvinist evangelical group that released a trailer of a planned film linking prominent Southern Baptists with a conspiracy to promote social justice advocacy in evangelical churches. 

  08/05/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Alabama churches mark history of slavery and civil rights

  Connections between Christianity, Confederacy and civil rights—along with the history of slavery—are in plain sight in Alabama’s capital.

  08/05/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  SOUL Soup Kitchen dishes up unconditional love

  As ministry coordinator at Burning Hope and supervisor of the SOUL—Sharing Our Unconditional Love—Soup Kitchen, Anita Parrish provides food for people experiencing hardships in Trinity. 

  08/05/2019 - By Carolyn Tomlin