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  CommonCall: Pure Water, Living Water

  Texas Baptist Men secured a grant from national WMU to provide clean water for a hard-to-reach area in central Burkina Faso. In the process, people throughout that region learned about the source of Living Water, Jesus Christ.

  02/04/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  WMU, TBM, Waco layman help Cuban Baptists after tornado

  A Waco layman and national Woman’s Missionary Union—along with Texas Baptist Men—are seeking to help Cuban Baptists meet needs in the aftermath of a deadly tornado that swept through Havana.

  02/01/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Previously churchgoing young adults conflicted about religion

  Most young adults who attended church as teenagers say they believe in God today, but fewer consider themselves devout Christians. And as a whole, they have conflicting recollections about the churches they attended in high school.

  02/01/2019 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Retired Georgia Baptist editor Jack Harwell dies

  Jack Harwell, editor of The Christian Index for 21 years during his 30 years with Georgia Baptists’ newsjournal, died Jan. 18 at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

  02/01/2019 - By Art Toalston / Baptist Press

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  Latino and Latina seminary students find place to connect

  Latino and Latina students at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary began the spring semester with a reunion at Primera Iglesia Bautista in Waco, celebrating the creation of an association where they “fit.”

  02/01/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  El Paso-area church shows love by sharing food

  Every month, an El Paso-area church with about 60 members prepares food boxes for 50 families in need.

  02/01/2019 - By Carolyn Tomlin

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  Baylor study: Surgical needs of children in Somaliland unmet

  Children in Somaliland suffer congenital deformities and wound-related conditions that could be improved by surgery, but most needs are going unmet, according to a study co-led by Baylor University and Duke University researchers.

  02/01/2019 - By Terry Goodrich / Baylor University

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  Around the State: UMHB student group launches food pantry

  The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor chapter of Enactus launched The Source, a food pantry specifically for UMHB students in need. The John Templeton Foundation awarded a $2.6 million grant to a Baylor University researcher and her colleague at another school to explore virtue development and character strength intervention in adolescents.

  01/30/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Asia Bibi free to leave Pakistan after court confirms acquittal

  Pakistan’s Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Islamists to overturn the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman previously convicted of blasphemy, freeing her to leave the country and join her daughters in Canada.

  01/30/2019 - By Naila Inayat / Religion News Service

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  New Mexico assisted suicide bill spurs call to pray

  A New Mexico assisted suicide bill that has been described as “devastating” to the sanctity of life is drawing opposition from Baptists and other groups in the state.

  01/30/2019 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  People are rediscovering Sabbath and claiming its benefits

  Some science supports the idea that practicing a day of rest—including time away from social media and digital devices—benefits longevity and both mental and physical health.

  01/30/2019 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Former associate children’s minister indicted

  A former associate children’s minister at The Village Church, a Dallas-area Southern Baptist megachurch, has been indicted for indecency with a child involving sexual contact.

  01/29/2019 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service