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  Baxley unanimously elected to lead CBF

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Governing Board voted unanimously Jan. 15 to elect Paul Baxley as the organization’s fourth executive coordinator.

  01/16/2019 - By Aaron Weaver and Jeff Huett / Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

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  New translation of the Old Testament completed

  During NPR’s Morning Edition on Jan. 14, host Rachel Martin interviewed Robert Alter about his newly released translation of the Hebrew Bible, a 24-year labor of love. Alter approaches the Hebrew Bible as a literary work of art and sought to translate it in a way to restore its artistry. (via NPR)

  01/15/2019 - By NPR

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  Two-thirds of teenagers drop out of church as young adults

  Church pews may be full of teenagers, but a new study says most of them likely won’t be in church on Sunday mornings after they graduate from high school.

  01/15/2019 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Al-Shabab militants target Christian teachers in northern Kenya

  More than 1,100 Christian teachers who have fled since al-Shabab began coming across the border into northern Kenya from Somalia in 2017, mostly targeting non-Muslim teachers.

  01/15/2019 - By Doreen Ajiambo / Religion News Service

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  International students find home away from home

  Every Friday, Art and Susan Green serve dinner to international students from Hardin-Simmons University and Abilene Christian University, making them feel at home even when they are away from their families.

  01/15/2019 - By Lucila Decia / Hardin-Simmons University

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  Good for the long haul: Pastoral sabbaticals offer renewal

  Observing the sabbath can be tough for ministers, but taking time away from the demands of ministry can help them maintain emotional, physical and spiritual health.

  01/15/2019 - By Carolyn Tomlin

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  Black seminarians take inaugural religious freedom course

  Students from religious graduate schools at historically black colleges and universities attended the first session of a four-day intensive class on religious freedom.

  01/14/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Legacy of Chick-fil-A founder seen in daughter’s book

  Mountains fascinate Trudy Cathy White, from the mountaintop outside her childhood home where parents Jeannette and Truett Cathy of Chick-fil-A fame led family Bible studies to the rough spiritual mountains that have tried her faith.

  01/14/2019 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Board votes to remove Confederate plaque from Texas Capitol

  The State Preservation Board unanimously voted to remove a plaque from the Texas Capitol that extols the “heroic deeds” of the Confederate Army and denies the Civil War was fought to sustain slavery.

  01/12/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Resolved to unplug? Faithful reflect on digital lives

  Filmmaker Jonathan Ignatius Green, who calls Instagram the “epitome of social media,” hopes his documentary will open up discussions about how not just teens but also adults engage social media.

  01/11/2019 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Muslim GOP leader in Tarrant County retains post

  Shahid Shafi, a trauma surgeon who is Muslim, declared a win for religious freedom after fellow Republicans in Texas’ most conservative urban county voted 139-49 with 10 abstentions to retain him in a key leadership position.

  01/11/2019 - By Bobby Ross Jr. / Religion News Service

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  Carter named TBM disaster relief director

  Texas Baptist Men has named Dwain Carter as state disaster relief director for the missions organization.

  01/09/2019 - By Rand Jenkins / Texas Baptist Men