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  Brownsville pastor ministers to Central American immigrants

  Like the Old Testament patriarch Joseph who was able to meet the needs of his brothers after he rose to a position of responsibility in a foreign land, Pastor Carlos Navarro of Brownsville helps minister to the needs of fellow immigrants from Central America.

  02/15/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Poiema helps trafficked women rediscover their worth

  Rebecca Jowers wants young women who have been victimized by human sex traffickers to view themselves the way God sees them—as his precious creation.

  02/15/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas Baptists respond to clergy sex abuse

  Texas Baptists respond after an investigative report revealed about 380 ministers and volunteers in Southern Baptist churches sexually abused more than 700 people in 20 years.

  02/13/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Absence of lament in worship leads to spiritual stagnation

  Public worship that fails to include lament leads to spiritual stagnation and spiritually anemic believers, an Old Testament scholar told a crowd at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  02/13/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: HSU on track to meet financial goals

  Cost-cutting measures at Hardin-Simmons University are projected to enable the university to meet all the necessary financial goals set by its board of trustees last September, President Eric Bruntmyer announced.

  02/13/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Abuse of Faith: Investigation reveals 700 victims

  In the last 20 years, about 380 ministers and volunteers in Southern Baptist churches sexually abused more than 700 people, according to a comprehensive investigative report by the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News.

  02/11/2019 - By Houston Chronicle

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  SBC leaders vow to improve how they address sex abuse

  Southern Baptist Convention leaders called the reports of hundreds of sex abuse cases in affiliated churches evidence of “pure evil” and “satanic” behavior within their ranks.

  02/11/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Hospitality: What does it look like in different cultures?

  Hospitality is a wide word. It means different things to different people. We like to think we are hospitable people, but how do we know our efforts are perceived as we intend? Likewise, how do we recognize when people from other cultures are extending hospitality to us?

  02/11/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Ethicist: Welcome Muslims to the table of fellowship

  Christ’s followers must “make space” for people who hold deeply different views—not only in the public square, but also at the table of fellowship, a Christian ethicist told a crowd at Howard Payne University.

  02/11/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Tijuana churches expand ministry to immigrants

  Churches and ministries in the Tijuana area that ministered to Haitian immigrants seeking to cross the border into the United States saw their labor bear fruit, and now the recipients of that ministry want to help Central American immigrants.

  02/08/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Will diversity be a factor as SBC fills key vacancies?

  As the Southern Baptist Convention faces a rare leadership vacuum at the top of two of its agencies and two of its seminaries, some have raised questions about whether its statements committing to diversity will be reflected in hiring decisions.

  02/07/2019 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Federal bureau seeks to drop payday lending rule

  Consumer advocates and predatory lending opponents expressed alarm about a proposed rollback of regulation designed to protect vulnerable borrowers from escalating debt.

  02/07/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor