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  Lives changed and community restored in Nederland

  A gospel-centered community group meeting in a house became a thriving and growing church reaching the lost and the broken in Nederland.

  11/19/2018 - By Kalie Lowrie and Stephanie Arosemena / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Public school advocacy vital to Christians’ public witness

  Progressive Christians should acknowledge every child’s right to quality education as a justice issue, and conservative Christians should recognize neighborhood public schools’ capacity to build responsible citizens with moral vision, Charles Foster Johnson said.

  11/19/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BSM director sees God’s provision in aftermath of wreck

  Cody Shouse, Baptist Student Ministry director at the University of Texas, sat in Austin traffic on April 5, slowly making his way home from a weekly Bible study at the Longhorn BSM when another vehicle traveling 60 miles per hour hit his vehicle.

  11/19/2018 - By Kirsten McKimmey / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Forum seeks common ground on immigration

  An Oklahoma Republican and a Colorado Democrat emphasized the need to build on shared values and common ground as lawmakers wrestle with complex immigration issues.

  11/16/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  CommonCall: From a meth house to God’s house

  Residents at an Abilene mobile home park tend to come and go, but the few who have lived there several years know the property where Pleasant Hills Country Church meets once housed a meth lab.

  11/16/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Seminaries and prisons offer inmates new life as ministers

  Research show inmates who get an education have a far lower incidence of repeating criminal behavior, but only a tiny percentage can afford a college degree while behind bars. Southern Baptist Convention seminaries are stepping into the gap.

  11/15/2018 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Becky Ellison trusts God and serves while battling cancer

  Becky Ellison knows what it means to live one day at a time. Since being diagnosed with cancer in 2010, she said a key question guides her: “If I had one more minute and I wanted to live it like God wanted me to live it, what would that look like?”

  11/15/2018 - By Trennis Henderson / Woman's Missionary Union

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  Paul Chitwood elected as IMB president

  About a decade ago, Paul Chitwood became convinced God was calling him to mobilize missions and missionaries, he told International Mission Board trustees. That call culminated Nov. 15, he said, with his election as IMB president.

  11/15/2018 - By David Roach / Baptist Press

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  Churches fight predatory payday lending

  Churches seek to help lower-income Americans caught in a never-ending loan cycle. While profits for lenders can be substantial, the toll on families can be devastating.

  11/14/2018 - By Mark A. Kellner / Religion News Service

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  Kentucky Baptists cut ties with CBF-aligned churches

  The Kentucky Baptist Convention will cut ties with a small group of churches that remain dually aligned with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, a missions network that took steps earlier this year to allow the hiring of LGBT individuals for some staff positions.

  11/14/2018 - By Kentucky Today and Baptist Press

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  Bulgarians rally to pray, protest proposed religious restrictions

  Bulgarian Baptists joined other Christians in a prayer rally and peaceful protest that drew about 2,000 participants to the nation’s capital, united by concern over proposed restrictions on religious freedom.

  11/13/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: ETBU hosts worship summit; Brad Holland named Hendrick president and CEO

  East Texas Baptist University, in cooperation with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, recently hosted the third annual Worship Summit. The Hendrick Medical Center board of trustees named Brad Holland as the next president and chief executive officer of Hendrick Health System.

  11/13/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard