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Explainer: The changing landscape of global aid

An expert on global development urged anti-hunger advocates to understand U.S. foreign aid before and after President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

04/15/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

ETBU students participate in 2025 Serve Day

In spite of cold, rainy weather, more than 250 East Texas Baptist University students spent a recent Saturday serving churches, outreach centers and nonprofit organizations throughout Harrison County.

04/15/2025 - By Faith Pratt

Pressley nominee for second term as SBC president

North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley will be nominated for a second term as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, Rockwall pastor Michael Criner announced April 13.

04/15/2025 - By Chad Austin / Biblical Recorder 

Obituary: Melvin William Clinton Jr.

Melvin William Clinton Jr. of Turkey, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, died April 11 in Silverton. He was 88.

04/15/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Obituary: Marguerite Gaston Garrett

Marguerite Gaston Garrett, former member of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board, died April 8. She was 98.

04/15/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Palm Sunday airstrikes hit Ukraine, Myanmar and Gaza

Separate military airstrikes on Palm Sunday in Ukraine, Myanmar and Gaza claimed dozens of lives, destroyed a church building and severely damaged a hospital.

04/14/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Obituary: F.B. Huey

F.B. Huey Jr., longtime seminary professor and former missionary, died April 7. He was 100.

04/14/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Obituary: Bertha Dell Mieth

Bertha Dell Mieth, supporter of global evangelism and Wayland Baptist University, died April 9 in Fort Worth. She was 88.

04/14/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Christian nationalism seeks power, panelists say

Christian nationalism presents “a gross distortion of the teachings of Jesus,” Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, told a gathering at Southern Methodist University.

04/14/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Russian Palm Sunday attack on Ukraine condemned

A Russian airstrike on Palm Sunday killed at least 34 people in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy in the deadliest attack of the conflict so far this year.

04/13/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Campaign for a Hunger-Free Texas announced

The prevalence and severity of hunger is a “litmus test” revealing the health or sickness of a society, said Jeremy Everett, founding executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty.

04/11/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Volunteers clean homesites, share faith in Oklahoma

Texans on Mission volunteers spent two weeks responding to needs after wildfires tore through Stillwater, affecting about 200 homes in the area and 74 campers at nearby Lake Carl Blackwell.

04/11/2025 - By Russ Dilday & Taryn Johnson / Texans on Mission