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  Bulgarian parliament set to severely restrict religious liberty

  Baptist World Alliance leaders appealed to Bulgaria’s prime minister after the nation’s parliament gave initial approval to a law significantly restricting religious freedom.

  11/10/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  HPU eliminates several programs and faculty positions

  Howard Payne University’s trustees voted to eliminate 10 “underperforming” majors or minors, reconfigure others, and cut 12 full-time faculty positions and one administrative support position.

  11/09/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Jeremy Everett: Shared power produces sustainable solutions

  Confrontation and shaming may produce temporary victories, but shared power built on mutual trust leads to sustainable solutions, the founding executive director of the Texas Hunger Initiative said.

  11/09/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Bautistas ven a caravana como una oportunidad de ministerio

  Mientras que algunos políticos en Estados Unidos han dicho que la caravana que viene de Centroamérica debe de ser considerada una “invasión,” algunos bautistas en México y en el sur de Texas ven la situación como una oportunidad para ministrar.

  11/08/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  IMB taps Paul Chitwood as presidential candidate

  The International Mission Board trustees’ presidential search committee announced it will recommend Paul Chitwood, 48, to be elected as the 173-year-old entity’s 13th president.

  11/06/2018 - By Julie McGowan / International Mission Board

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  Around the State: ETBU students lead field day

  Kinesiology students from East Texas Baptist University staffed a field day for Washington Early Childhood Center in Marshall. The South Texas School of Christian Studies is now Stark College and Seminary. The Texas Baptist Missions Foundation Council approved 31 grants  totaling $502,550.

  11/06/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Needs prompt Baptists in Texas and Mexico to plan summit

  Texas Baptists will join Mexican Baptists in Matamoros Nov. 17 for a Border Summit to discuss ways to respond to the needs along the Rio Grande.

  11/06/2018 - By Kalie Lowrie / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Some Baptists view caravan as ministry opportunity

  While some politicians in the United States have referred to the caravan of Central American immigrants traveling toward the nation’s southern border as an “invasion,” some Baptists in Mexico and South Texas view the situation as a ministry opportunity.

  11/06/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Forgiveness balances love and justice, ethicist Lippitt says

  “Dead Man Walking”—the story of the complicated relationship between death row inmate Elmo Patrick Sonnier and Catholic nun Helen Prejean—offers a picture of Christian forgiveness that balances the demands of love and justice, ethicist John Lippitt asserted.

  11/05/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baylor launches $1.1 billion fund-raising campaign

  Baylor University launched a $1.1 billion fund-raising campaign, and the university’s board of regents heard a report on a long-term research project to evaluate the impact of a Baylor education on faith formation and spiritual development.

  11/05/2018 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Ecumenical ministry to immigrants in caravan formed

  Pastors and ministry leaders on both sides of the Mexico-United States border are gearing up to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the immigrant caravan that began in Latin America and now is marching through Mexico toward the United States.

  11/02/2018 - By Marv Knox / Fellowship Southwest

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  Ricky Skaggs sees God’s plan as personal and perfect

  Ricky Skaggs—a new inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame—believes God wants to be intimately involved in life’s details.

  11/01/2018 - By Laura Erlanson / Baptist Press