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Live in the authority of Jesus, Baptist lecturer challenges

“Will you live as if all authority belongs to Jesus?” asked Elijah Brown, general secretary of the Baptist World Alliance, addressing participants of the Pinson Lectures on Baptist distinctives at Hardin-Simmons University, April 23.

04/28/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

Texans on Mission responds to crisis in South Sudan

When Mitch Chapman first visited South Sudan a couple of years ago, he said God “showed me poverty that I’ve not seen anywhere else.” And as director of Texans on Mission Water Impact, Chapman has spent much time in Africa.

04/24/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

Parents say religion guides views on LGBTQ books

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments April 22 in a case set to determine the extent to which families can control what materials their children are exposed to in public school, as parents argued certain books may violate their religious beliefs.

04/24/2025 - By Reina Coulibaly / Religion News Service

Commission exposes blasphemy law in Russia

Since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia has increased its enforcement of a law that criminalizes “insulting the religious feelings of believers” as part of the government’s campaign to present itself as the defender of “traditional values.”

04/23/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Around the State: HCU’s Tri-Beta takes home awards

Houston Christian University’s Beta Beta Beta National Biology Honor Society chapter won several awards at the Beta Beta Beta South Central Regional Convention.

04/23/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Veterans Affairs asks staff to report anti-Christian bias

Department of Veteran Affairs Secretary Douglas Collins—a former Southern Baptist chaplain—instructed the agency’s employees to report instances of anti-Christian bias, including any policies “hostile to Christian views.”

04/23/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Hunger and Poverty Summit plants seeds of hope

One might expect somberness to describe the overall tenor of a conference built around solving a global crisis of hunger and poverty, but this year’s summit orbited a theology of hope.

04/22/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

East Texas volunteers pass along legacy of service

Age caught up with an East Texas disaster relief unit, but their desire to serve kept the future in mind. They donated their three trailers, a truck, a large generator and money to Texans on Mission.

04/22/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

Robert Jeffress says IRS investigated his church

President Donald Trump told reporters pastors who gathered for a White House Easter service had complained about being investigated by the IRS over the past four years. Robert Jeffress at First Baptist in Dallas said his church was one of them.

04/22/2025 - By Bob Smietana and Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Video shows how the Texas Lottery was rigged

Video evidence sheds new light on how some individuals inside the Texas Lottery Commission allegedly enabled a syndicate with international connections to rig the system and claim a $95 million Texas Lottery jackpot.

04/22/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Most pastors say their churches will survive

A new survey from Nashville-based Lifeway Research found 94 percent of Protestant pastors believe their church will still be open in 10 years, with 78 percent strongly agreeing that will be true.

04/21/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

ETBU prayer tent brings students together

East Texas Baptist University’s Baptist Student Ministry recently hosted a prayer tent event, offering students 24 consecutive hours of prayer, reflection, confession and thanksgiving.

04/21/2025 - By Faith Pratt / Intern