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  Chaves: Views of the past shape future outlook

  João Chaves, a historian of religion, told Howard Payne University students and guests, “We must contend with our past to consider our future.”

  02/04/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Obituary: Harold Wayne Temple

  Harold Wayne Temple of Plainview, longtime professor at Wayland Baptist University and onetime pastor of Old Rock Baptist Church in Somerset, died Jan. 27. He was 86.

  02/04/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Airport chaplain ministers in wake of tragedy

  Nace Lanier was at home watching a movie with his family when he received an emergency text from Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport, where he is senior chaplain.

  02/03/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Find Black history, family devotions and recipes in one book

  Christian author Trillia Newbell invites families to center dinner table devotions around in her book, “Celebrating Around the Table: Learning the Stories of Black Christians Through Readings, Fellowship, Food, and Faith.”

  02/03/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  BSM and church key to discerning call to ministry

  As a child, Ethan Hollis never dreamed of a life in vocational ministry, but Baptist Student Ministry, an internship and a church-based Calling Out the Called program changed that.

  02/03/2025 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptists Communications

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  No family in Altadena churches untouched by fire

  George Van Alstine evacuated his home as flames from the Eaton fire drew closer. He’d been assured Altadena Baptist Church, where he is associate pastor, still was standing. The following morning, he saw video of the church building engulfed in flames. 

  02/03/2025 - By Alejandra Molina / Religion News Service

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  ‘God does not show favoritism,’ João Chaves asserts

  “God does not show favoritism,” João Chaves, assistant professor of history of religion in the Américas at Baylor University, told Howard Payne University students in chapel on Jan. 29.

  02/03/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Great Commission Center offers service opportunities

  From ministering to local children with dyslexia to leading sports camps internationally, East Texas Baptist University’s Great Commission Center offers students “on-the-job training” in Christian service.

  01/31/2025 - By Faith Pratt / Intern

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  George Liele: The world’s first Baptist missionary

  George Liele, a former slave, not only was the first ordained African American Baptist preacher in America, but also was the world’s first Baptist missionary.

  01/31/2025 - By Denise George / Baptist Press

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  Nickelball provides evangelism opportunities for seniors

  Bear Banks liked the overall concept of the game of pickleball, but he recognized that he needed a less strenuous version to prevent injuries. In his quest to alter the game a bit, he ended up creating a variation that he refers to as “nickelball.” 

  01/31/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

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  Trump directives on education draw strong reaction

  President Donald Trump’s executive orders directing public funds to support “educational choice” and ending funding for curriculum perceived to promote “anti-American ideologies” drew swift and strongly worded responses.

  01/30/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Hispanic Baptists: ‘Sensitive locations’ rule change hurts

  The loss of a rule that prevented officials from entering churches to arrest immigrants accused of being in the United States illegally has hurt the church’s witness, the National Hispanic Baptist Network said Jan. 29 in calling for the rule’s reinstatement.

  01/29/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press