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  Amanda Tyler denounces Christian nationalism as idolatry

  Christian nationalism threatens democracy and substitutes coercive idolatry for authentic faith, Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, told a gathering at a North Texas church.

  10/21/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Religious right leaders reckon with GOP pivot on abortion

  Since July, when the Republican National Committee dropped a federal abortion ban from its national platform, several traditional religious right leaders have suggested they have been betrayed.

  10/21/2024 - By Katherine Stewart / Religion News Service

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  Christian nationalism growing among Hispanic Protestants

  Over the last year and a half, surveys have tracked a significant rise in support for Christian nationalism among U.S. Hispanic Protestants, even as support for the ideology has remained fairly stable among other Christian groups.

  10/21/2024 - By Aleja Hertzler-McCain / Religion News Service

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  Churches called to ‘break the chains’ of family violence

  Given the prevalence of family violence and human trafficking in Texas, every faith community will encounter survivors, participants in a Texas Department of Family and Protective Services webinar learned.

  10/21/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Follow God’s call at any age, refugee advocate urges

  Carla Cochrane said she first felt a call to learn more about asylum seekers in May 2019.

  10/18/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  How to reject purity culture but keep your faith

  Psychologist Camden Margaret understands the repercussions of what she describes as purity culture’s false promises. But rather than rejecting her Christian faith, reckoning with purity culture’s negative impact has made her more certain of what she believes and why.

  10/18/2024 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service

• Obituary: Douglas Edward Pond

  Douglas Edward Pond of Temple, former Texas Baptist pastor and retired U.S. Army chaplain, died Oct. 12. He was 90.

  10/17/2024 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Former seminary professor pleads guilty to lying to FBI

  Matt Queen, a former professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary pleaded guilty Oct. 16 to lying to the FBI during an investigation into sexual abuse.

  10/16/2024 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Webinar explores how to thrive throughout the election

  Panelists in a Baylor webinar explained hyper-politicization from diverse perspectives and offered desaturation strategies.

  10/16/2024 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

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  Texas disaster relief teams provide ‘breath of fresh air’

  More than 25 Texans on Mission teams—supplemented by local volunteers and out-of-state church mission teams—have focused on meeting needs in parts of Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina after Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton.

  10/16/2024 - By John Hall / Texans on Mission

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  Resettlement of Christians fleeing persecution rebounds

  The United States resettled more Christians fleeing persecution in fiscal year 2024 than it has since 2016, Open Doors and World Relief said in a report unveiled Oct. 14 as insight for policymakers and voters weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential elections.

  10/16/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Black Church Collective seeks to reach African diaspora

  The Black Church Collective is seeking to create a collaborative evangelistic and missions table for the larger National African American Fellowship of 4,000 churches and the smaller fellowships and numerous other contingencies from the African diaspora.

  10/16/2024 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press