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Class-action suit filed to halt Ten Commandments displays

Eighteen families filed a class-action lawsuit Dec. 2 to stop the display of a prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in all classrooms of every Texas school district not already involved in related litigation or subject to an injunction.

12/03/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Coppell church’s Christmas Store serves families

For one week each December, the fellowship hall at Valley Ranch Baptist Church in Coppell turns into a Christmas shopping destination through its annual “Christmas Store.”

12/02/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Baptist Press

Operation Christmas Child volunteers go the distance

Plymouth Park Baptist Church in Irving served as an Operation Christmas Child collection site in November. For many volunteers at the church, collecting the shoeboxes filled with gifts has become a Christmas tradition.

12/01/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

Ken Camp, longtime Baptist journalist, to retire

Baptist Standard Managing Editor Ken Camp will retire Dec. 31, 2025, bringing to a close a decades-long era of reporting on Texas Baptists.

12/01/2025 - By Baptist Standard Staff

Cowboy church disciples men

In 2011, Montague County Cowboy Church Pastor Joe Caballero took a camping trip with his family, along with two other families, to Carson National Forest in New Mexico.

11/24/2025 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptist Communications

Baylor football team Bible study yields baptisms

Ten athletes on the Baylor Bears football team publicly expressed their faith commitments to Christ by being baptized in the university athletic facility’s hydrotherapy pool in early November.

11/21/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Judge blocks Ten Commandment classroom displays

A federal judge blocked 14 Texas school districts from displaying a state-prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, citing constitutional concerns.

11/21/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Muslim civil rights group sues Texas officials

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has sued Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton for labeling the Muslim civil rights group as a foreign terrorist organization.

11/21/2025 - By Ulaa Kuziez / Religion News Service

Texas/Ukraine church partnership launched

Texas and Ukrainian Baptist leaders meeting in Abilene, Nov. 18, signed a partnership agreement between their churches.

11/19/2025 - By Eric Black / Editor

Affordable, sustainable insurance for churches introduced

Texas Baptists leaders highlighted the launch of a new statewide insurance solution during a luncheon presentation of the Texas Baptists Indemnity Program—known as TBIP—and its partnership with KingsCover Insurance.

11/19/2025 - By Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard

Texas Baptist affinity groups celebrate ministry and leadership

Reports from multiple Texas Baptist groups share celebrations in ministry and leadership.

11/19/2025 - By Texas Baptist Communications

Texas Baptists challenged to live out GC2

Speakers challenged attendees of the 2025 BGCT annual meeting to embody the Great Commandment and Great Commission as a way of life.

11/19/2025 - By Baptist Standard Staff