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  Matt Queen joins church staff in Irving

  Matt Queen, the former interim Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary provost who pleaded guilty a year ago to making a false statement to federal investigators, has joined the staff of Plymouth Park Baptist Church in Irving as associate pastor.

  10/27/2025 - By Scott Barkley / Baptist Press

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  Call to ban foreign entities from targeting churches

  Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission is urging church leaders to sign a letter calling on the Department of Justice to prohibit foreign governments from using tracking technologies to send targeted messages to worshippers in U.S. churches without their consent.

  10/23/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Panelists identify dangers of religious nationalism

  Religious nationalism “cheapens” religion and exchanges genuine love of country for a blank check that justifies any action a country takes, panelists said during the Global Religious Freedom Gathering at Dallas Baptist University.

  10/22/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Prior emphasizes living in purpose without AI

  The craft of writing and the ethics of writing, just as with spiritual growth and maturity, offer no shortcuts, author Karen Swallow Prior said during her Oct. 16 lecture sponsored by the Institute for Global Engagement at Dallas Baptist University.

  10/21/2025 - By Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard

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  Christians called to combat all religious persecution

  Christians are commanded, commissioned and called to combat all religious persecution, international human rights attorney Knox Thames told the Global Religious Freedom Gathering at Dallas Baptist University.

  10/21/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Truett Seminary establishes Anglican Episcopal House

  Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary announced Oct. 13 the formation of an Anglican Episcopal House of Studies.

  10/15/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Chris Clayman: Frontier people groups deserve priority

  Chris Clayman of the Joshua Project presented 10 reasons why frontier people groups—unreached people whose numbers exceed 1.5 billion—deserve priority in Christian missions outreach

  10/11/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Tony Evans’ next chapter, undisclosed ‘sin’ and new book

  Dallas megachurch founder Tony Evans has lived a mostly private life for more than a year, after announcing an undisclosed “sin” caused him to step away from the prominent pulpit where he preached for almost five decades.

  10/10/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Christians called to missional—not comfortable—lives

  Christ calls his followers to missional lives, not lives of comfort and ease, speakers emphasized at the “Beyond Us … From Neighborhoods to Nations” Missions Conference at First Baptist Church in Waco.

  10/10/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Conclave attendees urged ‘never get over the gospel’

  More than 640 leaders and volunteers for children, teen and young adult ministry gathered Oct. 6 and 7 at First Baptist Church in Arlington to worship and learn how to reach current and future generations for Christ and the church.

  10/08/2025 - By Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard

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  Tony Evans will not return to lead Dallas megachurch

  Dallas megachurch founder Tony Evans, who stepped back from leading his church due to an undisclosed “sin” he announced last year, will not return as pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship.

  10/07/2025 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Beautiful Hope Ministries aids trafficking survivors

  University of Mary Hardin-Baylor sophomore Hannah Balkenbush founded Beautiful Hope Ministries in 2021 to raise awareness about human trafficking and to offer Christ-centered restoration to survivors.

  10/06/2025 - By Keely Mills / University of Mary Hardin-Baylor