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  Editorial: Texas Baptists need to be part of BWA

  As so many Baptist bodies have split or fractured during my lifetime, BWA is one place where differing Baptists still work together.

  07/09/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: We’ve been free longer than 250 years

  As we prepare to celebrate 250 years of freedom, Eric Black points to an older, deeper, and more important freedom to celebrate and embody.

  07/01/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Why you should do a mission trip at least once

  Editor Eric Black writes from Kerrville, where he is with a group from his church on a mission trip. He highly recommends it.

  06/25/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: After SBC’s first vote on amendment, now what?

  Following the recent SBC vote on women pastors, churches are asking what’s next. They have options and one thing they should do.

  06/17/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Is your church still united with the SBC?

  If your church is still part of the SBC and you affirm women in pastoral roles, it’s even more clear what that means for SBC unity.

  06/11/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Women ministers and Baptist principles

  Baptist principles tell us where to find truth and unity on matters of faith and practice, including women’s roles in ministry.

  06/04/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: A healthy church has room for the world

  A healthy church has room for the world. We are not a healthy church. But we can be. Making room for the world is a prescription for health.

  05/28/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: How the government is passively judging the church

  The U.S. Education Dept. is proposing a rule that dishonors churches and, if implemented, will punish those who prepare their ministers.

  05/20/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What soccer and mental health have in common

  The numbers for soccer and mental health show we need to pay more attention to both, Editor Eric Black explains.

  05/14/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What a Baptist institution is for

  Regarding Baptist institutions: “I’m going to put some things in print some may consider impolite or imprudent. Perhaps so. Here we go.”

  05/06/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Surviving the season of unsettled weather

  It’s the season of unsettled weather. And we have to live through it. How are we going to do that? The weather holds some answers.

  04/29/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: What’s to come of the Baylor-BGCT relationship?

  The long and storied relationship between Baylor and the BGCT is complex, frequently questioned, and well worth maintaining. But how?

  04/23/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor