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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

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  Editorial: Trump is right about religion

  Trump said something right about religion that was largely overlooked in all the attention given to more controversial remarks.

  04/15/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Is Trump like Jesus? Nope.

  There’s a reason you shouldn’t look at social media on your way to church on Sunday mornings. You might see on your way to celebrate our Risen Lord and Savior:…

  04/08/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Editorial: Don’t forget what Holy Week is

  Editor Eric Black calls us to pause and remember this is Holy Week, and we’re more like the Jerusalem crowd 2,000 years ago than we realize.

  04/01/2026 - By Eric Black / Editor