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  Southern Baptist layman Paul Pressler subject of sex abuse suit

  Paul Pressler, a key figure in the self-identified “conservative resurgence” in the Southern Baptist Convention, is fighting a lawsuit by a former office assistant who alleges the onetime Texas appeals court judge sexually abused him over the course of several decades.

  12/12/2017 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  McKinney woman seeks to preserve baptistery art history

  Joann Loughlin of McKinney wants to photograph baptistery art in Texas Baptist churches, as well as write brief historical sketches about the artists who produced them and the congregations that commissioned their work.

  12/11/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Voices: A moment of reckoning, and not just for sexual harassers

  In this moment of reckoning, let us become a people who stand for respect, equality and partnership and who stand against objectification, oppression and entitlement.

  12/06/2017 - By Meredith Stone

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  David Hardage: Texas Baptists are doing ‘extensive and exciting’ work

  David Hardage, executive director of Texas Baptists, shares his thoughts on ministry and leading the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  12/06/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Voices: Less ‘Silent Night,’ more ‘Christmas Vacation’

  What does Clark Griswold’s tirade at the end of ‘Christmas Vacation’ tell us about the real story of Christmas?

  12/06/2017 - By Myles Werntz

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  Voices: The radical implications of the incarnation in the wake of sexual harassment

  We need another look at Scripture, and more than a passing glance that dismisses new or unfamiliar readings. Look at the way God’s Spirit acts through the ministry of women in the Bible.

  12/06/2017 - By Garrett Vickrey

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  Supreme Court hears arguments on wedding cake case

  The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Dec. 5 in the case of a Christian baker in Colorado who refused to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.

  12/06/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  La Puerta Waco seeks to connect Hispanics to resources

  First Baptist Church in Waco launched La Puerta Waco, a community ministry to connect Hispanics with legal and social services, about two months ago.

  12/05/2017 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Lee Floyd: ‘When we reach the campus, we can change the world’

  Lee Floyd, director of the Angelo State University Baptist Student Ministry in San Angelo, Texas, talks about ministering to today’s college students.

  11/29/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Commentary: House Republicans’ proposed tax reform will lead to church regulation

  If the Johnson Amendment is repealed as part of new tax legislation, John L. Seidel fears that “churches would become super-PACs. All in the name of religious freedom.”

  11/29/2017 - By Andrew L. Seidel / Religion News Service

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  FBI and religion scholars reflect on relationship long after Branch Davidian crisis

  After federal authorities accidentally triggered a 1993 fire that killed 75 members of an obscure Christian sect near Waco, one of the lessons law enforcement learned was to call religion experts in a crisis where faith is a factor.

  11/29/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Supreme Court denies hearing to Birdville school board prayer challenge

  The U.S. Supreme Court announced Nov. 27 it would not hear a case challenging a Tarrant County school district’s practice that allows students to lead public prayers at school board meetings.

  11/29/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor