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Voices: The importance of a good book

Books expand our vision of the world. Books open the world up to us much more than our phones and the ever-shrinking community and influences we have on social media. Books can push us out of our comfort zone and help us think about this world in a new way.

01/02/2019 - By Zac Harrel

Voices: 2019—A year to kneel

There is a calm humility associated with kneeling, and I wonder what we could learn, receive or do as a result of this heart posture.

01/02/2019 - By Ali Corona

Joseph Christopherson: From missionary kid to associational missionary

Joseph Christopherson, executive director of the El Paso Baptist Association shares his background and thoughts on church and associational ministry.

01/02/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Hispanic women find calling confirmed in Texas Baptist schools

Growing up in a church that allowed women to participate in business meetings only if their husbands were present, Janet Galarza never dared to imagine herself as a pastor.

12/27/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

Closed doors led Baptist woman to minister elsewhere

Isabel Docampo was ordained a year after messengers to the 1984 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting passed a resolution opposing women’s ordination and limiting women’s roles in ministry to positions other than the pastorate.

12/27/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

Women blaze trail in Hispanic Texas Baptist pastorates

The history of Texas Baptist women pastors dates back only two decades, more than twice as long as the history of Hispanic Baptist women pastors in the state.

12/26/2018 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

Editorial: ‘I cannot save you. I can’t even save myself.’

We are smart people. We are sophisticated people. We’ve made so much progress. And we still can’t save ourselves. In answer to our clamoring for a savior, a child is born to us who is Christ the Lord.

12/19/2018 - By Eric Black / Editor

Chris McLain: Tossings and Tears | Baptists Preaching

In this week’s Baptists Preaching, Chris McLain, pastor of First Baptist Church in Crowell, speaks of the haunting nature of pain and suffering and David’s defiance of fear by placing his faith in God. (Psalm 56)

12/19/2018 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Voices: Baptists and the ‘War on Christmas’

Rather than being distracted by what words people use to celebrate this time of year, Baptists need to remember they arose in response to religious persecution and have been proponents for religious liberty for 400 years so they can continue to be a leading voice for religious liberty now.

12/19/2018 - By Joshua Sharp