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  Small church in Goliad demonstrates big heart

  A 65-member congregation in a town of 2,000 is committed to making a difference in the world. Members of Minnehulla Baptist Church in Goliad demonstrate a willingness to give themselves away to show God’s love locally and globally.

  01/08/2019 - By Carolyn Tomlin

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  Baylor helps churches explore vocation and calling

  Baylor University recently completed Year One of a five-year project, funded by a $1.5 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, designed to help churches explore how God calls Christians to lives of meaning and purpose.

  01/04/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Editorial: 2019 will put our goodness to the test

  The coming year promises to test our understanding of goodness. Followers of Christ—evangelical or otherwise—will not have to wait to practice goodness in this world. We will have the opportunity to do the honorable thing even before the end of this editorial.

  01/03/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Mary Alice Birdwhistell: Known by the Love of the Spirit | Baptists Preaching

  In this week’s Baptists Preaching, Mary Alice Birdwhistell, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Waco, reflects on love as the primary characteristic of a person who lives by the Spirit of God. (Psalm 33:13-22, Galatians 5:16-26)

  01/02/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  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