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Johnny Spray: Living with No Regret

Johnny Spray, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Giddings, wants his congregation “to live a life with as little regret as possible.” (1 Kings 2:1-3)

05/16/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Voices: Beth Moore inspires me to be honest about the struggle

Instead of just trying to make women feel better, women’s ministry can go deeper and be more honest, Abby Manes contends.

05/16/2023 - By Abby Manes

Special session ends without passing most hot-button bills

Sports betting passes Texas House but dies in Senate

A bill to approve online sports betting in Texas passed in the House of Representatives by a thin margin, but it appears dead-on-arrival in the Texas Senate.

05/15/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Legislature passes bill allowing chaplains in public schools

The Texas Legislature passed a bill that would allow schools to employ chaplains in addition to school counselors. The proposal now goes to the governor’s desk for his approval.

05/11/2023 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service

Editorial: This week’s news involves you; let’s get involved

We may think the horrific news of the last week doesn’t really involve us, but it does, and we need to get more involved.

05/10/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

Texas House expels Bryan Slaton amid sex scandal

The Texas House of Representatives unanimously voted May 9 to expel Rep. Bryan Slaton, a former Southern Baptist minister, for alleged inappropriate sexual conduct with a 19-year-old female aide.

05/09/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Voices: Sabbath: You have permission to rest

Kayelee Arensman reminds us the Sabbath is made for us. What’s more, God commands us to remember it. We have more than permission to rest.

05/09/2023 - By Kayelee Arensman

Sammy Elliott: All Things Sexuality

Sammy Elliott, lead pastor of Bacon Heights Baptist Church in Lubbock, began a series on tough questions by taking head-on the topic of sex.

05/09/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

The Emmanuels still praising God through the decades

For decades, the Emmanuels—a four-part vocal ensemble whose members share roots in Primera Iglesia Bautista de Corpus Christi—have led in worship and shared the gospel.

05/09/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

More than 2,000 victims of religious persecution named

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom compiled 2,000-plus names on its Freedom of Religion or Belief Victims List. But the names of millions of others who face persecution remain unknown.

05/09/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Churches burned, Christians displaced in northeast India

Rioting mobs have destroyed at least 40 churches and forced thousands of Kuki, Zomi and other minority tribes—most of them Christians—from their homes in the Manipur State of northeast India.

05/06/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Future Church 2030 Conference helps churches prepare

Bobby Contreras encouraged attendees at the Future Church 2030 Conference to recognize not just the importance of the cultural moment, but important place of the El Paso region in that moment.

05/03/2023 - By George Schroeder / Texas Baptist Communications