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Around the State: WBU to host groundbreaking for prayer garden
1+ week, 4+ day ago (188+ words) Baptist Standard Around the State: WBU to host groundbreaking for prayer garden Staff / Baptist Standard Wayland Baptist University is holding a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Wayland Prayer Garden at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 2, at the Brown Family Conference Center. The garden,…...
Voices: A time for rebirth
2+ week, 3+ day ago (930+ words) Julio Guarneri / Texas Baptists The nature of the challenges we face is often a matter of perspective. Someone’s perceived scarcity might be another’s abundance and vice versa. Our perspective may change when we learn about the difficulties others face. Perspective…...
Editorial: We all want to be sheep, not goats
3+ week, 3+ day ago (277+ words) Eric Black / Editor Two recent decisions have me thinking about how American Christians differ over a shared desire—to be sheep, not goats. The U.S. State Department announced, Aug. 6, a group of faith-based humanitarian organizations would receive almost $2 billion for…...
Carrollton church fills and delivers 700 backpacks
3+ week, 3+ day ago (940+ words) Jessica King / Texas Baptists Communications In 2014, Mary Jaramillo met the late Willie and Angie Rosales, former members of Iglesia Bautista Nueva Vida. Jaramillo and her husband came to Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana of Carrollton for help with their ministry called…...
Angel House celebrating 40 years serving Austin homeless
1+ mon, 2+ hour ago (1405+ words) Teresa Young / Texas Baptists Communications Angel House Soup Kitchen is celebrating 40 years of feeding the homeless and sharing the gospel in Austin. Cindy and Mark Smith serve as directors of Angel House Soup Kitchen at Austin Baptist Chapel, a ministry…...
Houston’s First, Champion Forest raise $27K for Venezuela relief
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (324+ words) Eleisa Hernandez, a native Venezuelan who works for Send Relief, flew directly to Houston to share the conditions in the country. (Screen grab) Scott Barkley / Baptist Press HOUSTON (BP)―A July 31 benefit held through two Houston churches has raised approximately…...
Celebrating Churches: Seven baptized at FBC Hondo
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (169+ words) Baptist Standard Celebrating Churches: Seven baptized at FBC Hondo Staff / Baptist Standard First Baptist Church in Hondo has seen renewed excitement around baptisms after adopting a three-week celebration that highlights each person’s testimony and baptism. The church has already seen…...
Equip: The wince beside the joy
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (963+ words) CAUTION: This article references natural disasters and trauma. We conclude our brief journey as we wrestle with how to pray during and after a natural disaster that became an overwhelming tragedy in the Texas Hill Country in 2025. At the same…...
BWA presenters address religious freedom, justice
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (803+ words) Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard Baptist World Alliance annual meetings include many breakout sessions based on the 14 BWA Commissions. General topics range from theological reflection to healthy churches, human rights, humanitarian aid, evangelism and discipleship, worship and prayer, Baptist doctrine, religious…...
Celebrating Churches: Steve Leftwich retiring after decades of ministry
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (122+ words) Baptist Standard Celebrating Churches: Steve Leftwich retiring after decades of ministry Staff / Baptist Standard After 14 1/2 years as pastor of Chapel of the Hills in Buchanan Dam, Steve Leftwich is retiring, concluding a ministry that has spanned 51 years. During his tenure…...