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Editorial: My response to critique and question
1+ week, 3+ day ago (961+ words) Eric Black / Editor What ministry roles are open to women? Southern Baptists have spent the last several years debating and deciding on this question. The Baptist Standard has covered that debate and the corresponding votes in our news columns. We…...
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…...
Dolly Parton: A legacy of faith and kindness
2+ week, 4+ day ago (898+ words) Dolly Parton arrives at the 24th Annual MovieGuide Awards on Feb. 5, 2016, in Los Angeles, Calif. (Shutterstock image) Faith Pratt / Baptist Standard Dolly Parton, the renowned singer, songwriter, gospel artist, actress, and philanthropist whose faith shaped much of her life and work,…...
Hunt files appeal days after judge’s dismissal
3+ week, 3+ day ago (287+ words) Johnny Hunt preaches at Hiland Park Baptist Church on Jan. 15, 2023, in Panama City, Fla. (Video screen grab via RNS) Scott Barkley / Baptist Press NASHVILLE (BP)—Days after a U.S. District Court ordered the final claim dropped in a case against the…...
Fourth Circuit upholds CBF church protections
3+ week, 3+ day ago (346+ words) Faith Pratt / Baptist Standard A federal appeals court, Aug. 18, upheld a preliminary injunction protecting churches affiliated with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship from immigration enforcement activity. CBF and other plaintiffs were granted the injunction in 2025. The ruling leaves in place the…...
Baptist pastor in Syria released after two weeks detention
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (335+ words) Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard Nihad Hassan, leader of a Kurdish-speaking congregation in Beirut, Lebanon, has been released from custody after being detained for two weeks. The Kurdish Baptist pastor from a Muslim background was arrested and detained without charges from…...
Commentary: Hey, SBC, Bethlehem is still waiting
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (737+ words) During their 2026 annual meeting in Orlando in June, Southern Baptist messengers were adopted a series of resolutions, including one that clearly condemned antisemitism and expressed solidarity with Jewish communities. That is a serious and necessary concern, and it should be…...
Speaker Johnson appoints Louisiana leader to USCIRF
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (375+ words) USCIRF panelists gather in May 2026 for a hearing on religious freedom conditions in India. (Screengrab) Diana Chandler / Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP)—Gene Mills, president of the nonprofit Louisiana Family Forum, has joined the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom as…...
Voices: My position on Truth and Unity Amendment
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (527+ words) Albert Mohler introducing “Truth and Unity Amendment” to amend the SBC Constitution on the matter of women pastors. (Screenshot) On the final day of the most recent annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, I was standing at Microphone 5 with…...
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…...