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Jim Spivey reflects on 25 years of military chaplaincy since 9/11
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (741+ words) A portion of the Pentagon Memorial remembering those killed at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, in Arlington, Va. (Bigstock) Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard For Jim Spivey, the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks bring back memories of an unexpected return to…...
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…...
Commentary: Critique of ‘God made a way’
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1105+ words) Recently, I was speaking with two young men who will be facing an ordination council within the next week. I told them that in my lifetime, certain hot-button issues have come to the forefront, and I had to wrestle with…...
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,…...
Obituary: Samuel Joseph Broughton
1+ week, 5+ day ago (299+ words) Baptist Standard Obituary: Samuel Joseph Broughton Samuel Joseph Broughton, a longtime pastor and educator who served churches in Texas and Oklahoma, died Aug. 23. He was 75. He was born in Yale, Okla., on Oct. 7, 1950. After graduating from high school in Columbus,…...
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…...
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…...
McKinney clinic connects churches, healthcare, and community
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (1168+ words) Faith Pratt / Baptist Standard CommonGood Medical, a faith-based, nonprofit primary healthcare clinic located in McKinney, is providing comprehensive medical and mental health care services to low-income, uninsured residents living in Collin County. The ministry began when pastors saw a need…...