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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…...
Religious Liberty Commission calls for sweeping reforms
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (849+ words) Trump delivers remarks on the Religious Liberty Commission Report on June 26. (screen grab) Faith Pratt & Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard The Religious Liberty Commission, a federal advisory body established by President Donald Trump via executive order in May 2025 to safeguard and…...
The Baptist Network forms as a new national connection
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (584+ words) Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard The Baptist Network, a new network designed to connect a diverse group of Baptist leaders across the nation, recently formed to encourage one another amid shifting social and political tensions across affiliations and organizations. The group…...
Voices: Some truth and unity for Texas Baptists
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1672+ words) The SBC has spoken. Now Texas Baptists must decide who we will be. Pentecost. It is 9 in the morning in Jerusalem, and the Spirit falls. Wind. Fire. Ordinary men and women spill into the street, speaking the wonders of God…...
Southern Baptists and religious liberty
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (665+ words) Adam W. Jones & Jackson Carter / Ouachita Baptist University As questions surrounding religious liberty continue to generate conversation in the modern political sphere, Baptists have consistently and historically affirmed their belief in religious freedom for all. In his book Baptists and Religious…...
Editorial: What a Baptist institution is for
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (806+ words) Eric Black / Editor I’m going to put some things in print some may consider impolite or imprudent. Perhaps so. Here we go. By “Baptist institution,” I’m referring to the tens of thousands of churches Baptists have started, as well as…...
Texans on Mission deploy to Springtown, Runaway Bay
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (253+ words) Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard Texans on Mission deployed mobile units to provide food and resources to residents in storm-ravaged parts of Springtown and Runaway Bay. Volunteers were mobilized to those communities Sunday to provide relief efforts including food distribution, debris…...
Around the State: Bounce awarded by Texas governor
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (742+ words) Baptist Standard Around the State: Bounce awarded by Texas governor Staff / Baptist Standard Texas Baptists’ Bounce Student Disaster Recovery has been named a recipient of the 42nd Annual Governor’s Volunteer Awards, one of the State of Texas’ highest honors recognizing exemplary…...