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West appointed to ambassador role in BWA
1+ week, 3+ day ago (214+ words) Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard Ralph West, pastor and founder of The Church Without Walls in Houston, has been appointed ambassador for preaching and multiplying congregations for the Baptist World Alliance. Ambassadors work under the guidance of the BWA general secretary…...
Visa change clears way for Brazilian pastor’s Texas return
1+ week, 3+ day ago (722+ words) Diana Chandler / Baptist Press GORDON, Texas (BP)—Albert Oliveira is back in the pulpit of his Texas pastorate after having voluntarily returned to his Brazilian homeland in late 2025 before his visa expired. Previously, he and his family were required 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…...
Voices: Kathy Hillman: A woman called to leadership
2+ week, 5+ day ago (943+ words) “Now remember what you were, my friends, when God called you” (1 Corinthians 1:26 GNT). “Life with friends is better around the campfire” reads the pillowcase atop the patchwork quilt gracing my bed in the rustic cabin I inhabit each summer at…...
Southern Baptist chaplain achieves rank of rear admiral
3+ week, 3+ day ago (442+ words) | Source: BAPTIST PRESS Timothy Cockes / Baptist Press NEW ORLEANS (BP)—U.S. Navy Chaplain Robert Christian, an alumnus of both New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, was recently promoted to the rank of rear admiral. He was…...
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…...
Johnny Hunt’s last defamation claims rejected by federal judge
4+ week, 2+ day ago (636+ words) Pastor Johnny Hunt preaches at Hiland Park Baptist Church on Jan. 15, 2023, in Panama City, Florida. (Video screen grab via RNS) Bob Smietana / Religion News Service (RNS)—A federal judge dismissed the final claims of a defamation lawsuit filed by former…...
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…...
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…...