For the third consecutive year, volunteers from First Baptist Church in Garland, Texas, will travel to eastern Europe to bring Christmas joy to Ukrainian refugee children.
What is the Christian’s responsibility in navigating this technology, and how should they interact with it? A Baptist ethicist is working to answer these questions.
Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting soundly defeated a motion affirming the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message, the Southern Baptist Convention statement of faith that limits the role of pastor to men.
“So much hope was pinned on the 2024 election. Among other hopes, so many saw the outcome as decisive for the future of our democracy. Maybe it was or will be, but such hope is too easily misplaced in politicians and policies.”
Myanmar — historically known as Burma — is “a disintegrating nation” where leaders of religious minorities continue to be targeted by the military, a report from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom stated.
Dallas Baptist University’s Institute for Global Engagement hosted a global gathering to pray for all persecuted religious minorities, Oct. 24-25.
“It may feel awkward, even contradictory, but when Gerald Ford assumed the presidency following Richard Nixon’s resignation, he didn’t just ask for political support. He asked for something far more powerful: prayer,” says Joshua Longmire.
In spite of the challenges some humanitarian aid groups have encountered, Christian Mission to Gaza recently has provided food and clean drinking water to more than 4,000 people in the war-torn country.
“Can God trust you?” if you are called upon to pay a social or financial price for following Jesus, an American pastor who spent two years imprisoned in Turkey asked students and faculty at Dallas Baptist University.
In a culture where women often are marginalized and women’s sports are not recognized, a Baylor University group found ways to empower women by using sports to teach leadership skills.
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