El Paso church overcomes challenges to serve community with garden
July 13, 2022
When John Román, pastor of Pueblo Nuevo Community Church in El Paso, Texas, started a food pantry in 2011 for families in need, he realized
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‘Lamb among wolves’: Baptist pastor thankful to God for release after being kidnapped by cartel
June 27, 2022
Baptist pastor Lorenzo Ortiz, who operates five shelters for migrants in northern Mexico, was released unharmed after being held hostage by a Mexican cartel for
Longtime Baptist educator Lucien E. Coleman Jr. dies at 91
June 20, 2022
Lucien E. Coleman Jr., veteran religious educator and scholar, died June 11 in Weatherford, Texas. He was 91. Coleman was born to in Lepanto, Arkansas
Baylor to rename Burleson Quadrangle, move statue
June 6, 2022
Baylor University will remove the statue of slaveholding former president Rufus Burleson from the quadrangle that has borne his name and add to Founders Mall
Civil Rights tour ‘opened the eyes and hearts’ of ETBU students
June 6, 2022
A group of East Texas Baptist University students, faculty and staff recently spent four days in Alabama learning the history and significance of the Civil
Longtime Baptist Standard editor Presnall Wood dies at age 89
March 15, 2022
Presnall H. Wood, who was editor of the Baptist Standard through one of the most tumultuous periods in Southern Baptist history, died March 10 in
Sex offenders ‘permanently disqualified’ from church leadership in Baptist General Convention of Texas
October 2, 2021
The Baptist General Convention of Texas executive board approved a policy declaring any registered sex offender “permanently disqualified” from church leadership. A committee-recommended policy would
Wayland (Texas) Baptist University alum wins Olympic gold medal
August 17, 2021
Three athletes with ties to Wayland Baptist University were in Tokyo competing in the Olympic Games. Tamyra Mariama Mensah-Stock of Katy, Texas — a Wayland
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