Recalibrating, not retiring: pastor transitions ministry after two-decade tenure
December 5, 2025
After 19 years and 4 months, Fred McCoy is concluding his ministry as pastor of Houston Lake Baptist Church.
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Food Pantry ministry ‘really making a difference’ in community
December 5, 2025
It’s amazing what a small church with a big heart can do.
Evangelist’s case goes before the Supreme Court
December 4, 2025
Authorities arrested Gabriel Olivier in 2021 after refusing to remain in a designated protest zone in Brandon, Mississippi.
Families file class-action suit to stop Ten Commandment displays
December 4, 2025
Eighteen families filed a class-action lawsuit Dec. 2 to stop the display of a prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in all classrooms of every Texas school district not already involved in related litigation or subject to an injunction.
Miss Georgia urges Baptists to use influence to reach lost
December 3, 2025
“My goal in life, my calling, is to know Christ and to make Him known. Everything that I do is situated under that purpose,” said Miss Georgia 2025 Audrey Kittila, a member of First Baptist Church Alpharetta.
Longtime Baptist journalist Ken Camp to retire after decades of reporting
December 2, 2025
Baptist Standard Managing Editor Ken Camp will retire Dec. 31, bringing to a close a decades-long era of reporting on Texas Baptists.
Cowboy church disciples men along cattle drive
December 2, 2025
In 2011, Montague County Cowboy Church Pastor Joe Caballero took a camping trip with his family, along with two other families, to Carson National Forest in New Mexico.
First person: A response to physician-assisted suicide
December 1, 2025
The Church has been discussing topics like abortion, embryo adoption, in vitro fertilization and vaccines for many years.
‘Do Not Be Afraid’: Why she knows more of God through cancer
November 23, 2025
Cathy Blalock stood on Folly Beach, listening to the waves and watching the dark clouds roll in. “A storm is coming,” she thought. She reached for her phone and texted a friend who was going through a hard time.
‘Very small church’ reaches 150 countries with tract ministry
November 22, 2025
Down a winding country road on the border of the national forest in Wayne County, sits little Strengthford Church. Every Sunday, the brothers and sisters in Christ pour generously into their missional offering, set aside to aid those in the community.
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