
Texas families file suit over Ten Commandments displays
More than a dozen Texas families filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court on Sept. 22 seeking to stop their school districts from displaying a state-prescribed version of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

First person: New Kids Edition offers faith-based, low-tech fun for readers
The Baptist Paper Kids Edition premieres this week. Scripture, science, jokes, art, baking, crafting, puzzling — there’s something to engage mind, body and spirit on each page.

Ray Gentry, associational missions leader, shifts to full-time role
Ray Gentry, part-time president of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Leaders since 2015, will move into a full-time role

America’s ‘seismic shift’: Rural areas are crucial missions field, researcher says
Jeff Clark believes Christians need to reach their cities for Christ, but they shouldn’t overlook those without Christ in rural

First person: Maybe try softer approach, avoid knocking heads
Asking questions, sharing concerns, venting frustrations, attempting to understand — what if we all committed to do these things without

‘The pastor of New Orleans’: NOBTS dedicates student center to Fred Luter Jr.’s legacy
More than 4,000 friends and dignitaries gathered in front of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary June 14 to celebrate the

First Person: Trusting the Storyteller when we don’t want to move
I recall a time my faith was really tested back in August 2019. Through that testing, God reminded me again

Pastor to Slavic congregation: ‘We are citizens of Heaven’
“We know tensions are on the rise between Russia and Ukraine. A war is going on. This is not news