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The Baptist Standard is the independent forum for Baptist voices speaking to the challenges of today’s world. We are forward-looking people committed to historic Baptist ideals and the spectrum of Baptist voices. We specialize in news, features and opinion for Texas Baptists through our partnership with churches, institutions and individuals associated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Our coverage also includes the Baptist World Alliance, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, the Southern Baptist Convention and news, trends and ideas about religion around the world.

The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy agency will go its own way on immigration policy, breaking ties with a c...
09/19/2025

The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy agency will go its own way on immigration policy, breaking ties with a coalition of other evangelical Christian bodies focused on the issue.

AI-generated content flooded social media—and even were part of worship services—in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, ...
09/19/2025

AI-generated content flooded social media—and even were part of worship services—in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing, with supporters sharing images, videos and audio messages featuring the felled activist that were made by artificial intelligence.

I’m going to talk about traumatizing things, and I’m going to challenge Christians to focus on who Jesus commands us to ...
09/18/2025

I’m going to talk about traumatizing things, and I’m going to challenge Christians to focus on who Jesus commands us to be. Our present moment demands it. ******* I returned...

I’m going to talk about traumatizing things, and I’m going to challenge Christians to focus on who Jesus commands us to be. Our present moment demands it.

A look at the implications of changes to the Johnson Amendment and how they could affect the role of faith-based and non...
09/17/2025

A look at the implications of changes to the Johnson Amendment and how they could affect the role of faith-based and nonprofit organizations in politics.

Lesson Three in the Connect360 unit “Find Us Faithful: Standing Firm in Our Faith” focuses on 2 Peter 1:8-11
09/17/2025

Lesson Three in the Connect360 unit “Find Us Faithful: Standing Firm in Our Faith” focuses on 2 Peter 1:8-11

Representatives of Corteva AgriScience joined Wayland Baptist University students, faculty, staff and administrators Aug...
09/17/2025

Representatives of Corteva AgriScience joined Wayland Baptist University students, faculty, staff and administrators Aug. 5 to dedicate a new recycled-material bench.

Representatives of Corteva AgriScience joined Wayland Baptist University students, faculty, staff and administrators to dedicate a new bench.

09/17/2025

🎉 New ministry opportunities in our classifieds
⛪ - Clara Springs Baptist Camp, Pelican, LA, is seeking a maintenance director
⛪ - First Baptist Church, Chappell Hill, TX, is seeking a children's director

More information available at the link in the comments

Only 66 percent of American Christians accept the biblical teaching that all have sinned, George Barna said in the lates...
09/17/2025

Only 66 percent of American Christians accept the biblical teaching that all have sinned, George Barna said in the latest release from the 2025 American Worldview Survey he oversees at Arizona Christian University.

Retired South Carolina Baptist state convention leader and longtime pastor Gary Hollingsworth has been selected as inter...
09/17/2025

Retired South Carolina Baptist state convention leader and longtime pastor Gary Hollingsworth has been selected as interim president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, effective Oct. 1.

Two months after the Trump administration dismantled the United States Agency for International Development, humanitaria...
09/17/2025

Two months after the Trump administration dismantled the United States Agency for International Development, humanitarian organizations are reorganizing as they reel from the effects.

Two months after the Trump administration dismantled the United States Agency for International Development, the federal agency that delivered foreign assistance to developing countries, humanitarian organizations are reorganizing as they reel from the effects.

A predominantly white church that sought to learn about its racial history has dedicated a memorial to the enslaved peop...
09/17/2025

A predominantly white church that sought to learn about its racial history has dedicated a memorial to the enslaved people who once worked on the building’s land in downtown Washington, D.C.

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