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Young people in Gen Z have little interest in religious systems and institutions, but they crave acceptance and meaningful connections, a campus minister and a college pastor told a Texas Baptist gathering in Waco.
Division is not hard to find in society, BGCT President Ronny Marriott told Texas Baptists at their annual meeting.
The Texas Baptist Missions Foundation celebrated the work of Baptist Student Ministries around the state and offered updates on efforts to construct a new BSM building at Baylor University.
A panel discussion on the role of women in ministry closed out the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting.
Keynote speakers at Texas Baptists’ annual meeting expounded on various aspects of Jesus’ “kingdom agenda” as revealed in the Gospels.
Albert Reyes, president and CEO of Buckner International, challenged leaders of Hispanic Baptist churches in Texas to look to the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry to learn his agenda and adopt it as their own.
Strategic partnerships and cooperation are key as the Baptist General Convention of Texas looks to the future, Executive Director Julio Guarneri told Texas Baptists.
Messengers to Texas Baptists’ 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.
Texas Baptists at their annual meeting authorized the Baptist General Convention of Texas to form a corporation to provide churches access to property and casualty insurance, elected officers and approved a $36.7 million Texas budget for 2025.
Pastor Steve Bezner of Houston challenged Gen Z and Millennial church leaders to pursue a vision based on the kingdom of God rather than American Christianity.
Dallas Baptist University on Nov. 11 announced the largest donation in its history—a $20 million gift to establish the Don and Linda Carter School of Business.
Baylor University’s new strategic plan, Baylor in Deeds, offers multiple opportunities for the school to advance its mission to be a distinctively Christian research university, President Linda Livingstone said.
Four elders at Gateway Church, whose senior pastor stepped down earlier this year, have been removed after the results of a law firm’s investigation of sexual abuse allegations against the pastor were announced in a sermon Nov. 3.
More than 300 volunteers from around the United States completed 33 service projects across the Rio Grande Valley as a part of the Serve Tour Brownsville in mid-October.
Inmates in Texas prisons and the correctional officers who work there suffer in unbearable heat each summer due to unregulated temperatures.
Brooke Brandon never will forget the tornado that hit Matador last year. And she always will remember the Texans on Mission volunteers who rebuilt her home.
Hendrick Health in Abilene has provided vital healthcare services in West Texas for 100 years this September.
Speakers at a Fellowship Southwest conference challenged participants to think about the intersection between faith and justice.
Howard Payne University won a successful appeal from the Department of Education’s review committee, clarifying ownership and scoring a victory for the Baptist General Convention of Texas and related or affiliated educational institutions.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board voted to take initial steps to create a Texas Baptist insurance program to enable churches to secure affordable property and casualty, liability and similar insurance coverage.
For 38 years, Mission Arlington has existed to “take church to the people,” founder and director Tillie Burgin explained.
Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth marked the 25th anniversary of a mass shooting that left eight people killed and seven wounded.
Simultaneously leading two Chicago churches as pastor demands resilience rooted in biblical truth, Charlie Dates told participants at a Baylor University leadership conference.
True leaders not only build trust, but also draw upon trust to bring about transformation, author Tod Bolsinger told church and nonprofit leaders during a conference at Baylor University.
For the second consecutive year, Texas had the second-highest rate of household food insecurity in the nation, a study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture revealed.
Conclave NextGen conference will return to First Baptist Church in San Antonio Oct. 7-8, offering training, worship, and fellowship.
West Texas A&M Baptist Student Ministry celebrated 104 years of reaching, equipping and mobilizing students for the sake of the gospel.
When Community Missionary Baptist Church issued an open invitation for high school and college students to be baptized, Senior Pastor Oscar Epps and other leaders at the church’s Cedar Hill campus didn’t know what to expect.
Bernie Spooner—considered “Mister Sunday School” to a generation of Texas Baptists—died Aug. 9 in Dallas. He was 89.
Baptist University of the Américas and Texans on Mission have entered an agreement to work together to develop Christian leaders for a global impact.
A 23-year-old Lamar University graduate student drowned Aug. 10 while attending a Baptist Student Ministry retreat at the Toledo Bend Reservoir.
A Ukraine-born Houston Baptist layman is seeking to help his homeland rebuild its health care system by offering young Ukrainian medical professionals continuing education opportunities in the United States.
After nearly 30 years with their pastor, Crestview Baptist in Georgetown decided on a novel approach to moving forward with a successor.
First Baptist Church in Waxahachie has a long history of mission action, but it’s been a while since the youth have been on a mission trip.
Haynes Searcy carried a burden of pain and shame from childhood, a secret so dark it led him down troubled paths, even while serving in ministry.
Buckner Healthy Housing remote builds offer churches the opportunity to “work-from-home” to build houses for Rio Grande Valley families.
The Texas Baptist Missions Foundation announced July 30 the Mabee Foundation has awarded a $1.3 million Challenge Grant toward the construction of the new Baptist Student Ministry Center at Baylor University.
Everything about Camp Fusion is “done with intention” to find and develop young leaders who will serve the church and others.
Baylor regents adopted a recommendation to make the board more representative of Baylor’s personnel, student body and expanded motto.
A Hidalgo County judge denied a request from Texas AG Ken Paxton to depose a Catholic Charities leader in the Rio Grande Valley.
STCH Ministries houseparents are on the frontlines of ministry daily, serving children who need a place to call home.
Sergio Ramos will join Texas Baptists to further develop and direct the emerging network of GC2 churches and ministries in Texas and beyond.
After a fire consumed the historic chapel of First Baptist Dallas, pastor Robert Jeffress promised congregants the church will rebuild.
One hundred middle school through college students served with Bounce in Claremore, Okla., to assist in relief efforts following tornadoes that blew through the community.
The historic sanctuary at First Baptist Church Dallas burned Friday evening, July 19. The cause of the blaze is not yet known.
Heat, humidity and mosquitoes dogged all Texans on Mission volunteers working in Brazoria County as they cut up fallen trees, provided temporary roofs, did laundry and went door-to-door responding to requests for help after Hurricane Beryl.
Houston is hot, and it’s not just the temperature. People are angry and frustrated. But a group of Texans on Mission and church volunteers are ushering in a refreshing breeze of hope.
Texans on Mission has deployed two mass feeding units to meet needs in the shadow of the vast power outage caused by Hurricane Beryl in recent days.
The wives of Texans on Mission Camp Builders create fidget quilts particularly for nursing home residents and children with special needs.
While the hardworking Texans on Mission Camp Builders labor outdoors at campgrounds, their wives are hard at work indoors on creative sewing projects.
Gen Z continues to report limited opportunity and hopelessness, but some Texas Baptist university graduates offer a different take.
An El Paso district court judge ruled Attorney General Ken Paxton violated the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment in his targeting of Annunciation House, a network of nonprofit Catholic migrant shelters.
Alleged abuse by Robert Morris has prompted calls for reforms not only in the church but at the state Capitol.
“Sin Limites/Without Limits” was the Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas meeting theme as speakers challenged Hispanic Texas Baptists to consider limitless possibilities, because they serve a God of unlimited power.
Some students arrive at UMHB with more questions than answers about their futures and faith but leave changed, healed and saved.
In spite of giant obstacles, God’s people cannot afford to be paralyzed by fear or retreat to the past, Julio Guarneri told the Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas.
“School’s out for summer!” Those lyrics sound an anthem of freedom every June, but what about the children who rely on school for food?
Jack Tennison has built more than 6,000 pieces of furniture for ministries from Texas to Canada to Cuba, but at age 92 he’s now lost count. Still, he and others working with him keep building.
Joseph Adams, pastor of First Baptist Church in Hughes Springs, will be nominated for second vice president of the Baptist General Convention at Texas Baptists’ annual meeting, Nov. 10-12 in Waco.
Texas executed Ramiro Gonzales on June 26 over the objections of some evangelical leaders and the forensic psychologist who recanted his original assessment of Gonzales.
In the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the number of abortions performed in Texas has dropped dramatically. But a study published in a medical journal revealed infant deaths increased since the Texas Heartbeat Act became law.
The pending merger of East Texas Baptist University and B.H. Carroll Theological Seminary passed another milepost when a major regional institutional accrediting agency granted its approval.
A volunteer team from Lawn Baptist Church helped rebuild a tornado-damaged home in Matador.
In a statement posted on the Oak Cliff Bible Church website, Senior Pastor Tony Evans announced he has stepped away from his staff role at the church due to falling “short of the high standards of scripture.”
On June 16, Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church— affectionately known to its members as The Rock—will celebrate 160 years of faithful Christian service and ministry.
After a tornado ripped through Sanderson, Pastor Mike Ellis said residents of the small West Texas town did what they typically do. “It was neighbors helping neighbors,” Ellis said.
Several Baptists are among the evangelical Christian leaders urging clemency for Texas Death Row prisoner Ramiro Gonzales, who is scheduled to be executed June 26.
It has been a spring to remember—traumatic memories for disaster survivors. Texans on Mission volunteers already have responded to 11 declared disasters this year.
Executive Director Julio Guarneri announced a new position related to the Pastor’s Common during his Executive Board meeting address May 20.
Eric Hernandez, apologetics lead and millennial specialist with Texas Baptists’ Center for Church Health, struck up a long-distance friendship with Daniel Nieto at a time when Nieto considered himself an atheist.
The sky grew dark with threatening clouds shortly before 6 p.m. May 22, but the eight people gathered for the midweek service at Dyess Grove Baptist Church decided to go ahead as planned.
Kyle Henderson felt a clear calling from God to resign the pastorate of a church he loves to step out by faith and raise his own financial support to help churches to fulfill Christ’s Great Commission by 2033.
Twenty years ago, Vincent Baptist Church had to decide whether to disband. The church kept going. Today, it's a leading financial contributor to Texans on Mission.
A spokesperson for the SBC North American Mission Board asserted “nothing has changed, and nothing is new” regarding its policy to grant church-starting funds only to state conventions that have affirmed the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message.
Texans on Mission responded to a tornado and high winds that hit Houston May 16. The Houston storm damage is the latest in a series of disasters the organization has responded to this spring.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board affirmed the creation of a study group concerning out-of-state churches that want to affiliate with Texas Baptists’ GC2 network.
The BGCT Executive Board voted 70 percent to 30 percent in favor of Executive Committee recommendations on women in ministry in Texas.
Texas Baptists’ Theological Education Council and Institutional Relations Committee endorsed multiple graduate degree programs that will be offered by B.H. Carroll Theological Seminary at East Texas Baptist University.
Baylor University’s board of regents approved revising the university’s motto, which has been unchanged for more than a century and a half.
Thanks to the creativity of a Mississippi layman and a gift from California Baptists, Texans on Mission provided an expanded service to Southeast Texas families affected by recent flooding.
While serving as pastor of Wilcrest Baptist Church in Houston for a decade, Jonathan Williams felt a strong burden to help families combat the significant spiritual attacks, sins and struggles today’s families face.
Through partnerships with Northwest Baptists and the Metro New York Baptist Association, recent vision trips to the Pacific Northwest and New York City gave Texas Baptist church leaders opportunities to observe and connect with ministry work beyond the state's borders.
Some staff at a Rockwall megachurch seek to manipulate traffic study to get a new traffic light near the parking lot entrance.
Storms have taken a toll across Texas in recent days, and Texans on Mission deployed disaster relief volunteers into several communities in May‑—San Marcos, Conroe, Rising Star, Huffman and Kingwood.
Even a church that prioritizes ministry to the marginalized can improve how it makes people with disabilities feel more accepted and included, Pastor Jimmy Dorrell discovered.
Texas Baptists Executive Director Julio Guarneri recently presented $125,000 to Mission Arlington to help expand the Bob Mann Medical Clinic.
Once Scott Patz and his wife Angela agreed God was leading them to Texas, the long-time pastor began putting out resumes and seeking open positions.
Homes were under water, but the hands of Texans on Mission volunteers kept hope afloat in Rising Star, a small town north of Brownwood.
When damaging storms swept through San Marcos, high winds caused major damage across the city, including to the roof of First Baptist Church.
Some children go without meals, sleep on the floor and have nobody to read to them. Meadowbrook Baptist Church in Waco is working to change that.
Texans on Mission has deployed five disaster relief teams to respond to widespread flooding in Southeast Texas and has many more lined up to serve in a multi-site relief effort.
Weeks after firefighters contained the largest wildfire in Texas history, Panhandle churches are ministering to their neighbors as they continue recovery and begin rebuilding.
After storms rolled across Texas, Oklahoma and other parts of the country in recent days, Texans on Mission disaster relief teams responded.
Covenant Fellowship in Huntsville seeks to engage ex-offenders in ministry to the incarcerated population—for the mutual benefit of both.
Six months is the allotted time for refugee assistance to those resettled in the United States, said Helen Cingpi director of Project: Start.
Baptists’ emphasis on “the personal” may be the greatest gift they offer in the 21st century, ethicist Russell Moore, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today, told a group at Dallas Baptist University.
Baylor University conveyed to the Baptist General Convention of Texas the deed for a parcel of land set to house the new 12,000-square-foot Baptist Student Ministry building in an April 18 ceremony in Waco.
The 21st century church needs apostolic leaders for chaordic times that blend elements of chaos and order, Randel Everett told participants at the 2024 Christian Leadership Summit at Dallas Baptist University.
God uses Christian leaders who learn to boast in their weakness and in God’s strength, a Fort Worth pastor told participants at the Christian Leadership Summit.
Karen Bullock explored Baptist beginnings, heritage and challenges, calling for renewed housekeeping, in her Pinson Lecture Series address.
Frederick D. Haynes III, who succeeded Jesse Jackson as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, has resigned suddenly from leading the Chicago-based civil rights organization.
Pastor Felix Treviño knew the metric stating a healthy church should have one baptism per year for every 15 people in average worship attendance, but First Baptist Church of Mathis simply was not seeing God move in that way.
Coryell Community Church welcomed around 600 guests to its Gatesville campus for an Eclipse at the Crosses watch party on April 8, to anticipate and experience together the awe of totality.
During spring break, 199 student volunteers from 10 churches completed 11 construction projects through Bounce student disaster recovery, a ministry of Texas Baptists.
Texas Baptist leader Julio Guarneri challenged young people at Congreso 2024 to recognize their identify as individuals whom God loves unconditionally and is calling to be part of his redemptive plan.
Given the secrecy and shame surrounding pornography usage, researchers offer widely divergent statistics about its prevalence in the church. But few question the reality of the problem.
Baylor University professor Greg Garrett has found—and continues to find—not only relevant cultural insights, but also theological depth in James Baldwin’s essays, novels, short stories and plays.
Texas Baptists’ executive director search committee announced Julio Guarneri, lead pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in McAllen, as its nominee for Baptist General Convention of Texas executive director.
After more than 40 years of service at Wayland Baptist University, including the past eight years as president, Bobby Hall has announced plans to retire effective June 30, 2024.
When Sierra Rojas needed help, Wayland Baptist University’s Summer Bridge Program gave the freshman from Amarillo what she needed—personal attention with the long-term goal of retention.
Josh and Devon Fults’ world changed seven and a half years ago, when their daughter Hadley had to be rushed to the emergency room with a severe headache and stomach distress.
More than 100 Texas chaplains—including at least 34 Baptists—signed an open letter to all school board members in the state, urging them to reject government-approved chaplains in public schools.
Nancy Ellard retired last year and became a Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteer. The experience has been "nothing but a joy," she said.
The BGCT Executive Director Search Committee has selected a candidate to present to the Executive Board during the Sept. 18-19 meeting.
Five Texas college students engaged in a cross-cultural experience this summer designed to help them understand more clearly God’s calling on their lives.
Kyle Henderson said God doesn’t often wake him up with a definite sense of calling to a specific task. But when it happens, he pays attention.
The U.S. Department of Education confirmed Baylor University’s religious exemption from a narrow range of Title IX provisions, particularly regarding LGBTQ students.
The Discipleship Collective is an effort to provide training and resources for church leaders “to equip (Christ’s) people for works of service” (Ephesians 4:12).
Texas Baptists offer the Pastor Sabbatical Grant, in partnership with eligible churches and made possible by a Lilly Endowment grant, to provide rest and renewal for pastoral leaders.
Middle and high school students give a week of their summer vacation learning about and serving church plants through Bounce Student Church Planting.
Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas approved two constitutional amendments during its annual meeting in McAllen.
La Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas aprobó dos enmiendas constitucionales durante su reunión anual en McAllen.
Trauma survivors sit in practically every church pew and stand behind many pulpits, licensed professional counselor Katie Swafford told a workshop at Texas Baptists’ Family Gathering.
If a church is declining in attendance or plateauing for several years, there is good news. It doesn’t have to stay that way, said Jonathan Smith, director of Church Health Strategy for Texas Baptists.
Following the principles of James 1:19 can guide ministry to those who struggle with LGBTQ+ issues, David Sanchez with the Christian Life Commission told a workshop in McAllen.
If the 21st century church needs a model for healthy relationships, growth and leadership, Pastor Dwight McKissic said to look no further than Acts 13 and the first church.
Texas Baptists need to “understand what time it is”—not just the day and hour, but the significance of the moment, Baptist General Convention of Texas President Julio Guarneri told messengers to the convention’s annual meeting in McAllen.
Listening to God and practicing total obedience are keys to remaining people of influence, Pastor Greg Ammons of First Baptist Church in Garland, told Texas Baptists’ Family Gathering in McAllen.
Preaching the gospel should transcend all barriers, Pastor Dwight McKissic of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington told Texas Baptists’ Family Gathering.
Craig Christina, associate executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, exhorted messengers to the BGCT annual meeting to remember and remain unified by their first love: Jesus.
Pastor and community leader Michael Evans challenged Texas Baptists to “leverage” their diversity meet the challenge of making disciples of every people group in the state.
Using examples of how Texas Baptists have impacted his life and his native country, Pastor Thong Lun encouraged participants at Texas Baptists’ Family Gathering to follow Paul’s words in Galatians 6:9-10 to “not grow weary in doing good.”
Projected trends for population growth and demographic change have important implications for Texas Baptist churches, workshop participants at Texas Baptists’ Family Gathering learned.
When asked to approve a motion calling on the BGCT to help churches “interested in calling and employing women in ministerial and pastoral roles,” messengers to the BGCT annual meeting instead adopted an amended motion referring to “women in ministry and leadership roles.”
Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in McAllen introduced two motions related to women in ministry during the July 17 business session.
In its earliest days, devotion and generosity characterized Christ’s church—the household of God, Ellis Orozco told the opening session of Texas Baptists’ Family Gathering in McAllen.
After a lifetime of serving others, an elderly couple living in Seagoville had their well-worn home blessed by the service of their community and Texas Baptist Men volunteers.
Seven Wayland Baptist University students and two faculty members traveled to rural Honduras this summer, where they conducted door-to-door medical visits and participated in children’s ministry activities.
Joseph Barrett took time away from his pastoral duties recently to lend a hand when the Ellis County disaster relief chainsaw team responded after a storm toppled trees across a broad swath north of Corsicana.
During the early years of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, the school had its fair share of unusual rules.
Soot-covered Texas Baptist Men volunteers swirled around Mark Korenek , some with wheelbarrows, moving charred personal items from the fire that burned his Grand Prairie home in January.
At 8 p.m. on June 21, an EF-3 tornado hit the western part of Matador, claiming four lives and injuring 15 people. First Baptist Church quickly became a hub of relief ministry to the community.
It’s not about pink dresses, blue button-downs, 18-wheelers or Barbies. For theologian Katie McCoy, dispelling gender dysphoria rests on Scripture undiluted by cultural stereotypes society assigns.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas will gather for the 138th Annual Meeting on July 16-18 at the McAllen Convention Center.
Russell H. Dilday, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth during its greatest period of growth, died June 21. He was 92.
When 100 mph winds knocked out the power to about 150,000 East Texans and large trees fell across houses, TBM converged on the area to help.
All of Octavia Uribe's family survived last week’s EF-3 tornado in Perryton. Others weren’t that fortunate.
When Pastor Pan Yongguang prayed for members of his persecuted church, he never dreamed they all would be able to resettle in the United States.
Texas Baptist Men distributed more than 175,000 diapers to 24 ministries around the state as a result of donations made during its Mother’s Day emphasis.
Sandra Sexton Welling arrived at Hardin-Simmons University with a vision for developing a program focused on Christ-centered nursing.
Texas Baptists' board voted to declare two congregations outside of harmonious cooperation with the churches of the convention due to their public affirmation of same-sex sexuality.
By maneuvering through Ninja Warrior-style obstacle courses, youth speaker Jared Greer creates a distinctive platform to capture the attention of audiences and creatively communicate the gospel message.
Glenn Lackey of Temple, founding co-president of First Blessing ministry, will be nominated for second vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission issued a statement saying it “looks forward to working with our elected legislators on common-sense legislation that curbs gun violence.”
The public policy director for Texas Baptists' Christian Life Commission says it is "too early to take any victory laps" after the end of the regular session of the Texas Legislature.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty $7.2 million to operate its Meals-to-You program for a fifth summer.
Three East Texas Baptist University students distributed food, helped with an after-school program and prayerwalked the streets of Red Hook in Brooklyn.
The Texas school chaplains bill was carried by an alliance of activists, Christian groups and conservative lawmakers championing forms of Christian nationalism.
A bill that would have mandated the display of the Ten Commandments in every Texas public school classroom failed to advance in the Texas House of Representatives.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas voted to create a task force to study and recommend responses to sexual abuse issues in Texas Baptist churches.
In a last-ditch move, the Texas Senate Committee on Public Education attached a school voucher program to a substitute version of a House-approved public education funding bill.
A former youth minister remained in jail after telling the Magnolia Police Department he sexually touched teenage boys while working at First Baptist Church of Magnolia.
During her senior year at Baylor, Sydney Duke learned she was a 1 in 19 million bone marrow donor match for a patient with cancer.
TBM volunteers have served more than 2,300 hours since the April 19 storms hit Shawnee, Okla., with winds as high as 135 mph.
Through their music and message, the Erwins— a Dove Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Southern Gospel music group—remain focused on shining the spotlight on Christ.
More than 2,000 community residents and guests gathered at Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen to mourn, pray and comfort one another after a mass shooting at a nearby mall.
Members of Oak View Baptist Church in Irving have stepped up to the plate with opportunities to meet needs in their community and connect students to the life-changing love of Christ.
Bobby Contreras encouraged attendees at the Future Church 2030 Conference to recognize not just the importance of the cultural moment, but important place of the El Paso region in that moment.
Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission filed a complaint with the state attorney general’s office regarding advertising linking the purchase of lottery tickets to a chance at a “grocery giveaway.”
Debbie Potter, minister of children at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio, will be nominated for second vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
The Baptist Standard won five awards in national competitions, including recognition by both Associated Church Press and the Evangelical Press Association for its website.
Hardin-Simmons University expects about 3,000 students from schools throughout the Big Country region for its annual Western Heritage Day. Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas elected Jackie Evans Faughn of First Baptist Church in McKinney to a one-year term as president .
Julio Guarneri, presidente en funciones de la Convención General Bautista de Texas y pastor principal de la Calvary Baptist Church de McAllen, será nominado para un segundo mandato de un año como Presidente de los Bautistas de Texas.
Through his music and message, worship leader Art Wellborn hopes to help students and young adults realize the importance of connecting with a local church and being encouraged by a community of believers.
A fertilizer plant explosion on April 17, 2013, forever changed West, a small Central Texas town. Its impact also is still felt by First Baptist Church in West and its pastor.
The Texas Senate passed a bill that would require public schools to post the Ten Commandments prominently in every classroom.
Texas Baptist Men volunteers responded quickly after a series of tornadoes swept across Southeast Texas from the Houston area to Orange.
This year, 106 international students from 35 countries selected the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. For many, life as an international student includes facing challenges like language barriers and social, cultural and religious differences.
Nearly 50 years of picking, poking, pranking and praying for each another have characterized the friendship of three college friends from Wayland Baptist University.
First Baptist Church in Stephenville gathered for worship on Jan. 22, four days after the façade on the exterior of one of its buildings collapsed, injuring two construction workers.
Michael Evans, mayor of Mansfield and senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church there, developed a heart for public service when he was 8 years old.
Saying the church’s “evangelism has fallen short of our calling,” Pastor Tony Evans urged attendees at Texas Baptists’ Statewide Evangelism Conference to go and make disciples.
When Mary's House recently opened its doors to provide a residence for a missionary family, it marked a dream come true for Texas WMU and the World Missions Center at Southwestern Seminary.
A plane crash in Lavaca County killed four members of Harvest Church in Germantown, Tenn., and left one person hospitalized.
The search committee is accepting nominations for the next executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas through Jan. 31.
Fellowship Southwest has launched a program to help immigrants to the United States gain legal status.
Protecting public schools that serve all children is a fight for "the soul of democracy," panelists told a crowd of activists and public education advocates in Southlake.
Dustin Benac believes the church has a future, and he wants to help congregations get ready for it.
La iglesia Bautista Parkview, localizada en Plainview, Texas, albergó la junta anual navideña para pastores patrocinada por la Unión Femenil Misionera (UFM) para el compañerismo de los Plains de Texas.
The first time Pastor Dana Moore set foot behind the walls of a prison was to visit a Texas Death Row inmate.
Ten Texas Baptist Men volunteers took their expertise in mass feeding to Israel recently to learn how to provide those services in a culturally appropriate manner in Israel.
San Antonio Baptist Association recently recognized 19 pastors who have served 25 or more years at the church where they minister now, including six who have served 30 years or more.
Bobby Smith, founding director of Chaplaincy Relations with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died Oct. 18.
Religious persecution in China today is worse than it has been in decades, former Chinese dissident and longtime international human rights advocate Bob Fu told a gathering at Dallas Baptist University.
An August trip to the Amazon involving participants from the United States included Pastor Bruce Rudd of Mt. Sylvan Baptist Church in Tyler.
Jesus’ feeding of the multitude offers a lesson in love, Bread for the World President Eugene Cho told participants at the Together at the Table Hunger and Poverty Summit at Baylor University.
Together at the Table Hunger and Poverty Summit speakers focused on lessons learned about food insecurity and nutrition from the COVID-19 pandemic.
By utilizing a large turnout of local volunteers, Texas Baptist Men is multiplying the ministry’s impact in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
Food insecurity is a widespread problem that demands evidence-based, on-the-ground solutions, panelists told a Christian community development conference.
The ways churches respond to white flight can have “unfortunate, unintended consequences” both for congregations and the communities they serve, a Baylor University sociologist told a Christian community development conference.
Wayland Baptist University recibirá casi $3 millones del Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos durante los próximos cinco años para garantizar el éxito académico de los estudiantes hispanos y de bajos ingresos, de primera generación.
WACO—Systemic racism has more to do with greed and profit than with race-based hatred, a Baylor University authority on lynching told a Christian community development conference. “Racism is not fundamentally...
The Bible tells the stories of women whom God used and who exercised spiritual leadership, but they are all-but-invisible when Scripture is viewed through patriarchal lenses, best-selling author Beth Allison...
Systemic racism has more to do with greed and profit than with race-based hatred, a Baylor University authority on lynching told a Christian community development conference.
The Bible tells the stories of women whom God used and who exercised spiritual leadership, but they are all-but-invisible when Scripture is viewed through patriarchal lenses, best-selling author Beth Allison Barr said.
Hurricane Ian is gone, and its floodwaters have receded. But devastating evidence of its presence remains throughout Naples, Fla., where Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers are serving.
White Christians concerned about racial equality often have difficulty moving beyond introspection to anti-racist action, a sociologist told a Christian community development conference.
The State of Texas is scheduled to execute John Henry Ramirez on Oct. 5, and his pastor plans to be in the death chamber to lay a hand on him and pray for him.
The first wave of Texas Baptist Men volunteers are headed to Florida to meet needs caused by Hurricane Ian.
By working collaboratively, two Dallas-area nonprofit organizations with Texas Baptist connections will bring free groceries and other services to a South Dallas food desert.
Houston Baptist University has changed its name to Houston Christian University, President Robert B. Sloan announced during a Sept. 20 open forum with faculty, staff, past and present trustees, and students.
Un nuevo centro ministerial se abrirá en Laredo, Texas, como parte de una asociación entre Texas Baptists River Ministry y Send Relief.
A new estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau asserts Hispanics make up a larger segment of the Texas population than any other group—a demographic reality particularly significant to Texas Baptists.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board honored David Hardage prior to his year-end retirement as executive director and approved a proposal for an increased BGCT budget for the second consecutive year.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas has both an urgent need and a tremendous opportunity to involve Gen Z and Millennials in Texas Baptist life, two task force representatives said.
Dianne Crouch said her “first date” with future husband Rick was working on a “mud-out” disaster relief mission.
Too often, men have overlooked and silenced women who have sought to proclaim the gospel or exercise leadership in the church, Meredith Stone told the Texas Baptist Women in Ministry Conference.