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  Family lives with ups and downs of fostering and adoption

  Faith and Gerald Varlack are roller coaster riders of sorts. As they say, it comes with the territory of God’s calling for them to serve as foster and adoptive parents.

  11/19/2021 - By Russ Dilday / Buckner International

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  Russia added to list of worst religious liberty violators

  The U.S. State Departmen added Russia to its list of nations it considers among the world’s most egregious violators of religious freedom.

  11/18/2021 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Around the State: Baylor names Foster Basketball Pavilion

  Baylor University will name its basketball pavilion for Paul and Alejandra Foster of El Paso in recognition of the Fosters’ $100 million gift in 2019 to the university’s Give Light Campaign

  11/17/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Ed Stetzer: Tumultuous times call for fearless followers

  In “tumultuous and turbulent times,” Christians can find guidance and motivation in unchanging truths from Scripture, missiologist and cultural observer Ed Stetzer assured Texas Baptists.

  11/17/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas Baptists reminded of local church centrality

  Speakers at Texas Baptists’ annual meeting in Galveston emphasized the central role of the local church in God’s mission and testified to God’s greatness.

  11/17/2021 - By Teresa Young

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  Hardage highlights Texas Baptists’ accomplishments

  David Hardage, executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, celebrated the diverse accomplishments of Texas Baptists in his report to Texas Baptists’ 136th annual meeting.

  11/17/2021 - By Lauren Sturdy

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  Texas Baptists create task force to address generational change

  Texas Baptists addressed generational change at their annual meeting, voting overwhelmingly to create a task force to explore ways to increase Millennial and Generation Z involvement in churches and the denomination.

  11/17/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas Baptists urged to make disciples and embrace unity

  Texas Baptists at the opening worship service of their annual meeting in Galveston heard calls to make disciples and embrace unity.

  11/16/2021 - By Lauren Sturdy

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  BGCT messengers elect officers and approve budget

  Texas Baptists elected officers and approved a nearly $34.6 million budget during the first business session at the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in Galveston on Nov. 15.

  11/15/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Friends of Truett challenged to ‘close the gap’

  With 368 students and 322 endowed student scholarships, Dean Todd Still wants to see Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary “close the gap” by endowing 12 scholarships per year for the next four years.

  11/15/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Martinez on treasure hunt for historical insight

  Boxes filled with old files may not excite many people, but Bobby Martinez sees them as buried treasure—valuable resources that reveal Hispanic Texas Baptists’ history and heritage.

  11/12/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Flap over God’s pronouns might save Elm Mott church

  A small Baptist church in Central Texas received more than $15,000 in donations after a conservative group criticized the congregation’s website for using the wrong pronouns for God.

  11/12/2021 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service