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  Church opens room for healing 100 years after race massacre

  A hundred years after a race massacre, First Baptist Church in Tulsa, Okla., hopes to set the foundation for a new narrative.

  02/10/2021 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Texas gambling opponents ready for battle

  Opponents of gambling expansion in Texas are accustomed to being outnumbered and outspent in David-and-Goliath-style battles. And they remember who won the biblical fight between a shepherd boy and a giant.

  02/09/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Americans less optimistic about race relations

  Fewer Americans believe the nation has made significant progress in race relations, and a majority say things grew worse under Donald Trump’s presidency, a recent Lifeway Resarch study reveals.

  02/09/2021 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

• Obituary: Gene Jorgenson

  Gene Jorgenson, longtime Baptist pastor and evangelism consultant, died Feb. 1. He was 90.

  02/08/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  UMHB art professor tells the story of the Bible visually

  David Hill was sitting in a worship service one day when he realized he needed to use his God-given artistic talents to serve his church.

  02/08/2021 - By Christi Mays / University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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  NAMB trustees affirm cooperation and missional strategy

  North American Mission Board trustees unanimously passed a resolution on cooperation and missional strategy at their February 2021 board meeting.

  02/08/2021 - By Jonathan Howe / Baptist Press

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  Settlement restores control to Baylor and Southwestern

  A legal settlement has returned control of the Harold E. Riley Foundation to Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

  02/08/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Scholar frames biblical narrative as immigrant story

  Human history in general and the biblical narrative in particular are collections of immigrant stories, an Old Testament scholar told an online audience and an in-person group of Howard Payne University students and faculty.

  02/08/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  TBM team provides water for refugees in Uganda

  Due to the diligence and persistence of Texas Baptist Men water ministry volunteers, a refugee camp in northwestern Uganda has a new source of pure drinking water.

  02/05/2021 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

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  National Prayer Breakfast speakers call for forgiveness

  Despite the nation’s past struggles, prayer and forgiveness can help Americans find a way forward, Andrew Young—civil rights leader and former ambassador to the United Nations—told participants in the virtual National Prayer Breakfast.

  02/05/2021 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  Around the State: Baylor nursing students administer vaccine

  Students and faculty with Baylor University’s Louise Herrington School of Nursing have volunteered to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine at the Waco-McLennan County Public Health District vaccination clinic.

  02/03/2021 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  UMHB community clinic offers therapy and counseling

  Belton residents once walked through the doors of the church building on Pearl Street to feed their spiritual needs. Now, the landmark structure serves as a place where residents can get physical and occupational therapy, along with help for their mental health needs.

  02/03/2021 - By Christi Mays / University of Mary Hardin-Baylor