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Rebecca (Becky) Lynn Ellison of Waco, Christian Women’s Job Corps/Christian Men’s Job Corps consultant for Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas, died May 16. She was 58.
05/21/2020 - By Ken Camp
Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary plans to launch an extension campus for the San Antonio region in 2021, seeking to reach students who cannot pursue traditional, in-residence theological education.
05/20/2020 - By Terry Goodrich / Baylor University
More than 600 vehicles participated in a May 15 commencement parade honoring DBU graduates. HPU and ETBU announce tuition discounts.
05/20/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard
Francis Collins, world-renowned geneticist and director of the National Institutes of Health, is the 2020 recipient of the Templeton Prize. Collins is known for advocating for the holistic integration of Christian faith and science.
05/20/2020 - By Kathryn Post / Religion News Service
While COVID-19 has affected all sectors of the U.S. population, studies show African American and Hispanic communities have suffered disproportionate tolls in death, illness and loss of income. Researchers link the disparities to long-term racial inequities in health care and employment.
05/19/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press
The Baptist General Convention of Texas operating budget took a significant COVID-19-related hit in April, the BGCT Executive Board learned in a May 19 video conference meeting. In executive session, the board approved a voluntary retirement package for eligible staff to “reset” the BGCT.
05/19/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
Willie Thomas McPherson, recognized as a trailblazer in Southern Baptist race relations and diversity, died May 12 in Wichita, Kan., at age 80.
05/18/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press
The cast of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s cancelled spring musical, “Carousel,” released an online recording of the show’s finale “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” produced via the Zoom meeting app.
05/18/2020 - By James Stafford / University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Baylor University regents adopted a $679.9 million annual operating budget for 2020-21, down $14.2 million from the most recent academic year’s budget and $70 million below the pre-pandemic projected budget for next year.
05/15/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
Silvia Briones, a missionary with Texas Baptist River Ministry, discovered new ways to serve—locally as a hospital chaplain and globally by offering training and organizing online prayer meetings—when the COVID-19 crisis restricted in-person ministry along the Rio Grande.
05/15/2020 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications
Churches that received small loans as part of a COVID-19 relief program learned May 13 they will not face the risk of a federal government challenge to their certification of the loans’ necessity.
05/15/2020 - By Tom Strode / Baptist Press
On a typical pre-pandemic Sunday, First Baptist Church in Lake Worth attracted about 40 worshippers, most of them senior adults. But by working with community partners, the church is helping to feed hundreds of Northwest Tarrant County families.
