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  Baylor regents approve final phase of Tidwell renovation

  Baylor University regents at their February meeting approved the final phase and total project budget of $21.2 million for the restoration of Tidwell Bible Building.

  02/25/2020 - By Lori Fogleman / Baylor University

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  ERLC officers: Task force probe ‘divisive and disrespectful’

  Officers of the board of trustees of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission strongly objected to the formation of a task force to study the ERLC’s effectiveness and instructed the entity and its leadership “not to comply” with the inquiry.

  02/24/2020 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

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  BGCT president urges seminary students to ‘move forward’

  Michael Evans, president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, exhorted students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to “move forward with victory in mind.”

  02/24/2020 - By Alex Sibley / Southwestern Seminary

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  TBM extends EVP partnership in Israel

  The Texas Baptist Men board of directors voted to extend the missions organization’s partnership with the Emergency Volunteers Project in Israel for another two years.

  02/24/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Former deans and provost criticize plan to close Logsdon

  Two former deans of the Logsdon School of Theology said a trustee-approved plan to close Logsdon Seminary and scale back the remaining undergraduate religion program appear contrary to the original intent of the donors whose gifts established them.

  02/21/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  ERLC and its chief face scrutiny by SBC task force

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee will launch a task force to examine the activities of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the convention’s public policy organization headed by Russell Moore.

  02/19/2020 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

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  SBC Executive Committee ‘disfellowships’ West Texas church

  The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee voted to “disfellowship” a Midland church whose pastor is a registered sex offender.

  02/19/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Around the State: Buckner and HPU collaborate

  Buckner International and Howard Payne University launched a collaboration to provide volunteer and missions opportunities, humanitarian aid drives and enhanced experiential learning opportunities for students. Texas Baptists will accept nominations beginning April 1 for recipients of the inaugural BEST (Baptist Educators Serving Texans) Award.

  02/19/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Texas Baptists pass 1,000 mark in chaplain endorsements

  Texas Baptists’ chaplaincy relations program, in partnership with the Baptist General Association of Virginia, passed the 1,000 mark in chaplain endorsement during a Feb. 16 endorsement ceremony. 

  02/18/2020 - By Texas Baptists Communications

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  BGCT Executive Board elects Ward Hayes as CFO

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board unanimously elected Ward Hayes, a Stephenville pastor and certified public accountant with more than two decades of banking experience, as Texas Baptists’ treasurer and chief financial officer.

  02/18/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  HSU president addresses BGCT Executive Board

  HSU trustees voted to close Logsdon Seminary and direct endowment earnings to undergraduate programs in the School of Theology because the university could not “keep two financially weak programs going,” President Eric Bruntmyer told Texas Baptist leaders.

  02/18/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Conservative network launched to address concerns about SBC

  A self-described group of “grassroots” Southern Baptists announced the formation of the Conservative Baptist Network Feb. 14.

  02/17/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press