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  BGCT Executive Board OKs $1 million loan to BUA

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board unanimously approved a $1 million loan, a $250,000 gift and a $250,000 challenge grant to financially beleaguered Baptist University of the Américas.

  09/27/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Around the State: Baylor recognized as one of South’s most beautiful campuses

  Southern Living Magazine named Baylor University among the South’s most beautiful college campuses. Peter Dysert, chief of pathology at Baylor University Medical Center, joined Jim Denison for a public discussion at Dallas Baptist University about advances in genetic medicine and its ethical implications.

  09/27/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Mark Lowry stays true to ‘Humble’ beginnings in Texas

  With a unique gift of communicating biblical truths through music and storytelling, Grammy Award-winning recording artist and comedian Mark Lowry desires to connect with audiences of all ages.

  09/27/2017 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

• Obituaries: Roger W. Hall and Robert Perry Kite

  Roger Warren Hall, former treasurer and chief financial officer for the Baptist General Convention of Texas, died Sept. 23 in Enterprise, Ala. He was 73. Robert Perry Kite, a deacon emeritus at South Garland Baptist Church in Garland, died Sept. 22. He was 91.

  09/27/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  State officials urge FEMA funding for houses of worship

  Texas officials wrote President Trump urging him to follow up on his tweeted endorsement of federal disaster relief for churches after Hurricane Harvey.

  09/27/2017 - By Adelle M. Banks / Religion News Service

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  Conditions in Puerto Rico complicate Baptist relief efforts

  Hurricane Maria knocked power out for nearly the entire population of Puerto Rico, leaving the island’s infrastructure devastated and complicating Southern Baptist disaster relief ministries.

  09/27/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Pillowcase ministry offers comfort to foster children in Beaumont

  For foster children who frequently move from home to home, having an item to keep along the way can make them feel at home, which is important when coping with intense emotions.

  09/27/2017 - By Odufa Atsegbua / Buckner International

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  Huffman provides shelter and hope in midst of recovery

  Soon after darkness fell and waters rose as Hurricane Harvey made landfall, Christians came together to offer Texans a glimmering beacon of hope.

  09/25/2017 - By Kirsten McKimmey / Texas Baptist Communications

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  BUA posicionada para afrontar nuevos retos, dice nuevo presidente

  La visión que los bautistas en Texas tenían para la escuela que ahora se conoce como Universidad Bautista de las Américas (BUA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha cambiado desde su creación en 1947—esto no es un retroceso, sino una inversión.

  09/21/2017 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  La Convención hace cambios para atender nuevas necesidades

  El trabajo de la Convención General Bautista de Texas con los hispanos existía antes que la Convención Hispana Bautista de Texas estableciera sus oficinas con un director executivo siete años atrás.

  09/21/2017 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Around the State: BUA students serve; TBM volunteers continue providing disaster relief

  A dozen Baptist University of the Américas students served during the summer, either on the school’s mobile missions team or its worship missions team. Texas Baptist Men volunteers continue to serve in 22 sites along the Texas Gulf Coast, providing disaster relief in partnership with Baptist volunteers from more than two-dozen other states.

  09/20/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Despite Harvey’s horrors, survivors experience God’s grace

  Survivors of Hurricane Harvey have experienced God’s grace in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.

  09/20/2017 - By Marv Knox / Fellowship Southwest