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  Defense Department expands its list of recognized religions

  The U.S. Department of Defense announced a near doubling of its list of recognized religions. Now it formally will recognize humanism and other minority faiths among members of the armed forces.

  04/24/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Most Texas voters support criminal justice reform

  More than three-fourths of Texas voters believe 17-year-old offenders should be treated as juveniles rather than adults, and an even greater number support alternatives to incarceration for some nonviolent low-level drug-related crimes, a newly released survey revealed.

  04/20/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  CBF of Texas supports ministry students who will lose scholarships

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Texas has established a fund to support ministry students who will lose their scholarships because their congregations have been removed from the Baptist General Convention of Texas for affirming same-sex relationships.

  04/19/2017 - By Marv Knox

• On the Move: Sandlin and Webb

  Pastoral transitions noted at churches in Sugar Land and Houston.

  04/19/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Around the State: Howard Payne theater students honored; UMHB streams Easter pageant online

  Howard Payne University theater students brought home several awards from the Christian University Theatre Festival. For the first time, the student-led University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Easter pageant was streamed live online, drawing 3,700 viewers from as far away as the Czech Republic.

  04/19/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  BJC urges court to uphold ban on state funds for church school playground

  Missouri acted properly in denying public funds to a Lutheran church that wanted the state to pay for improvements to its playground, an attorney with the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty insisted.

  04/19/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Howell and Stripling to receive Texas Baptist Legacy Awards

  Elmin Howell, founding director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas River Ministry, and Paul Stripling, executive director emeritus of Waco Baptist Association, will receive the 2017 Texas Baptist Legacy Awards.

  04/19/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Baylor University elects Linda Livingstone to return as 15th president

  Baylor University has elected Linda Livingtone, dean of George Washington University’s School of Business and a former Baylor faculty member and administrator, as its 15th president.

  04/18/2017 - By Marv Knox

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  Texas CLC backs package of pro-life legislation

  The Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission joined the Texas Alliance for Life, the Texans for Life Coalition and the Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops in supporting what proponents call “a thoughtful package of pro-life legislation” in the Texas House of Representatives.

  04/18/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Texas Baptist professors denounce political sins and confess complicity

  More than two-dozen faculty and staff at six Texas Baptist universities joined 1,100 other Christian scholars who signed a statement of confession and commitment denouncing a political environment “marked by fear, polarization and violence.”

  04/18/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Texas Baptists help provide clean water for Liberian community

  Two Forth Worth churches—Birdville Baptist and Haltom Road Baptist Church—jointly sponsored a walkathon to raise money for a water tower project in Liberia.

  04/17/2017 - By Ken Camp

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  Worldwide downward trend in restrictions on religion reversed

  The number of countries with “high levels” of restrictions on religion due to government policies or actions of people increased in 2015, reversing a downward trend, according to a new study.

  04/17/2017 - By Ken Camp