• On the Move: Lowrie, Salvato, Shaw and Smith

  Staff changes noted for churches in Decatur and San Angelo.

  09/21/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Around the State: Patriot Day in Pasadena; Baylor seeks input on presidential search

  South Main Baptist Church in Pasadena observed Patriot Day Sept. 11 by honoring local first responders. Baylor University is seeking input regarding the characteristics the university’s next president should possess, as well as soliciting names of candidates for the position.

  09/21/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Challenge: Eliminate barriers that limit access to healthy food

  Improved access to healthy food means eliminating both geographic and economic barriers, speakers told the fifth annual Dallas Hunger Summit.

  09/20/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Bruntmyer installed as president at Hardin-Simmons University

  More than 2,000 people filled the Behrens Auditorium on the Hardin-Simmons University campus when HSU installed Eric Bruntmyer as its 16th president during an investiture ceremony that also marked the university’s 125th anniversary.

  09/19/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Millennials less religious than their parents at the same age, expert says

  Neither pessimists who predict a rising tide of atheism in the United States nor optimists who express confidence Millennials eventually will return to church understand the full picture about the nation’s changing religious landscape, an expert from the Pew Research Center told a crowd at Baptist University of the Américas.

  09/19/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Muslims surpass atheists as most unpopular group in U.S.

  Four out of 10 Americans disapprove of atheists, but an even greater number say the same thing about Muslims.

  09/19/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  What’s U.S. religion worth? $1.2 trillion, one demographer says

  Religion represents big bucks—worth $1.2 trillion annually to the American economy, according to the first comprehensive study to tabulate such a figure.

  09/19/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Dallas pastors urge Baptists to walk together in battling injustice

  Two Baptist pastors—one from a historically African-American church in South Dallas and the other from a predominantly white church in North Dallas—told the New Baptist Covenant about their journey together.

  09/19/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Carter challenges Baptists to cross barriers

  Former President Jimmy Carter urged Baptists to cross barriers of race, ethnicity and gender to stand strong and courageous.

  09/19/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  DBU inaugurates Adam Wright as president

  Dallas Baptist University installed Adam Wright as its sixth president Sept. 9 at an inaugural convocation in the Patty and Bo Pilgrim Chapel on the DBU campus.

  09/15/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Giving Day to benefit Baptist Standard Publishing Sept. 22

  The Baptist Standard is participating in North Texas Giving Day. On Sept. 22, every donation of $25 and above will be multiplied when donors contribute to the Standard through the North Texas Giving Day website.

  09/14/2016 - By Staff

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  Around the State: Disaster relief in Louisiana; disaster recovery in Houston

  Texas Baptist Men continue disaster relief in Louisiana. Disaster recovery volunteers needed in the Houston area.

  09/14/2016 - By Ken Camp