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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

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  Church staff salaries increase; insurance coverage declines

  Compensation for full-time Southern Baptist church staff members exceeded the cost-of-living increase over the past two years. However, health insurance coverage continues to decline, according to the 2016 Southern Baptist Convention Church Compensation Study.

  09/14/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Funeral industry overlooks Hispanic culture, Baylor study finds

  Death research in the United States mostly overlooks bereavement customs of those who are not Anglo-Protestants, a Baylor University researcher believes. 

  09/14/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Lay leader and philanthropist Howard E. Butt dead at age 89

  Howard E. Butt Jr., who devoted much of his life to helping Christian business leaders recognize their daily work as a high calling, died Sept. 11 in San Antonio due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 89.

  09/13/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Clinton talks faith with National Baptists

  Talking about one’s faith doesn’t come naturally to a “Midwestern Methodist,” Hillary Clinton admitted. But she spent about a half-hour doing just that, addressing the National Baptist Convention, USA, one of the nation’s oldest and largest African-American religious organizations.

  09/13/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  West ignoring genocide of Middle East religious minorities, activists say

  Nearly six months after Secretary of State John Kerry declared the murder of Christians in the Middle East “genocide,” Westerners are doing little to stop the killings, activists for the victims’ plight said.

  09/10/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  State agency asks faith communities to help recruit foster parents

  Pointing to a growing number of children in foster care and an urgent need for foster families, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is calling on churches and communities of faith to respond. 

  09/10/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Laredo lawmaker wants to legalize paid daily fantasy sports sites

  A South Texas lawmaker plans to introduce legislation to legalize paid daily fantasy sports websites, in defiance of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s opinion stating the paid sites violate Texas’ prohibition on games of chance.

  09/09/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Skip political endorsements in church, most Americans say

  Eight in 10 U.S. adults say it is inappropriate for pastors to endorse a candidate in church, and three-quarters say churches should steer clear of endorsements, according to a report by LifeWay Research.

  09/09/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Food insecurity declines, but 1.5 million Texas households still at risk

  Texas has a higher percentage of food-insecure households than the national average, but the total number of households in the state struggling to avoid hunger has decreased since the end of the last recession, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

  09/09/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Baylor University starts presidential search

  A Texas Baptist pastor from Arlington will serve on the search committee seeking a new president for Baylor University. The Baylor Line Foundation critiqued the overall committee as representing “a narrow segment of the Baylor family.”

  09/08/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Irving church encourages football team to press on toward the goal

  To show God’s love and demonstrate support for students, members of First Baptist Church in Irving have adopted the varsity football team at MacArthur High School the second year in a row.

  09/08/2016 - By Ken Camp