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  Around the State: DBU recognizes servant leaders; Sadler moves to new role at Wayland

  Dallas Baptist University awarded the Frank and Martin Moore Servant Leader Award to two students. Paul Sadler accepts a new post as director of church and denominational relations at Wayland Baptist University. 

  07/13/2016 - By Ken Camp

• On the Move: Appuglies, Cockrell, Cody, Delay, Harrison, Holder, Hollingsworth, Purcell and Rieff

  Staff changes noted at churches in Tye, Denton, Petersburg, Midlothian, Tulia, Hale Center, San Antonio and Monahans, as well as Ellis Baptist Assocation.

  07/13/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Obama urges Americans to ‘be honest’ about racial division

  President Obama joined others in honoring five Dallas law enforcement officers who gave their lives, and he called for the kind of unity that demands an honest appraisal of racial disharmony in the United States.

  07/13/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Christian leaders pray, call for unity in wake of police shootings

  In the immediate aftermath of a peaceful protest that turned into an ambush claiming the lives of four Dallas police and a transportation system officer, pastors and other Christian leaders prayed together and urged a calm response in a potentially volatile environment.

  07/08/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Baylor team unearths Red Sea parting, Noah’s ark in ancient mosaics

  A team that includes Baylor University students discovered mosaics depicting Noah’s ark and the parting of the Red Sea while excavating a synagogue in Israel that dates to the fifth century.

  07/08/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Buckner helps Guatemalan boy blinded in one eye

  The Buckner Family Hope Center in San Jose Pinula, Guatemala, provided funds that enabled a child who had been blinded in one eye to secure a prosthesis. 

  07/07/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  BWA adds three new member groups

  The Baptist World Alliance welcomed three new member organizations during its general council meeting in Vancouver.

  07/07/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Briles seeks to be removed from Title IX lawsuit

  Art Briles, former head football coach at Baylor University, submitted a motion to be removed as a defendant in a Title IX lawsuit that alleges Baylor failed to respond to sexual assault complaints.

  07/07/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Baylor task force on spiritual life and character formation starts work

  As part of Baylor University’s continuing response to incidents of sexual violence, Provost Gregory Jones convened the first meeting of a task force on spiritual life and character formation.

  07/07/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Castroville church rallies to provide family for orphaned twins

  When tragedy struck, leaving teenaged twins without a mother, God used a church family to create a new family.

  07/07/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Around the State: Super Summer under way; Baylor adds to provost’s office

  Seven Super Summer schools of Christian leadership are under way at six Texas Baptist schools. Baylor University named three individuals to leadership posts in the provost’s office. Howard Payne University appointed a new dean.

  07/06/2016 - By Ken Camp

• Baptist group argues government money should not fund churches

  Preventing taxpayer money from funding churches is a key protection for religious liberty, according to a brief the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty filed at the U.S. Supreme Court.

  07/06/2016 - By Ken Camp