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  Newly elected executive director eager to tell the Texas Baptist story

  Texas Baptists have a story worth telling—“preaching grace and doing good”—newly elected Executive Director David Hardage said, and he looks forward to communicating that message.

  01/12/2012 - By Administrator

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  Board elects Hardage BGCT executive director

  At a called meeting today, the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board elected David Hardage as executive director, effective Feb. 1.

  01/12/2012 - By Administrator

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  Remembering Baptists who died in 2012

  Baptist journalists, pioneers in racial reconciliation and beloved leaders in the Southern Baptist Convention and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship were among deaths reported in 2012.

  01/12/2012 - By Administrator

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  ‘Ministerial exception’ to employment discrimination laws upheld

  A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 11 that churches can fire their ministers for reasons that for other employers would be job discrimination.

  01/11/2012 - By Administrator

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  Former congressman named to Baylor chair; donates papers to archives

  Former U.S. Congressman Chet Edwards has been appointed the W.R. Poage Distinguished Chair for Public Service at Baylor University.

  01/11/2012 - By Administrator

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  Can Sunday School be saved?

  Sunday school, a staple of Protestant church life in the United States in the 20th century, is in decline, prompting some scholars to question whether the institution has a future.

  01/07/2012 - By Administrator

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  How much ‘Tebowing’ is too much in athletic competition?

  Football always has been a religion to some. But now, thanks to Denver quarterback Tim Tebow, sports and religion have become the topic du jour.

  01/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Online Sunday school class offers ‘easy-access Bible study’

  Internet-based Bible studies at First Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., are geared toward people who are interested in exploring spiritual matters but "will not or cannot come into this or any other church building."

  01/06/2012 - By Administrator

• Documentary claims age-graded Sunday school harms families

  A controversial new documentary movie Divided contends age-graded Sunday school and youth ministry are doing more harm than good.

  01/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Sunday school an evolving institution

  Sunday school plays such an important role in Baptist life a typical churchgoer might be tempted to think it always has been around. In fact, it is a relatively modern and evolving invention.

  01/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Rwandan refugees find new home at Hardin-Simmons

  Venantie Uwishyaka and Evariste Musonera did not know each other in their native Rwanda, but both fled their homeland following the genocide in 1994. Years later, they were introduced in the hallways of Logsdon School of Theology at Hardin-Simmons University.

   

  01/06/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christian presence needed in violent places, former missionary says

  Peacemaking means waging spiritual warfare against evil, David Balyeat believes. So, if Christians want to stop violence along the Texas/Mexico border, peacemaking prayer warriors need to report for duty on the battlefield, he insists.

  01/06/2012 - By Administrator