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  Bloom speaker challenges women to commit to God’s purpose

  Christian women find the power to face adversity when they dedicate their lives to a purpose greater than themselves, participants at the Bloom Conference learned.

  04/10/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  DBU faculty member delivers shoeboxes of joy in Grenada

  Every year, Dallas Baptist University collects shoeboxes filled with toys and other gifts for children in developing nations. This spring, the DBU faculty member who coordinates Operation Christmas Child on campus had the opportunity to help deliver some of the presents.

  04/10/2019 - By Faith Myers / Dallas Baptist University

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  Plano church’s partnership supports church planting in Mexico

  A North Texas church’s longstanding partnership with a Baptist pastor and hospital administrator in western Mexico undergirds a church-starting movement in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.

  04/09/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Overflow from immigration centers heightens need for ministry

  Pastor Lorenzo Ortiz coordinates meals, schedules rides and helps immigrant families at the Laredo bus station contact relatives in the United States.

  04/08/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Congreso Experiences give Hispanic youth a look at schools

  In addition to its focus on evangelism and discipleship, Congreso—an annual event for Hispanic Baptist young people—long has promoted education among Hispanic middle-school and high-school students.

  04/03/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  New HPU president enjoys fast-paced first day

  On the first day of a new job, many people prefer a relatively light schedule with plenty of time to get acclimated to new surroundings. Not Howard Payne University’s new president, Cory Hines.

  04/03/2019 - By Kyle Mize / Howard Payne University

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  Students help Golden Triangle bounce back after Harvey

  About a year and a half after Hurricane Harvey pummeled the Texas Gulf Coast, damage lingers and volunteers continue restoration—including young people who participated in this year’s Bounce student disaster recovery effort.

  04/02/2019 - By Analiz G. Schremmer / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Texas BSM students share faith on Tennessee college campuses

  Students from Baptist Student Ministry programs at three Texas schools spent spring break evangelizing and teaching evangelism on six college campuses in Nashville, Tenn.

  04/02/2019 - By Analiz G. Schremmer / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Maston lecturer challenges Christians to embrace differences

  Issues of race have less to do with physical differences and more to do with how those differences are perceived and judged, a theologian of mixed racial heritage told a crowd at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary.

  03/29/2019 - By Macee Hall / Hardin-Simmons University

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  Politics—difficult but not inherently dirty, panelists agree

  A former White House insider and a Texas Baptist pastor with a long track record of public service agreed Christians have a responsibility to become politically engaged and to advocate for the common good.

  03/27/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  To be pro-life, we need to be whole-life

  Being passionate about the sanctity of life rings hollow if that passion is not matched by living a life wholly consistent with being pro-life. Christians must be equally concerned with the entirety of life.

  03/27/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Biblical justice informs approach to criminal justice reform

  Biblical teachings should inform a Christian’s view of justice. Kathryn Freeman outlined some of those teachings and practical steps being taken to enact criminal justice reform.

  03/27/2019 - By Eric Black / Editor