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Waco congregations will sponsor The Gathering, a multi-denomination community worship service, in Baylor University’s McLane Stadium on Palm Sunday, April 9.
03/01/2017 - By Marv Knox
Christians’ ultimate allegiance belongs to the kingdom of God and secondarily to the church, but they also owe loyalty to the nation in which they live—and that may mean getting their hands dirty trying to make it better, theologian and ethicist Roger Olson said.
02/26/2017 - By Ken Camp
When Vaughn Ross, former missionary and member at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie, received word from a pastor in Nairobi that extended drought in North Central Kenya was becoming acute, he reached out to his congregation and Texas Baptists for support.
Baylor University will comply with privacy laws that protect student records revealing immigration status, but it will not declare itself a “sanctuary campus,” Interim President David Garland said.
02/22/2017 - By Ken Camp
The Baptist General Convention of Texas received a $1 million implementation grant from the Lilly Endowment to participate in its national initiative to address economic challenges facing pastoral leaders.
A biblical view of money management begins with the understanding that everything belongs to God, Bruce Ammons, author of Conquering Debt God’s Way, told students at Wayland Baptist University.
Athletic glory fades, but God’s glory endures, 2016 World Series Most Valuable Player Ben Zobrist told a crowd at Dallas Baptist University.
The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board declared three congregations “outside of harmonious cooperation” with the state convention because of their views on same-sex relationships.
02/21/2017 - By Ken Camp
Baylor University regents approved governance changes that create a task force for regent selection and grant voting rights to regents who represent certain constituencies. Changes did not include opening board meetings to the public.
02/17/2017 - By Ken Camp
More than 500 religious leaders nationwide—including a Texas Baptist seminary professor—have endorsed a petition seeking a new trial for Texas death row inmate Christopher Young because a prospective juror was excluded on the basis of her church membership.
Governance changes Baylor University’s board of regents will consider fall short of the drastic action needed to ensure accountability, enhance transparency and restore trust after a sexual abuse scandal, representatives of Bears for Leadership Reform told a town hall meeting.
02/16/2017 - By Ken Camp
A former Baylor Law School professor planned to speak to a university chapel about clemency reform and ask a released prisoner to tell his story, but Baylor cancelled his invitation, citing two opinion articles he wrote for the Waco newspaper.
02/14/2017 - By Ken Camp
