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  BUA ethics speakers spotlight issues related to race

  Power-sharing in churches—particularly across lines of culture, language and race—only occurs within “the realm of God’s grace,” Albert Reyes, president of Buckner International, told a crowd at Baptist University of the Américas.

  10/29/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Persecution real & widespread, Everett tells DBU crowd

  An average of 20 Christians a day are martyred for their faith—7,000 a year globally. And Christians in areas of greatest persecution want to know why followers of Jesus in the West remain mostly silent, Randel Everett of the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative told students and faculty at Dallas Baptist University.

  10/27/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Faith propels graduate beyond grief into service — and running

  Emily Guberman—a member of Highland Baptist Church in Waco, a Baylor University graduate and an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer—is running 1,000 miles over a year for Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

  10/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Republican candidates appeal to religious conservatives

  A half-dozen Republican presidential candidates hit all the hot buttons while speaking to an influential audience—religious conservatives, the kinds of voters who could decide many GOP primaries next year.

  10/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Korean orphans receive soccer balls, not food

  A Korean Texas Baptist minister who has traveled to North Korea more than two-dozen times in the last 19 years delivering tons of corn and wheat noodles to schools, orphanages and hospitals was denied permission to distribute food on his most recent overseas trip.

  10/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Youth ministers challenged to create bold disciples

  In the midst of a cultural revolution where technology has cultivated a “me” generation and immorality is prevalent, youth ministers face the challenge of teaching students to become bold Christian disciples, speakers told participants at Texas Baptists’ Youth Ministry Conclave.

  10/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Study: Higher ‘spiritual capital’ boosts success in developing countries

  A Baylor University study discovered a link between a God-inspired work ethic and business success in companies overseas. American businessmen say the principle holds true in the United States, too.

  10/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Buckner and TBM provide hope to Yazidis in Kurdistan

  Buckner International and Texas Baptist Men provided more than 6,700 pairs of shoes, along with children’s clothing and infant-care products, to Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar in Iraqi Kurdistan.

  10/22/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Baylor partners with seminaries in Cuba; will provide books to students

  Officials with the ministry of religious affairs for the Cuban Communist Party’s Central Committee granted Truett Theological Seminary permission to establish a partnership with three Cuban Baptist seminaries and authorized Baylor University Press to provide a basic theological library for every Christian seminary student in Cuba.

  10/21/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Texas Tidbits: Laura Bush guest speaker at Wayland

  Former First Lady Laura Bush will speak on “Reflections from the White House” as part of the Willson Lectures Series at Wayland Baptist University.

  10/16/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Buckner Family Pathways clients serve as volunteers

  Being a mother takes lots of time, but two participants in the Buckner Family Pathways program make time to volunteer to help others.

  10/14/2015 - By Ken Camp

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  Moro Baptist Church experiences new life

  Moro Baptist Church believes in resurrection. After all, the congregation experienced it.

  10/14/2015 - By Ken Camp