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Wayland Baptist University confirmed the death of Rachel Bates, a 19-year-old freshman biology major from Spring, in a residence hall on the Plainview campus.
04/02/2015 - By John Rutledge
When David Cason, senior pastor at Broadview Baptist Church in Abilene, began to mull retirement after 38 years there, he proposed a “succession” transition to younger leadership that has proved successful.
Less than two months shy of the two-year anniversary a tornado that devastated Moore, Okla., twisters returned to the state, and Texas Baptists began to make plans to help the affected area.
04/01/2015 - By John Rutledge
Atheism and secularism provide ultimately unsatisfying “God-substitutes”—idols too small to give human life dignity and value, a former-agnostic-turned-Christian-apologist told a pastors’ conference in Arlington.
03/31/2015 - By John Rutledge
Participants in a women’s ministry at First Baptist Church in Crowley believe every newborn baby deserves a warm welcome into the world, and every critically ill patient or infirm elderly person should face dark days enveloped by beauty.
03/30/2015 - By John Rutledge
About 35,000 people assembled for The Gathering at Baylor University’s McLane Stadium, an effort to bridge racial, denominational and socio-economic barriers and promote Christian unity.
The marriage, family and child counseling degree program at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Graduate School of Counseling has received accreditation.
03/27/2015 - By John Rutledge
At Champs Camp, First Baptist Church in Harlingen provided 215 children in grades one through five a week filled with fun, games, crafts, meals and the gospel.
Two Baptist pastors and the director of the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission testified before the state’s Senate Committee on Education against bills they maintained would divert public funds to private faith-based schools.
During the three weeks covering spring break for various schools, 1,060 volunteers from 39 Baptist Student Ministries shared the gospel during Beach Reach on South Padre Island.
03/26/2015 - By John Rutledge
Real repentance leading to racial reconciliation demands restitution for victims of oppression and injustice, an African-American Baptist pastor told a Hardin-Simmons University audience.
Repressive governments, radical Islamists and reluctance by Western leaders to confront human rights abuses combine to create the worst global climate for religious liberty in recent history, speakers told Baylor’s Global Religious Freedom Summit.
03/24/2015 - By John Rutledge
