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  Truett grad/Baptist pastor found dead

  A 29-year-old Baptist pastor and Truett Seminary graduate was found dead and his 67-year-old ministry assistant severely beaten inside their Arlington church on Thursday afternoon, March 3.

  03/04/2011 - By Administrator

• HBU trustees plan to reconsider non-Baptists on board (Updated)

  Houston Baptist University trustees plan to revisit the matter of allowing non-Baptist Christians on the school’s governing board.

  02/27/2011 - By Administrator

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  TBM honors leader, notes God’s activity

  Texas Baptist Men honored Leo Smith for his years of service as the mission organization’s executive director, heard reports on “the activity of God” through TBM and conducted business at their Feb. 18 meeting.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  DBU inaugurates first endowed professorship

  Dallas Baptist University marked a milestone in missions education Feb. 17, when it inaugurated the Piper Chair of Missions—the first endowed professorship in the school’s history.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  Cowboy churches follow the hoofprints, going where cowboys gather

  At the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo exhibit hall, where a “howdy” is more common than a “hello,” throngs of people in cowboy hats and boots move from one display to another, looking at clothes, candies, toffees and western paraphernalia. But one booth offers an opportunity none of the others do—a chance to engage in a relationship with Christ.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  Texas legislature may cut all funds for professional prison chaplains

  In the wake of a significant budget deficit, Texas lawmakers are considering eliminating all professional prison chaplains, a move that could significantly affect the way volunteers from churches minister in that arena.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

• Texas Baptists make views known to lawmakers about payday lending

  Some Texas Baptists continued their legislative fight against what they call the “predatory” lending practices of payday and auto-title lenders, testifying before the state Senate Committee on Business and Commerce.

  02/24/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Larry Dodd to First Church in Nash as interim music minister.

  02/23/2011 - By admin

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  Around the State

  The 90th Annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference will be held at Wayland Baptist University Feb. 28-March 1. The theme is “Great is Thy Faithfulness.”

  02/23/2011 - By admin

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  Institutional relations dominate BGCT Executive Board meeting

  Relationships to Baptist institutions—including one university that opened its governing board to include non-Baptists, another university that is increasing its capital debt by $40 million and a financially troubled health care system whose hospitals have entered a joint venture with a for-profit hospital—dominated discussion at the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board’s Feb. 21-22 meeting.

  02/23/2011 - By admin

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  Piece of Hardin-Simmons history uncovered on eBay

  When an artifact from Hardin-Simmons University’s history showed up on the popular Internet selling site eBay, Abilene High School history teacher Jay Moore suspected there would be some keen interest in the rather quirky piece.

  02/18/2011 - By admin

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  Dolls enable Christians inside, outside of prison to join in missions

  Handmade dolls provided a means for Baptist women in South Texas and incarcerated women in Central Texas to share the gospel and bring joy to children in Mexico and a low-income Hispanic neighborhood in West Dallas.

  02/18/2011 - By admin