• On the Move

  Brad Borstadt has resigned as pastor of J-Bar-C Cowboy Church.

  09/30/2010 - By admin

• Around the State

  Baylor University will be the site of the “Fantastical” church music conference Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 in Waco Hall. Award-winning Christian musician and Baylor graduate David Crowder will lead the conference.

  09/30/2010 - By admin

• Board rejects study committee motion on challenging messengers

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board overwhelmingly rejected a study committee’s proposal to change how the BGCT handles messenger-seating challenges at its annual meeting.

  09/29/2010 - By Administrator

• Annual meeting needs major overhaul, study committee asserts

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting needs an extreme makeover in focus and format, the chair of a study committee told the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board.

  09/29/2010 - By Administrator

• Board recommends allowing some non-Baptist HBU trustees

  Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in McAllen next month will consider whether to allow Houston Baptist University to elect non-Baptists to its board of trustees.

  09/29/2010 - By Administrator

• BGCT board recommends more cuts in 2011 budget

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board voted to recommend a $38 million 2011 budget—$3 million less than the approved 2010 budget, a 7.3 percent reduction.

  09/29/2010 - By Administrator

• Texas poverty rate rises, demand for Christian response increases

  The number of Texans living in poverty increased 11 percent in 2009 to nearly 4.3 million, including nearly 1.8 million children, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

  09/22/2010 - By Administrator

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  UMHB students help with flood relief

  After Tropical Storm Hermine dumped rain on Central Texas, students from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor helped business and homeowners in the area clean up the damage caused by the storm.

  09/21/2010 - By Administrator

• Texas Baptists Committed leader says group has moved to ‘next level’

  A recent e-mail appeal from six former Baptist General Convention of Texas presidents encouraging attendance at the state convention’s annual meeting in McAllen and an announcement regarding a new blog devoted to historic Baptist principles marked the first—but not the last—efforts of Texas Baptists Committed to reconnect with Baptists in the state, said Michael Bell, chairman of the group’s board of directors.

  09/21/2010 - By Administrator

• Civil discourse endangered in U.S., Yale law professor says

  Democracy depends on something in short supply today in the United States—civil discourse involving people who disagree, author and legal expert Stephen Carter said.

  09/20/2010 - By Administrator

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  Starr touts Christian education, announces $100 million funding plan

  American higher education needs Christian institutions like Baylor University, and Christian higher education must find a better way to fund its programs, rather than continuing to increase students’ financial burdens, Baylor President Ken Starr said.

  09/18/2010 - By Administrator

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  Interview: Kenneth Starr on Baylor’s BGCT ties, religious identity

  Baylor University will inaugurate Kenneth Starr as its 14th president Sept. 17. In an interview with the Baptist Standard, Starr talks about his administration and the future of the Texas Baptist university.

  09/10/2010 - By admin