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The Baptist General Convention of Texas voted to create a task force to study and recommend responses to sexual abuse issues in Texas Baptist churches.
05/23/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
In a last-ditch move, the Texas Senate Committee on Public Education attached a school voucher program to a substitute version of a House-approved public education funding bill.
A former youth minister remained in jail after telling the Magnolia Police Department he sexually touched teenage boys while working at First Baptist Church of Magnolia.
05/22/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press
During her senior year at Baylor, Sydney Duke learned she was a 1 in 19 million bone marrow donor match for a patient with cancer.
05/16/2023 - By Maxcey Blaylock / Baylor University
TBM volunteers have served more than 2,300 hours since the April 19 storms hit Shawnee, Okla., with winds as high as 135 mph.
05/16/2023 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men
Through their music and message, the Erwins— a Dove Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Southern Gospel music group—remain focused on shining the spotlight on Christ.
05/16/2023 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard
When former members of the youth group at Highland Baptist Church in Waco gathered for a recent reunion, old friends “picked up conversations where they left off” 50 years ago, Jimmy Dorrell said.
05/16/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
A bill to approve online sports betting in Texas passed in the House of Representatives by a thin margin, but it appears dead-on-arrival in the Texas Senate.
05/15/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
The Emmanuels, un conjunto vocal de cuatro partes cuyos miembros comparten raÃces en la Primera Iglesia Bautista de Corpus Christi, han liderado la adoración y han compartido el evangelio por décadas.
The Texas Legislature passed a bill that would allow schools to employ chaplains in addition to school counselors. The proposal now goes to the governor’s desk for his approval.
05/11/2023 - By Jack Jenkins / Religion News Service
Pastor and South Texas community leader Dorso Maciel and denominational leader Dick Maples were named recipients of Texas Baptists’ 2023 Legacy Awards.
05/09/2023 - By Texas Baptists Communications
The Texas House of Representatives unanimously voted May 9 to expel Rep. Bryan Slaton, a former Southern Baptist minister, for alleged inappropriate sexual conduct with a 19-year-old female aide.
05/09/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor
