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  Stephen Reid: Slow down and let Scripture aid in healing

  Scripture can help trauma survivors experience healing, but readers must slow down and give the Holy Spirit space to work, a professor at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary told a webinar audience.

  08/02/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  March to Austin: ‘This is our Selma moment’

  Fifty-six years after the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, William J. Barber II will lead a similar four-day, 27-mile march from Georgetown to Austin—also focused on voting rights.

  07/28/2021 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Mesquite church adjusts to meet needs of families

  When COVID-19 forced a Mesquite church to cancel its regularly scheduled mission trip to the Rio Grande Valley, the congregation reallocated missions funds in ways that would make a lasting difference—both locally and in South Texas.

  07/27/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Pioneering UMHB physician dealt with earlier pandemic

  COVID-19 wasn’t the first pandemic to lock down the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor campus and to prompt safety precautions, such as wearing masks and social distancing.

  07/23/2021 - By Christi Mays / University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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  Student team never made it on ‘Cover of the Baptist Standard’

  Members of an early 1970s Baptist student missions fine arts team never fulfilled their tongue-in-cheek dream of appearing on the “Cover of the Baptist Standard.”

  07/19/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Bible to replace Baylor Mace in formal ceremonies

  At future Baylor University commencements, a distinctive Bible will replace the Baylor Mace—a historic ceremonial relic with links to slavery—at the head of processions.

  07/16/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  ‘Texas Baptist’ name claimed by school decades ago

  If leaders of the institution now known as Dallas Baptist University had succeeded more than four decades ago, the school would have had its own distinctive claim to the “Texas Baptist” name.

  07/15/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BUA lanza título de teología en español en línea

  La Baptist University of the Américas (Universidad Bautista de las Américas) pronto ofrecerá una licenciatura —en línea y en español— en estudios bíblicos teológicos.

  07/08/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  More than 125 COVID-19 cases reported after church camp

  Clear Creek Community Church in League City canceled worship services July 4 and 7 at all of its campuses after more than 125 students and adults who attended youth camp tested positive for COVID-19.

  07/07/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BUA launches online Spanish-language theology degree

  Baptist University of the Américas soon will offer a Spanish-language online undergraduate degree in biblical theological studies.

  06/30/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  College Station church takes VBS into its community

  Concerns about possible COVID-19 restrictions and a commitment to reaching its community prompted a College Station church to move Vacation Bible School into open public spaces.

  06/29/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Convención a family reunion after pandemic

  After COVID-19 prevented the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas from meeting in person last year, this year’s June 27-28 gathering at Dallas Baptist University looked more like a family reunion and worship celebration than a business meeting.

  06/29/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor