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  Texas Baptists on social media condemn violence and racism

  As rioters seized the U.S. Capitol, Texas Baptists vented on social media, urging prayers for peace, condemning violence and deploring the double standard in how a white mob and peaceful Black protesters have been treated.

  01/06/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  David Wells named director of TBM disaster relief

  Texas Baptist Men named David Wells director of its disaster relief ministries effective Jan. 1.

  01/04/2021 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

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  Pandemic protocols spark creative Christmas worship

  The COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols may have prevented traditional Christmas pageants, but technology makes possible different kinds of meaningful musical expressions, said Chett Haynes, worship leader at First Baptist Church in Waxahachie.

  12/22/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptist hospital chaplain among first to receive COVID vaccine

  Silvia Briones—a hospital chaplain endorsed by the Baptist General Convention of Texas—was among the first people in Texas to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 16.

  12/16/2020 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Attorney general intervenes in Southwestern/Baylor lawsuit

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Baylor University against a charitable foundation, claiming intervention is “necessary … to protect the public interest in charity.”

  12/03/2020 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

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  Baylor Collaborative helps deliver 38.7 million meals

  The Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty helped provide more than 38.7 million meals between March and August to more than 270,000 children impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  12/01/2020 - By Eric Eckert & Faith Perkins / Baylor University

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  COVID-19 compels West church to cancel worship service

  A microscopic virus accomplished what an earth-shattering explosion seven years ago could not, force First Baptist Church in West to cancel its Sunday morning worship service.

  11/30/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baylor student musicians create ‘Countdown to Christmas’

  From Dec. 1 to 24, the Baylor School of Music will offer the “Baylor Family” and others a special daily gift for the holidays—a “Countdown to Christmas” selection of online performances.

  11/30/2020 - By Terry Goodrich / Baylor University

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  CommonCall: Passion for the pastorate

  Ask Pastor Bob Ray what it takes to serve the same country church in a tiny unincorporated Central Texas community for five and a half decades, and he has a ready answer.

  11/24/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Baptists and partners meet needs in COVID hotspot

  El Paso Baptist Association, working in partnership with other organizations and with churches across denominational lines, is providing food to people in an area overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  11/24/2020 - By Carolyn Tomlin

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  Ministers encouraged to persevere through pandemic

  Speakers participating in the virtual National Preaching Conference offered hope and encouragement to pastors struggling with ministry in the midst of a pandemic.

  11/20/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Hardage wants Texas Baptists to launch ‘GC2’ movement

  Four words—“Share Christ; show love”— offer the guiding principles for Texas Baptists under a reorganization Executive Director David Hardage unveiled in his report to Texas Baptists’ virtual annual meeting.

  11/18/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor