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Leadership and gratitude highlight 2025 Convención

Convención 2025 annual meeting attendees gathered at FBC Duncanville to celebrate longtime leaders, new leaders, and financial blessings.

07/02/2025 - By Kendall Lyons / Baptist Standard

Bill Moyers had deep and abiding Texas Baptist ties

Bill Moyers, a renowned broadcast journalist with strong Texas Baptist roots, died June 26 in New York, N.Y. He was 91.

06/30/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

‘Brother Bob’ ministers to Midland through the decades

For more than four decades, almost every patient at Midland Memorial Hospital could count on a visit from “Brother Bob” Porterfield, pastor of West Kentucky Avenue Baptist Church in Midland.

06/27/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Abbott OKs Ten Commandments, vetoes food program

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom in Texas and vetoed a $60 million budget appropriation that would have provided food for about 4 million of the state’s poorest children.

06/25/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Prayer in school divides country as Texas law takes effect

A new Texas law mandating schools set a time for students to pray likely will be popular with many residents of the Lone Star State.

06/24/2025 - By Bob Smietana / Religion News Service

Joseph Adams nominee for BGCT first vice president

Joseph Adams, pastor of First Baptist Church in Hughes Springs and Texas Baptists’ incumbent second vice president, will be nominated for first vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

06/20/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Texas Baptists Ministers’ Dinner at SBC hears updates

Texas Baptists welcomed 200 attendees, June 9, to a ministers’ dinner, held in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Dallas.

06/19/2025 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptists

Ariel Martinez nominee for BGCT second vice president

Ariel Martinez, lead pastor of Del Sol Church in El Paso, will be nominated for second vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

06/06/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

RA Camp means outdoor activities and the gospel

The boys throw tomahawks, shoot rifles and practice archery skills. That’s all part of Royal Ambassadors Camp, but it’s more.

06/06/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

Ramsey named university chaplain and dean at Baylor

Baylor University named Charles M. Ramsey as university chaplain and dean of spiritual life, effective June 9. Ramsey will succeed Burt Burleson, who retired in May.

06/04/2025 - By Staff / Baylor University Media and Public Relations

Wins scored and losses sustained in Texas Legislature

Moral concerns and church-state issues figured prominently in the 89th Texas Legislative Session that wrapped up June 2.

06/03/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Three-time Bounce participant commits to ministry

When walking through a season of doubts and questions, Morgan Breeden from First Baptist Church in Cuero recognized God was on the move in her life.

06/03/2025 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptists Communications