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  Hispanic Evangelism Conference: Model the Great Commission

  Evangelist Samuel Otero challenged Hispanic Texas Baptists to leave their comfort zones and share the gospel with people who need to hear it.

  03/10/2020 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Sunday fire damages Texarkana church sanctuary

  A fire hours after Sunday services on March 8 damaged the sanctuary at First Baptist Church in Texarkana and destroyed the television control room and several offices.

  03/10/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Eboo Patel promotes potluck, not melting pot, pluralism

  Think of interfaith cooperation in the United States like a potluck dinner that benefits from diverse recipes, not a melting pot where distinctiveness is lost, Eboo Patel said in lectures hosted by the Baptist House of Studies at SMU.

  03/09/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  TBM volunteers in Tennessee serving after tornadoes

  Texas Baptist Men volunteers with a mobile kitchen capable of providing 1,500 meals a day, a refrigeration unit and a generator left March 6 to serve in Nashville, Tenn., after a series of tornadoes ripped through the area.

  03/09/2020 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

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  HSU trustees remain committed to decision to close Logsdon

  After their second meeting within three weeks, Hardin-Simmons University trustees expressed “full confidence” in President Eric Bruntmyer and in their decision to close Logsdon Seminary and several other university programs.

  03/03/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Women in ministry: Each thread matters in God’s tapestry

  God uses the distinctive threads of individual lives to weave together an intricate tapestry and even takes what might be considered scraps to fashion a beautiful quilt, keynote speaker TaNikka Sheppard told the Texas Baptist Women in Ministry annual conference.

  03/03/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Impact of Shine Girls Conference continues to grow

  Organizers of the inaugural Shine Girls Conference four years ago wanted to bring together Hispanic young women, hoping to inspire them to give their lives in service to God. This year, Shine focused on how its mission has impacted the lives of girls in Texas and across the country.

  03/03/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  CommonCall: Pastor to a community for four decades

  Ask anybody in the unincorporated Jackson County community of Vanderbilt and they will say Jack Hutson has spent four decades as pastor to the whole town and the local school district.

  03/02/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Primera in Abilene focuses on developing young leaders

  Primera Iglesia Bautista of Abilene understands challenges sometimes represent opportunities for growth. In the last three years, some of the young people in the congregation have grown to become its key leaders.

  02/28/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Baylor regents approve final phase of Tidwell renovation

  Baylor University regents at their February meeting approved the final phase and total project budget of $21.2 million for the restoration of Tidwell Bible Building.

  02/25/2020 - By Lori Fogleman / Baylor University

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  BGCT president urges seminary students to ‘move forward’

  Michael Evans, president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, exhorted students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary to “move forward with victory in mind.”

  02/24/2020 - By Alex Sibley / Southwestern Seminary

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  TBM extends EVP partnership in Israel

  The Texas Baptist Men board of directors voted to extend the missions organization’s partnership with the Emergency Volunteers Project in Israel for another two years.

  02/24/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor