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  Hispanics believed to be largest group in Texas now

  A new estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau asserts Hispanics make up a larger segment of the Texas population than any other group—a demographic reality particularly significant to Texas Baptists.

  09/21/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Former Baylor President Ken Starr dies at 76

  Ken Starr, the former independent counsel in the Clinton administration Whitewater investigation who later became president and chancellor of Baylor University, died Sept. 13 at age 76.

  09/13/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Search committee asks Texas Baptists to pray daily

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas executive director search committee is asking Texas Baptists to pray daily for their work and to participate in web-based regional listening sessions in November to help shape a position profile.

  09/01/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Missions pioneer Elmin Howell left a legacy of service

  Elmin Kimbol Howell Jr., founding director of Texas Baptists’ River Ministry along the Texas-Mexico border, died Aug. 29 at Elysian Fields, near Marshall. He was 92.

  08/29/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Hardage acknowledges ‘missteps’ regarding GC2

  Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Director David Hardage acknowledged “missteps” in the development of the GC2 statement of faith, and he suggested Texas Baptists press the “pause” button before taking further action.

  08/18/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BGCT considering change in relationship with Baylor

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas is seeking to “review and consider changes” to the special agreement that defines its relationship with Baylor University.

  08/16/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  From Death Row to Life Row

  Terry Joe Solley, an inmate in the general prison population who devotes 12 to 14 hours a day visiting otherwise-isolated prisoners, is committed to turning Death Row into “Life Row.”

  08/10/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  From fires to floods, TBM serves in times of disaster

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers have provided water and meals to firefighters who have battled wildfires in parched Texas. Now, TBM is responding to floods that have ravaged much of eastern Kentucky and parts of Missouri.

  08/03/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Research shows racial disparity in Texas hunger

  One Texas child out of five faced hunger in 2020, and the threat of hunger was most significant for Black and Hispanic Texans, new information from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap report reveals.

  07/26/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BWA resolutions condemn racism, commend reparations

  The Baptist World Alliance general council adopted resolutions that denounce racism as “a sin against humanity and God” and call for reparations for chattel slavery.

  07/16/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Global challenges require a global Baptist family

  The challenges Baptists across the globe encounter “are too big for any one of us to face alone,” General Secretary Elijah Brown told the Baptist World Alliance annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala.

  07/13/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Millennial and Gen Z task force at work

  A 12-member task force is drafting a report and finalizing its recommendations on ways to increase Millennial and Generation Z involvement in the Baptist General Convention of Texas and its churches.

  07/01/2022 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor