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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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  Virtual Baptist World Congress issues call to work together

  Speakers during the virtual Baptist World Congress called on the global Baptist community to work together in the midst of their diversity for the sake of the gospel.

  07/12/2021 - 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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  Issues arise regarding Texas Baptist College name

  When Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced it was renaming its undergraduate school “Texas Baptist College,” two issues came to light—a state convention with a similar registered trademark and a university with a historic claim to the name.

  06/28/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Fuge Camp video triggers severe responses among youth

  A video about self-harm and suicide shown during Fuge Camp at Glorieta triggered severe responses from some La Grange youth whose community had been devastated by a recent teen suicide.

  06/21/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  SBC steers to the right, but not as far as some wanted

  Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting continued to steer the denomination in a conservative direction but resisted efforts to push it farther to the right.

  06/16/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Serious concerns raised about governor’s shelter order

  Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state officials to revoke the licenses of facilities housing unaccompanied migrant minors detained at the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that prompted the Biden administration to threaten a lawsuit and some Baptist leaders in Texas to voice alarm.

  06/08/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas lawmakers end divisive session, prepare for another

  Voting rights, gun rights, critical race theory and abortion restrictions captured headlines during the 140-day regular session of the Texas Legislature. But lawmakers also dealt with, or failed to deal with, a variety of other issues.

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

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  TBM Builders install walls, fulfill dreams in Madisonville

  After 20 years, Lake View Baptist Church in Madisonville reached a milestone, new walls. A few short days later, the inside of the building was framed out, thanks to the Texas Baptist Men Builders.

  05/26/2021 - By Laura Tolentino

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  Baylor seeks ‘grace and truth’ approach to LGBTQ students

  Baylor University regents adopted a resolution that could open the door to a new chartered group that would offer care and support for LGBTQ students. At the same time, it reaffirms a statement on human sexuality that supports “purity in singleness and fidelity in marriage between a man and a woman as the biblical norm.”

  05/17/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Family moves to fulfill the need for foster care families

  Kaari and Lee Vasquez understand when God calls a family to provide children with foster care, he tends to work out the details.

  05/07/2021 - By Scott Collins / Buckner International

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  Waco church lifts medical debt burden from families

  Leading up to Easter this year, members of Highland Baptist Church in Waco not only gave thanks for how Christ paid their debt and lifted their burdens, but also gave to lift the burden of medical debt from 324 area families.

  05/04/2021 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor