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Former deans and provost criticize plan to close Logsdon

Two former deans of the Logsdon School of Theology said a trustee-approved plan to close Logsdon Seminary and scale back the remaining undergraduate religion program appear contrary to the original intent of the donors whose gifts established them.

02/21/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

HSU president addresses BGCT Executive Board

HSU trustees voted to close Logsdon Seminary and direct endowment earnings to undergraduate programs in the School of Theology because the university could not “keep two financially weak programs going,” President Eric Bruntmyer told Texas Baptist leaders.

02/18/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Updated: HSU trustees vote to close Logsdon Seminary

Hardin-Simmons University’s board of trustees voted to close Logsdon Seminary. (This article was most recently updated at 9 p.m. on Feb. 12 to include additional information.)

02/10/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

TBM provides clean water, Living Water in Papua New Guinea

Volunteers with the TBM water ministry make available both clean drinking water and the Living Water of Christ to villagers in Papua New Guinea.

02/05/2020 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

Texas Baptist leaders participate in Rally for Life

Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Director David Hardage and BGCT President Michael Evans addressed a crowd of more than 20,000 people from the steps of the State Capitol during the Texas Rally for Life.

01/28/2020 - By Kalie Lowrie / Texas Baptist Communications

Partnership benefits multiple congregations in Garland

A growing Ethiopian church, a once-thriving Anglo congregation and a start-up congregation of Millennial and Gen-X Christians share a common facility and vision for reaching their area with the gospel. And two of the three congregations share the same pastor.

01/17/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Baptist Standard becomes even more accessible

The Baptist Standard announces a change to its 131-year-old subscription model and the anticipated launch of new digital products.

01/13/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Faith leaders seek to combat stigma of mental illness

Historically, faith traditions often have been reluctant to talk about mental health and suicide. That is changing.

01/07/2020 - By Heather Morrison / Religion News Service

Beth Moore the top 2019 newsmaker in the Baptist Standard

Bible teacher Beth Moore and a Corpus Christi layman who testified to God’s sustaining grace through personal tragedy were among the Baptist Standard’s top newsmakers in 2019.

12/28/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Mandated 24-hour-awake supervision affects STCH Ministries

South Texas Children’s Home Ministries is among the foster care providers affected by a federal judge’s order requiring group homes to provide 24-hour-awake supervision of children under the state’s permanent managing conservatorship.

12/17/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Former professor and seminary at odds over cause of dismissal

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary denied charges by a former humanities professor, who identifies as a previously gay abuse survivor, that he was fired because he refused to stop talking about homosexuality and sex abuse.

12/06/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Nederland church opens its doors after explosions

When an explosion at a chemical plant in Port Neches forced the evacuation of nearby homes, First Baptist Church in Nederland provided its facility as a shelter from 2 a.m. to 5 p.m. the day before Thanksgiving.

12/03/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor