Texas Baptist Men volunteers are delivering a tractor-trailer load of water to firefighters working around the clock as they battle the more than 8,000-acre Copper Breaks Fire near Quanah.

Early in life, Rusty Oglesby felt God’s calling to become a missionary. After his experiences as a student athlete at Hardin-Simmons University, he became convinced his mission is to shape young lives as a coach.

Johnny Shelton, chaplain for the Baltimore Ravens football team and founder of Attitudes In Motion, spoke to faculty and staff at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor University.

Sheepdog Defense Group trains volunteers in first aid, threat assessment, de-escalation techniques, using a gun and tactical skills, such as clearing rooms during an active shooting.

As a Mission Friends leader in Alabama, Kathryn Nunnelley delighted in sharing stories about missions and missionaries with enthusiastic preschoolers. Perhaps more significantly, God was instilling a call to missions in her own heart.

En un estado donde la mayoría de estudiantes en escuelas públicas son hispanos y donde los hispanos están proyectados a sobrepasar a los anglos en población general en los próximos tres años, universidades bautistas en Texas se preparan para ese cambio.

Eddy Lee Curry of Abilene, longtime Texas Baptist minister of education, died Aug. 14. He was 66.

Micah Roddy reviews “Reciprocal Church” by Sharon Galgay Ketcham.

Jeff Howard reviews “Church Forsaken” by Jonathan Brooks.

The Explore the Bible lesson for Sept. 8 focuses on Ephesians 1:15-23.

Lesson 1 in the BaptistWay Press Connect 360 unit “The Fullness of Christ” focuses on Colossians 1:1-8.

With four generations of Hardin-Simmons University graduates in her family, Mandy Cunningham has many tales to tell about the school—from dorm shenanigans to love stories.