In a pair of 7-2 rulings related to religious liberty issues, the U.S. Supreme Court on July 8 broadened the scope of employers’ right to make employment and benefits decisions based on moral and religious grounds.

Wayland Baptist University President Bobby Hall tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The No Need Among You conference—originally scheduled as a three-day in-person event in Fort Worth—will be a one-day hybrid conference on Oct. 15.

Baylor University named a 26-member commission to study the school’s historical links to slavery and racial injustice, and it set a Dec. 20 deadline for the group to present its final report to Baylor’s board of regents.

Julio Guarneri, lead pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in McAllen, will be nominated for first vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

About 250 Texas Baptist pastors and Christian leaders have endorsed a call for Texas lawmakers to make sure police training and practices prohibit the use of excessive force.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled a state program that allows public funds to go toward private education cannot exclude religious schools.

An informal survey of Texas music ministers revealed two-thirds of the churches they serve currently offer both online and in-person worship services, and average in-person worship attendance is less than 40 percent of the pre-pandemic level.

Baylor University regents acknowledged the school’s historic ties to slavery, and the board established an advisory commission that could lead to removing or renaming some campus landmarks.

Hardin-Simmons University initiated a disciplinary process involving a student who posted a “deeply disappointing and unacceptable social media post” that mocked attitudes toward interracial violence, HSU President Eric Bruntmyer said.

In the current “moment of reckoning” on racial justice, white Christians need to tell the truth about how they historically benefited from systemic racism if they want to “rescue the faith,” an author and researcher with deep Southern Baptist roots told an online audience.

During a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship general assembly in which participants assembled online, issues related to a global pandemic and racial injustice took center stage.

El Paso-area churches representing several denominations have distributed 320 tons of food to families in need the last eight weeks, thanks to El Paso Baptist Association’s involvement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers to Families Food Boxes program.