Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who also served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, spoke at Dallas Baptist University Jan. 26 as part of the Leadership Lecture Series. The event was sponsored by DBU’s Institute for Global Engagement, in partnership with the World Affairs Council of DFW. Liz Brailsford, president and CEO of the World Affairs Council of DFW, served as moderator for a discussion focused on Pompeo’s new book, Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love.
Todd von Helms, author of Before You Leave: For College, Career and Eternity, will deliver the 2023 Willson Lectures at Wayland Baptist University. The annual lecture series begins at 6 p.m. on Feb. 21 with an invitation-only dinner at the university’s Plainview campus, where von Helms will speak on “Embracing the Gift of Prayer.” It concludes with a chapel lecture at 11 a.m. on Feb. 22, in Harral Memorial Auditorium on “Made for Eternity.” The chapel lecture is open to the public. In addition to the featured addresses, von Helms is scheduled to present lectures to classes in the School of Languages and Literature and School of Christian Studies. He is a Senior Fellow at The King’s College in New York, an adjunct professor and the Presidential Scholar of Christianity and Culture at Dallas Baptist University and a Senior Fellow for the Center for Faith and Culture at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C.
East Texas Baptist University entered a Christian education partnership agreement with Colegio Bautista de Temuco in Chile. ETBU President J. Blair Blackburn and Colegio Bautista de Temuco Rector Juan Luis Salinas Urrutia signed an agreement Jan. 26 providing students from the Latin American school a pathway to pursue an education at ETBU. Founded in 1922, Colegio Bautista de Temuco began with 20 students on a property outside of Temuco, Chile. Today, it serves 1,024 students with 100 teachers and 80 staff.
Houston Christian University—formerly Houston Baptist University—is among the first of eight universities offering mentorship opportunities to students through PartnerUp Houston. Greater Houston Partnership launched the regional initiative in collaboration with Mentor Collective, a national mentorship organization. The program pairs students one-on-one with industry professionals from companies that have agreed to help students achieve their career aspirations. “Our mission at HCU is to instill in our students a passion for academic, spiritual and professional excellence, and our conviction is that interpersonal relationships and mentoring are indispensable to that kind of holistic formation,” President Robert Sloan said.
Anniversary
25 years for Raymond McHenry as pastor of Westgate Memorial Baptist Church in Beaumont on Feb. 12.
Retirement
Joe Bailey after 20 years as pastor of Speegleville Baptist Church in Waco and 38 years in the gospel ministry, effective Feb. 26.
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