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  Obituary: Ed Wilson

  Ed Wilson, 67, associate pastor of music and administration at Calder Baptist Church in Beaumont, died Jan. 30.

  02/14/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Around the State: Grant for Baylor’s ‘Faith Project’

  Jonathan Kvanvig and Trent Dougherty, philosophy professors at Baylor University, and Daniel Howard-Snyder, Jonathan Kvanviga philosophy professor at Western Washington University, have received a $1.5 million grant from the Templeton…

  02/14/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Baptists give record $953,000 to Hunger Offering

  Texas Baptists gave a record-setting $953,000 in 2013 to the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering to help address hunger and poverty issues around the world. 

  02/13/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Syrian children growing up with sights, sounds of war

  Half of Syria’s two million refugees are children; three-fourths of them are under the age of eleven. After fleeing the horrors of war, they face many new challenges as young refugees struggling to get by.

  02/13/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith and science agree: Compassion aids well-being

  Being good does a body good. The Bible says so, and science proves it, author Stephen Post told a group at Baylor University.

  02/13/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Study finds biblical illiteracy among Brits

  Three out of 10 British children have next to no understanding of the Bible, and their parents aren’t that knowledgeable either.

  02/13/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Temple church reunited at new location

  When First Baptist Church in Temple opened its new campus last month, it marked the new birth of a church rising from the ashes and the celebration of a new chapter in its ministry.

  02/13/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Baylor provost to Furman; Garland named interim provost

  UPDATED: Baylor University administrator and accounting professor Elizabeth Davis has been named president of Furman University. Baylor regents have named Truett Seminary Dean David Garland as interim provost.

  02/13/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Brief says Hobby Lobby puts RFRA on trial

  Lawyers representing Hobby Lobby against mandated coverage of contraceptives under Obamacare say forcing business owners to violate their deeply held religious beliefs or pay steep fines “is one of the most straightforward violations of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act this court is likely to see.”

  02/13/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Mission Waco: Caring for the poor means knowing their names

  Everyone has a name that identifies and distinguishes them—including the poor and marginalized, said Jimmy Dorrell, founder of Mission Waco/Mission World.

  02/12/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Chaplains help others grieve, but learn to grieve themselves

  Chaplains, who usually help others grieve, need a chance to grieve themselves. This often-unspoken need now is being addressed across the country, with new training and a greater emphasis on mentoring.

  02/12/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Varied responses to religion’s ‘Great Decline’

  A new study that shows the decline of religion in America may be worse than imagined, but it neither impressed nor shocked Craig Nash, community pastor at University Baptist Church in Waco.

  02/11/2014 - By John Rutledge