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  Baylor professor fighting dismissal charge

  A Baylor University professor is fighting dismissal charges that supporters say are aimed at silencing a dissident voice in America’s Jewish community.

  12/01/2011 - By Administrator

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  HSU Global Awareness Week highlights Fair Trade

  Fair trade can help people in developing countries earn reasonable wages, students at Hardin-Simmons University learned during Global Awareness Week.

  11/30/2011 - By Administrator

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  Logsdon guest lecturer presents prophecy as art and art as prophecy

  Timeless poetry, prophecy and art intersect in the visions of the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, guest lecturer Ellen Davis of Duke University Divinity School told students at Hardin-Simmons University's Logsdon School of Theology.

  11/30/2011 - By Administrator

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  Teenager develops new attitude, new skills at Miracle Farm

  Dalton, a high school-age student at Texas Baptist Children's Home Miracle Farm in Brenham, got back on track with his studies through the help of the Miracle Farm staff, his teachers, volunteers and his horse, Butkus.

   

  11/30/2011 - By Administrator

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  Founding ABP board member Ardelle Clemons dies

  Ardelle Clemons—a founding board member of Associated Baptist Press, student minister and veteran pastor's wife—died Nov. 26 after a long illness. She was 93.

  11/28/2011 - By Administrator

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  Caring for Wounded Warriors

  Long deployments during wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have taken a toll on vets and military families. Some return with physical wounds.  Others need different kinds of healing. Some churches are exploring ways to offer comfort to wounded warriors and their families.

  11/26/2011 - By Administrator

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  Congregations reach out to vets with PTSD, traumatic brain injury

  Some wounds of war are all too visible—a missing leg, a shattered arm. The invisible wounds of mind and soul often are more difficult to spot and equally hard to treat.

   

  11/25/2011 - By Administrator

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  Black seminaries embrace hip-hop to reach out to young people

  It's hard enough to get young people out of bed and into the pews on a Sunday morning, but two leading black seminaries think they have found a way to grab the next generation—hip-hop.

  11/25/2011 - By Administrator

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  Merged congregations in Carrollton see opportunity for kingdom growth

  A merger between Trinity Valley Baptist Church and The Ridge Church in Carrollton led to a smooth transition and an increased openness to ministry opportunities in the community.

  11/25/2011 - By Administrator

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  Some abusive predators hide in plain sight in trusted institutions

  The abuse allegations at Penn State seem unthinkable—revered assistant coach and prominent community activist Jerry Sandusky preying on eight children. But such abuses of trust play out across the country over and over again.

  11/25/2011 - By Administrator

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  Baptist pastor writes Bible study for Harry Potter movies

  With the recent DVD and Blu-ray release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, the eighth and final film in the long-running series based on books by J.K. Rowling, a Southern Baptist pastor has written a Bible study to help young people discern between the series' mixed messages about good and evil.

  11/25/2011 - By Administrator

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  Christians challenged to find meaning in popular culture

  Christians should engage popular culture rather than fear it, participants at a conference on "The Gospel According to Pixar" learned at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler.

  11/25/2011 - By Administrator