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Dallas soccer outreach scores goal of sharing the gospel

The Dallas Cup Hospitality Center in mid-April received more than 2,000 visits from youth soccer players and coaches from around the world. Volunteers from local churches provided meals and engaged in conversations gospel conversations.

05/19/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

Senate approves bill to move lottery administration

The Texas Senate unanimously approved a bill to abolish the Texas Lottery Commission and move administration of the state lottery to a different state agency.

05/19/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

HSU therapy program unlocks Parkinson voices

Hardin-Simmons University’s speech-language pathology program will adopt a new therapy program in the fall to support individuals living with Parkinson’s and related neurological disorders.

05/14/2025 - By Laurin Kocurek / Hardin-Simmons University Communications

Senate bill introduced to move lottery administration

The Texas lawmaker who authored a bill to abolish the Texas Lottery filed alternative legislation May 13 that would dissolve the Texas Lottery Commission and move regulation of the lottery to another state agency.

05/13/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

God sustains in times of drought, Truett student proclaims

Jessalyn Brown, recipient of the 2025 Robert Jackson Robinson Outstanding Student Preacher award, preached the final chapel sermon of the semester at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary on May 6.

05/07/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

New volunteer makes an impact with Texans on Mission

Javier Jacobo is new to Texans on Mission disaster relief. Now, six people living in the Rio Grande Valley are new followers of Christ thanks to Jacobo’s efforts after spring flooding.

05/07/2025 - By Ferrell Foster / Texans on Mission

Telehealth certificate at HSU strengthens rural health care

As Hardin-Simmons University put together the new nursing school, the university saw an opportunity to address lack of access to medical care across rural West Texas by adding a telehealth certificate.

05/06/2025 - By HSU Staff

Senate committee considers bill to abolish Texas Lottery

The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs heard public testimony May 5 on a bill calling for the Texas Lottery to be abolished.

05/06/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Lowrie named dean of HPU School of Christian Studies

Howard Payne University appointed David Lowrie, longtime Texas Baptist pastor and former president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, as dean of the School of Christian Studies.

05/05/2025 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Governor signs education savings account bill into law

Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill establishing an education savings account program that allows families to direct public funds to private—often religious—schools.

05/05/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

First Baptist Crosbyton experiences new life

Since arriving at First Baptist Church in Crosbyton in July 2022, Pastor Mark Davis had been praying for the church, after it saw only two baptisms the previous year.

05/02/2025 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptists Communications

House committee holds Ten Commandments bill hearing

In a sometimes-testy late-night hearing that continued into the early-morning hours on April 30, the Texas House Committee on Public Education heard public testimony on a bill mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom.

04/30/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor