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  Adam Wright elected president of Dallas Baptist University

  Veteran Dallas Baptist University vice president Adam Wright has been elected to succeed the university’s longtime president, Gary Cook.

  05/19/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Halls leave legacy after 30 years in Baptist education

  Lanny and Carol Hall have spent 17 years serving Hardin-Simmons University in two terms as president and first lady. He will begin his second term as chancellor in June, as he moves out of his role as president. He also served as president of Wayland Baptist University and Howard Payne University.

  05/18/2016 - By Marv Knox

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  Baylor regents receive briefing from Pepper Hamilton on sexual violence report

  The board of regents heard from the law firm hired last September to conduct an independent external investigation into Baylor’s response to reports of sexual violence.

  05/13/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  CommonCall: Perseverance through struggle

  Inocenio and Paula Briones understand struggles. They have experienced plenty in their lives, marriage and ministry.

  05/12/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Lenamon elected Texas Baptist Men executive director

  Texas Baptist Men’s board overwhelmingly elected Mickey Lenamon, 58, as the sixth executive director in the missions organization’s 49-year history.

  05/11/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Armes thankful for his time at Wayland

  Paul Armes will retire as president of Wayland Baptist University effective June 30, leaving behind the university he has served 15 years.

  05/11/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Buckner helps Houston flood victims

  The Buckner Family Hope Center at Aldine has helped about 100 families affected by the floods in Houston, meeting immediate needs such as clothes, food, toiletries, hygiene items, bedding and even school uniforms.

  05/10/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  New multiracial churches best hope for achieving diversity, researchers say

  Congregations that attempt to boost their racial and ethnic diversity may end up with fewer people in the seats, depending on how they handle change, a Baylor University study revealed.

  05/10/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  Three DBU students killed in pickup truck accident

  Three Dallas Baptist University students died in an early-morning one-vehicle wreck in southwest Dallas May 7.

  05/09/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  CommonCall: Nobody left behind

  “That’s when I realized we were a dying church. I said, ‘If we don’t do something, we’ll be nothing but old people remembering how it used to be.’”

  05/05/2016 - By Ken Camp

• Court rules Muslim inmates may wear beards and skullcaps

  Texas prisons must allow Muslim inmates to wear the four-inch beards and knit skullcaps their religion demands, a federal court ruled.

  05/05/2016 - By Ken Camp

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  CommonCall: ‘See the difference love makes’

  The last time First Baptist Church in Cisco found itself without a pastor, the search committee steered down a road rarely traveled.

  05/04/2016 - By Ken Camp