Nicolás López-Merino’s involvement in translating the Old Testament into the Amuzgo language shaped his trajectory and led him to study theology and music at Baptist University of the Américas.

Christians who are called to serve can do more if they are able to encourage others to come alongside them and cooperate. That idea has guided Unión Femenil Misionera of Texas for more than 100 years, UFM Executive Director-Treasurer Bea Mesquias said.

A mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, pipe bombs mailed to political leaders, and a caravan of Central Americans approaching the U.S. border underscore the importance of Christians’ calling to build bridges, Shirley Hoogstra told a Dallas Baptist University audience.

A visual artist cited the work of a reclusive 19th century New England poet and a 20th century marine biologist to connect culture care to creation care.

Hardin-Simmons University is closing its Logsdon Seminary extension in Corpus Christi, but the South Texas School of Christian Studies will continue to offer courses to prepare students for ministry.

The Bible speaks both of the created world and of humankind as “the works of God’s hands,” and people should recognize their kinship to the land, Old Testament scholar Ellen Davis told a Baylor University symposium on stewardship of creation.

Human choices and actions—not “acts of God”—typically turn natural events into disasters, Christian geophysicist Bob White told a Stewardship of Creation symposium at Baylor University.

When the Colorado River overflowed its banks flooding hundreds of homes, area Baptist churches overflowed with compassion for their hurting neighbors, providing disaster relief with the support of Texas Baptist Men.

La Convención Hispana Bautista de Texas recibió una donación de Lilly Endowment para lanzar Conexión, una iniciativa pastoral que ayudará a los ministros que están en transición o quienes están en circunstancias inusuales.

Texas ranked second only to California among all states in terms of refugee resettlement last year, and a Dallas-based ministry wants to provide refugees with hope.

The Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas received a grant from the Lilly Endowment to launch its Conexión Pastors Initiative to assist ministers who are in transition or facing unusual circumstances.

Sam Brownback served in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate and as governor of Kansas, but he told a Dallas Baptist University audience he considers advocating for international religious freedom his most important life’s work.