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  Initiative engages students in sharing the gospel

  Through Engage24, every student involved in Baptist Student Ministries was encouraged on a single day to engage one person in a conversation about Jesus.

  11/14/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  BGCT seeks donations for flooded Austin

  Texas Baptists’ disaster recovery office is requesting donations to assist in the aftermath of floods in Austin that affected about 1,600 homes.

  11/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: Trull honored

  The T.B. Maston Foundation honored Joe Trull, a retired college and seminary professor, pastor and editor of Christian Ethics Today, with its 2013 ethics award.

  11/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Community Partners help poor connect to benefits

  Through the new Community Partner program, community and faith-based organizations need just one thing to serve Texans who want to know about their eligibility for health benefits and other public assistance—an Internet connection.

  11/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  TBM disaster relief workers serve flooded South Austin

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers responded to multiple needs in the South Austin area after flooding affected more than 1,600 homes.

  11/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baylor retains ban on homosexual behavior

  Baylor University’s student body president vetoed a resolution to drop a ban on homosexual behavior from the university’s code of conduct.

  11/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Ethicist: Force an option, but not without repentance

  In a broken world, Christians sometimes may need to use force—even deadly force—to protect the innocent, but they always should recognize their actions fall short of God’s ideal, a Christian ethicist told students at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  11/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas abortion restrictions in effect after legal wrangling

  UPDATE: A ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy went into effect in Texas Oct. 28. Three days later, a federal appeals court reinstated—at least temporarily—another restriction a U.S. District judge had rejected.

  11/01/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Hunger a moral problem, White House official tells summit

  Hunger is more than just a health problem or a public policy problem. It is a moral problem, especially in a nation blessed with abundance, a White House official told leaders from anti-hunger organizations and advocacy groups at the Together at the Table Hunger Summit at Baylor University.

  11/01/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Youth ministry a calling worth the commitment

  Youth ministry isn’t easy. It demands long hours, unending energy, incredible patience and deep commitment, speakers noted at Conclave, a Texas Baptist training event for ministers to students.

  10/31/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Golden Rule behavior works at business and in ministry

  Leadership principles from the business world translate to ministry principles, youth ministers across Texas learned during Conclave, a Texas Baptist training event.

  10/31/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: New business campus set at Baylor

  Baylor University’s board of regents approved construction of the $99 million Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation that will house the university’s Hankamer School of Business, expanding its size by nearly 40 percent. 

  10/30/2013 - By John Rutledge