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  BGCT recognizes some of Texas’ BEST educators

  Texas Baptists recognized nine public school educators as BEST—Baptist Educators Serving Texas.

  10/31/2023 - By Texas Baptists Communications

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  Stay of execution for coordinator of faith-based program

  Less than five hours before he was scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on Oct. 26, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution for William Keith Speers, an inmate coordinator of the faith-based program on Texas Death Row.

  10/26/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Jurors find Baylor negligent and violated Title IX

  Jurors in Waco’s U.S. District Court found Baylor University was negligent in handling reports of sexual violence involving a former Bears football player and found the university violated Title IX policies.

  10/26/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Hispanic Higher Education Consortium hosts first college fair

  Many Hispanic students face particular challenges to entering college and completing a degree. The Hispanic Higher Education Consortium is designed to address and overcome these challenges. Challenges include gaining access…

  10/25/2023 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  B.H. Carroll Seminary returns to Arlington church

  B.H. Carroll Theological Seminary, which officially becomes part of East Texas Baptist University in late 2024, is making a move from its offices in Irving to the location where it originally began in downtown Arlington.

  10/23/2023 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  ‘The Chosen’ convention brings thousands to Dallas

  More than 3,500 fans attended The Chosen Insiders Conference in Dallas recently to celebrate “The Chosen,” the popular film series about the life of Jesus and his followers in first-century Israel under Roman oppression.

  10/23/2023 - By BeLynn Hollers / Religion News Service

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  Residency program focuses on calling out the called

  For the past six years, First Baptist Church in Burleson has helped the next generation to discern God’s call and provided space for them to grow in ministry.

  10/20/2023 - By Meredith Poe / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Two transformed lives intersect at Texas Death Chamber

  If Texas Death Row inmate William Keith Speer is executed as scheduled Oct. 26, two men whose lives have been transformed by God will be present—one on the death chamber gurney and one in the adjacent viewing area.

  10/18/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Wayland wrestlers see feeding the hungry as their mission

  For Yireh Moreno, an 18-year-old freshman wrestler and student trainer at Wayland Baptist University, the desire to provide food to hungry people is based on personal family experience.

  10/16/2023 - By Phillip Hamilton / Wayland Baptist University

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  Attack poverty, not people living in it, speakers urge

  Middle-class social service providers and educators who try to communicate with people trapped in generational poverty might as well be speaking in a foreign language, Donna Beegle told participants at a Christian community development conference.

  10/14/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Guarneri wants BGCT to stay focused on mission

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas’ executive director-elect believes the greatest challenge facing Texas Baptists and their greatest opportunity are closely related.

  10/11/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Interfaith friendships advance peace and religious freedom

  Interfaith friendships promote peacemaking and provide the foundation for faith freedom to flourish, longtime Texas Baptist pastor Bob Roberts told participants at a 21Wilberforce event.

  10/09/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor