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  Truett Seminary, BaptistWay Press make resources available

  Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary, Texas Baptists’ Great Commission Team and BaptistWay Press are offering free resources to help church leaders during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.

  03/23/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Updated: Baylor student and two faculty test positive for COVID-19

  A Baylor University student and two Baylor faculty, each who had traveled to another state, have tested positive for COVID-19 and are in self-isolation.

  03/20/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Longview pastor Glynn Stone dies in one-car crash

  Glynn Stone Jr., senior pastor of Mobberly Baptist Church in Longview, died in a one-car crash March 19 in Longview.

  03/20/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  God cares for immigrants, author tells Baylor students

  Throughout the Bible, God demonstrates special concern for immigrants, a Guatemala-born author reminded Baylor University students.

  03/18/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Baylor Collaborative partners to deliver food to rural students

  The Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty has joined in a national effort with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and others to deliver food boxes to students in some rural schools closed to help curb the spread of COVID-19.

  03/17/2020 - By Lori Fogleman / Baylor University

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  COVID-19 forces churches to get creative quickly

  Increasingly stringent public health guidelines regarding the COVID-19 outbreak not only forced Texas Baptist churches to make rapid adjustments to worship, but also to think creatively about how to minister in the weeks ahead.

  03/17/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  TBM places all disaster relief volunteers on alert

  Texas Baptist Men has placed all of its disaster relief volunteers and mobile kitchens on alert in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe.

  03/17/2020 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

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  Family wants Sandefer name and remains removed from HSU

  Family members of a longtime president of Simmons College asked Hardin-Simmons University to remove their family’s name from its buildings and to allow the remains of J.D. “Prexy” Sandefer to be relocated from the campus to “a more suitable resting place.”

  03/16/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  BGCT youth give their spring break to serving others

  Construction sounds filled the air March 12 and 13 at 11 work sites in Waco as Bounce Student Disaster Recovery volunteers worked on home repairs.

  03/13/2020 - By Eric Black / Editor

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  Texas Baptist universities respond to COVID-19

  Several Texas Baptist universities extended spring break by one week—at least for students in on-campus classes—due to the COVID-19 pandemic and announced plans to provide online-only classes.

  03/13/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Texas UFM continues stepping out in faith

  With “Steppin’ Out in Faith” as their theme, members of  Unión Femenil Misionera of Texas met in Lubbock to celebrate God’s blessings and hear reports on new initiatives that demand continued faith—including the launch of Unión Femenil Misionera de las Américas.

  03/13/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Zorzoli urges Baptist women to take a leap of faith

  When faced with obstacles, Alicia Zorzoli challenged Hispanic Baptist women to take a “leap of faith.”

  03/13/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter