Texas Tidbits: Baylor tops TCU on and off gridiron

The Baylor Bears not only edged out the TCU Horned Frogs 61-58 in a come-from-behind victory at McLane Stadium. For the second consecutive year, Baylor University narrowly took the lead over TCU on the last day of the Young Alumni Challenge, raising nearly $39,000 from 1,011 Baylor young alumni. The fundraising competition, dubbed the I-35 Battle Royale, began Sept. 24 and ended Oct. 8. Each university’s young alumni—graduates between 2004 and 2014—were challenged to make a gift to any area of their respective university during the two weeks leading up to the Baylor vs. TCU football game Oct. 11 in Waco. The Baylor gifts during the competition support numerous areas across Baylor’s campus, from student scholarships to academic programs to university missions and student activities.

Gregory keynote speaker at Baptist World Congress. Joel Gregory, professor of preaching at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary, will be among the keynote speakers at the 21st Baptist World Congress. The international gathering will be held in Durban, South Africa, July 22-26, 2015. Gregory is lead author of the recently published book, Baptist Preaching: A Global Anthology, launched during the Baptist World Alliance annual gathering in Izmir, Turkey, in July 2014. He is a member of the BWA Commission on Baptist Worship and Spirituality. Other speakers include Peter Chin, senior pastor of the Global Mission Church in Bundang-Suji, South Korea; Donald Ndichafah from Cameroon, vice president of the All Africa Baptist Fellowship; Dimitrina Oprenova, associate pastor at First Baptist Church in Sofia, Bulgaria, and president of the Bulgarian Baptist Women’s Department; Anthony Carroll, senior pastor of Antioch Native Baptist Church in Nassau, the Bahamas; and Luiz Soares Silvado pastor of Bacacheri Baptist Church in Curitiba, Paraná, and president of the Brazilian Baptist Convention. The Baptist World Congress, normally held every five years, is the largest international gathering of Baptist Christians, drawing thousands from about 100 countries.