Mary Annette Hall of Longview, a church organist for nearly 60 years, died Oct. 9.

Dallas Baptist University recently hosted the annual spring reunion of Decatur Baptist College. Former Baylor Bears Head Football Coach Grant Teaff and retired missionary/evangelist Isaac Torres will receive Texas Baptists’ Legacy Awards for lifelong Christian service.

The Texas House of Representatives passed a bill shielding from civil liability churches that disclose credible sexual abuse allegations, but time is short for the measure to pass the state Senate before the legislative session ends May 27.

East Texas Baptist University hosted the grand opening of the ETBU School of Nursing at the Marshall Grand in downtown Marshall on May 4. Sara Diaz of Midland is the initial recipient of the Hispanic Christian Leadership Scholarship offered by Wayland Baptist University.

Baylor University announced a $100 million gift from an anonymous donor for the school’s $1.1 billion Give Light campaign.

Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers completed work in the aftermath of tornadoes that hit Franklin and Alto, donating more than 10,000 volunteer hours.

Pastoral change noted for Abilene church.

Missions leaders from around Texas traveled to Washington, D.C., during Holy Week for their annual training event, visiting the Museum of the Bible and the Capitol Rotunda.

Baylor University recognized Gaynor Yancey as the 2019 Cornelia Marschall Smith Professor of the Year. “Preach the Word!” is the theme of the 30th annual National Conference on Preaching, scheduled May 21-23 at The Church Without Walls (Brookhollow Baptist Church) in Houston.

Life on the border is difficult. But the Baptist Student Ministry of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is working to help young adults who live there leverage their own strength and resilience to step out as leaders of the Valley and the nation. (Curated)

Students at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor presented the school’s 80th annual Easter pageant in three performances April 17. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary removed from its J.W. MacGorman Chapel a controversial set of 40 stained glass windows commemorating the self-identified “conservative resurgence” in the Southern Baptist Convention.

Pastoral change announced for Longview church. Staff addition noted for Amarillo church.