To provide Hispanic immigrants a one-stop event where they could gain access to the resources they need, La Puerta Waco, the immigration ministry of First Baptist Church in Waco, sponsored the All Immigrant Resource Fair.

The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor brought together its academic programs in nursing, sport science, physical therapy and related disciplines to create the Mayborn College of Health Sciences. Hardin-Simmons University is partnering with Communities Engaging Difference and Religion to provide CEDAR’s first experientially based educational program in Texas.

Staff changes noted for churches in Aubrey, Waskom, Marshall, Sanger and Amarillo.

When Pastor John Finley resigned from his Tennessee church, he told the congregation he had been “involved with two females in inappropriate behavior” but insisted they were adults and there was “no sex.” The women who sent a letter that spurred his resignation have a different story to tell about alleged abuse 37 years ago at Travis Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Worth. (via Star-Telegram)

The Scott & White College of Nursing at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor welcomed high school students to campus for a weeklong camp. Linda Livingstone, president of Baylor University, has invited senior pastors and other faith leaders from throughout Central Texas to a community prayer breakfast July 11 on the Baylor campus.

Global Hunger Relief Run during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting; UMHB names dean of College of Visual and Performing Arts; and more news from Baylor and Houston Baptist University.

Fain Eugene “Gene” Horton, longtime Baptist pastor in South Texas, died June 22 in Harlingen, five days after preaching his last sermon. He was 83.

Bruce W. Bowles, who led the Baptist Church Loan Corporation more than a quarter of a century, died June 24 in Dallas. He was 87.

Pastoral change noted for a church in San Angelo.

Leonid Regheta, director of Project: Start Refugee Resource Center, a Baptist General Convention of Texas-supported ministry, received the Immigrant Advocate Award at the 7th Annual Immigrant Journey Awards.

East Texas Baptist University named Laurie Smith the university’s 2018 Professor with Distinction. Award-winning author Donna M. Johnson will present the 2018 Werlin Lecture at Baylor University.

Mildred Beatrice McWhorter, former home missionary who directed the Mission Centers of Houston from 1963 to 1992, died June 17 in Franklin, Ga. She was 87.