John Pelham Hereford of Spring, pastoral ministry associate at The Woodlands First Baptist Church, died Dec. 1. He was 69.

12/03/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Baylor University against a charitable foundation, claiming intervention is “necessary … to protect the public interest in charity.”

12/03/2020 - By George Schroeder / Baptist Press

C.T. “Sparkey” & Merrie Beckham from Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas received the Russell H. Perry Free Enterprise Award from Dallas Baptist University. Students in Baylor University’s “Philanthropy and the Public Good” class directed $90,000 to seven Waco-area nonprofit organizations.

12/02/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

From Dec. 1 to 24, the Baylor School of Music will offer the “Baylor Family” and others a special daily gift for the holidays—a “Countdown to Christmas” selection of online performances.

11/30/2020 - By Terry Goodrich / Baylor University

East Texas Baptist University participated in its fifth annual Operation Christmas Child. An engineering science professor at Howard Payne University and his students recently unveiled wearable personal protective equipment designed to emit a virus- and bacteria-destroying UV aura believed to be effective against COVID-19.

11/24/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Four words—“Share Christ; show love”— offer the guiding principles for Texas Baptists under a reorganization Executive Director David Hardage unveiled in his report to Texas Baptists’ virtual annual meeting.

11/18/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

A Hispanic Student Union formed at Dallas Baptist University. Two Wayland Baptist University business students ranks No. 1 in a global Business Strategy Game.

11/18/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Alton Jackson “Jack” Green Jr. of Victoria, former Texas Baptist pastor and retired president and chief executive officer of South Texas Children’s Home Ministries, died Nov. 9. He was 89.

11/17/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

Hispanic Baptists gathered at Baptist University of Américas in San Antonio and online to celebrate the launch of Texas Baptists en Español, a renewed effort for Texas Baptists to reach the state’s Hispanic population.

11/17/2020 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

In spite of the challenges 2020 presented, Truett Theological Seminary is not just surviving but is “thriving,” Dean Todd Still told a Friends of Truett virtual gathering on the eve of Texas Baptists’ annual meeting.

11/16/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Young adult leaders from Texas Baptist churches considered biblical responses to escapism, racial injustice and political division during an online event prior to Texas Baptists’ virtual annual meeting.

11/16/2020 - By Kalie Lowrie / Texas Baptist Communications

Participants in the virtual African American worship rally heard a call to be bold witnesses for Christ and to let Jesus’ light shine.

11/16/2020 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications