Phillip Hassell, pastor of the historic Independence Baptist Church near Brenham and director of the Texas Baptist Historical Museum, died Sept. 13. He was 64.

East Texas Baptist University hosted an All-American Labor Day celebration on campus. Buckner has distributed or shipped more than 300 tons of humanitarian aid this year domestically and in the six countries Buckner serves.

Royce Lee Measures, a Texas Baptist pastor and chaplain emeritus of the Pasadena Police Department, died July 29 of COVID-19. He was 85.

Pastor Michael Evans of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield, president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, and David Hardage, executive director of the BGCT, spoke at Howard Payne University about the need for Christians to listen to and seek good for others.

Workshops that typically would have been offered during the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting will be offered in a weekly online format Tuesdays at 2 p.m., beginning Sept. 8.

Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary named adjunct professor Jennifer Howell as the inaugural director of the Theology, Ecology and Food Justice Program.

Residents of Calder Woods, a Buckner Retirement Services senior living community, who had been evacuated due to Hurricane Laura returned to Beaumont on Aug. 29, and Buckner Children and Family Services clients and staff returned Sept. 1.

Missionaries who served in China around the time of legendary Baptist missionary Lottie Moon’s death indirectly became responsible for several generations of Baptist preachers and lay leaders in Mexico.

Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers are meeting needs of people impacted by Hurricane Laura and beyond.

Mount Lebanon Retreat and Conference Center has made a spiritual impact in the lives of campers for nearly 75 years. But this year’s summer camp season has been unlike any previous year in the retreat center’s history.

Tony Maalouf, Baptist seminary professor and founding CEO of Magi Ministries International, died Aug. 26. He was 65.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Buckner International has collected and distributed more than 100 tons of domestic aid, including food, personal protective equipment and school supplies.