Wayland Baptist University President Bobby Hall tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The No Need Among You conference—originally scheduled as a three-day in-person event in Fort Worth—will be a one-day hybrid conference on Oct. 15.

New pastor of First Baptist Church in Bandera noted.

Nearly half of Texas Baptist pastors who responded to a recent statewide pastor health survey don’t get enough sleep, four out of 10 have high blood pressure, and one out of 10 has experienced a heart attack, stroke or other cardiac event.

Texas Baptists will join with 16 other Baptist state conventions Aug. 1 to host the Resourcing Worship Virtual Conference, online training for church leaders involved in worship ministry. 

Bounce Back Home Day of Service offered students the opportunity to serve without the risk of travel. It also taught them missional living can happen in their own neighborhoods, not just in faraway place.

A minor technicality in the way her father spelled his name—as opposed to the way the U.S. Army thought he should spell it—was the catalyst that prompted Adrienne Evans-Quickley to join the military.

About 250 Texas Baptist pastors and Christian leaders have endorsed a call for Texas lawmakers to make sure police training and practices prohibit the use of excessive force.

Wayland Baptist University served as host site for COVID-19 drive-through testing. Howard Payne University held a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of construction on the Newbury Family Welcome Center.

Hardin-Simmons University initiated a disciplinary process involving a student who posted a “deeply disappointing and unacceptable social media post” that mocked attitudes toward interracial violence, HSU President Eric Bruntmyer said.

Although the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling on DACA provided temporary relief for young immigrants, their future remains uncertain, and the United States desperately needs immigration reform, participants in a bilingual webinar insisted.

Dallas Baptist University presented a $1,750 donation to Mission Arlington. Within a few weeks of its launch, the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s COVID-19 Student Relief Fund raised $37,000. Now, two companies are offering matching grants to help support students affected by the pandemic.

Staff changes affect churches in Waco, Plano and Sealy.