For more than 170 years, Baylor has focused on two founding principles: outstanding academics, and Christian commitment. Countless outstanding people — professors, students, staff and others — have played important roles in helping the university stick to its mission for so long, while so many other schools have wandered away from their faith. Almost 20 years ago, university leaders […]
While it’s common for incoming freshmen to be welcomed to college by campus leaders, it’s not so common for that encouragement to come in the form of a hymn — but that’s what we do at Baylor. Since 2008, each class of freshmen has received its own unique message of encouragement and hope written by University Chaplain Burt Burleson, […]
For 1,500 years, elaborate mosaics depicting Bible stories like Noah’s Ark and the parting of the Red Sea were buried in the ruins of an ancient synagogue in Israel. But this summer, a team that included two Baylor students and Dr. Nathan Elkins, a Baylor art history professor and coin specialist, uncovered this stunning artwork while […]
Brianna Childs, BA ’16, has only been a college graduate for two months. Most of her peers are just starting their first “real job” or are in the midst of applying for one, or they’re headed to graduate school. But not Brianna — because since high school, she’s had her eyes set on the World […]
What are the odds that a teacher and student at a Syriac Orthodox seminary in Damascus, Syria, would someday end up as colleagues in Texas at the world’s largest Baptist university? The likelihood was so small, they say, it can only be God’s direction that brought them here. Dr. Abdul Saadi and Dr. Abjar Bahkou — […]
Chances are that, somewhere along the line, you have prayed for healing. I say that not just because, as a reader of this blog, you’re likely to be a Baylor Bear, or a Baptist, or even a Christian. Rather, we know that most readers of this blog live in the U.S. — and a new Baylor study reports that almost 90% of […]
All kinds of people come to Heal The City in Amarillo, Texas: A mother who brought her son because she couldn’t afford the shots needed to keep him in school. A woman with arthritis and nerve damage who waited nearly two hours in the cold for the doors to open. A man who came shortly […]
Two years ago this spring, Kiley Burnett, MSCD ’14, was a graduate student in Baylor’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, fulfilling her last credit requirement at an internship in St. Louis, when she got a potentially life-plan-ending diagnosis: brain cancer. Specifically, Kiley was told she had stage 4 glioblastoma. It meant immediate surgery, chemotherapy, and even temporarily […]
When the Baylor softball team opens the 2016 season next month, they’ll do so a very different team than last year — and not just because of graduation and newcomers. Head coach Glenn Moore’s squad spent Christmas break sharing their game and the Gospel in Ghana, and what took place there was life-changing for everyone involved. […]
When persecuted, how do Christian communities across the globe respond? A group of 14 scholars from around the world — including one Baylor professor — has been studying this question for three years. Earlier this month, they unveiled their results at a conference in Rome that attracted worldwide attention. Specifically, the group presented research regarding the responses of […]
