I just got word of one more example of Baylor students helping out during and following Hurricane Ike’s landfall last month and thought it was worth sharing. Among the evacuees brought to Waco were about 20 nursing home residents suffering from dementia. Dealing with an evacuation is stressful for anyone, but for people with dementia, […]
How did you spend your summer? For many Baylor students, the answer to that question is “helping others.” * Over 160 students visited AIDS clinics, installed hydro-electric generators, tutored children and shared the Gospel on Baylor-sponsored mission trips across the globe this summer. Baylor Magazine compiled this powerful series of journal entries and reflections on […]
[4/16/15 update: Billy Ray Hearn passed away Wednesday at age 85 due to complications from heart disease. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends.] Baylor alum Billy Ray Hearn is recognized by many as the father of contemporary Christian music, and a quick glance at his resume shows why. In 1972, Hearn started […]
Dr. Byron Johnson, co-director of Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR), helped President George W. Bush with the creation of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in 2001, and since then Johnson has been among the leaders in studying whether faith-based initiatives really work. Shortly after returning from speaking at a […]
Baylor and the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) are launching a new program that will financially support graduate education at Baylor for outstanding students who have earned degrees at Texas Baptist universities. The goal, according to BGCT-related university presidents, is that the program will help keep their alumni in Texas for graduate work at […]
In 1914, a group of 40 ministers got together in Virginia to address the growing concerns of the African-American church and its relationship to the community. The gathering became an annual conference, and the 94th annual Hampton Institute at Hampton University convened earlier this month. About 8,000 people attended the inter-denominational conference, which is widely […]
In April, noted Christian author and pastor Max Lucado was a guest speaker in Chapel. (Watch video from that and other Chapel services here.) Lucado spoke on the most well-known verse in the Bible, John 3:16, elaborating to the students and others in attendance on the beauty of God’s openness to all who will receive […]
As the world’s largest Baptist university, it stands to reason that Baylor would be among the leaders in the study of religion. Recognition from outside the University — like the recent honors from Christianity Today — just confirms the standing of Baylor and its faculty nationwide. Christianity Today, the nation’s leading evangelical Christian magazine, named […]
Not one, but two books by Baylor professors made the American Library Association’s list of the Top 10 Books in Religion for 2007. The Listening Heart: Vocation and the Crisis of Modern Culture, by the late Dr. A.J. “Chip” Conyers, and Discovering God: The Origins of the Great Religions and the Evolution of Belief, by […]
As the nation’s leading Baptist university, it’s only fitting that a Baylor seminary would be producing tomorrow’s pastors. According to a nice article in the Waco Trib, Truett Seminary’s enrollment this fall is at an all-time high of 402 students. That’s a 6.6% increase from last year — more than five times the national average […]
