By Ken Camp Some Baptists who lease property at Glorieta Conference Center recently received notice from the new owners — Glorieta 2.0 — they have until mid-August to make major decisions about houses built on that land. In mid-June, LifeWay…
Glorieta residents get lease options
Texas mission worker dead at 32
By Ken Camp Seth Dorrell, 32-year-old director of Mission Waco’s global arm — Mission World — died of a heart attack June 16 while he was serving on a mission trip in Mexico with his family. Dorrell’s heart attack was…
Zombies a ‘secularized’ view of salvation
By Ken Camp Dramas about zombie apocalypse, TV reality shows about survivalists and speculation about end-times prophecy all grow from a desire for hope in the face of an uncertain future, said Joe Coker, lecturer in the religion department at…
BGCT board seeks OK to explore sale
By Ken Camp Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in San Antonio this summer will consider a recommendation to grant the BGCT executive board authority to sell the Baptist Building in Dallas. The board at its May meeting…
Baptists respond to Texas tornadoes
By Ken Camp Disaster-relief volunteers from Texas Baptist Men offered comfort to injured people, helped clear debris and provided meals to rescue workers after tornadoes ripped through North Central Texas Wednesday evening, May 15. A series of tornadoes touched down…
Obsessed with the End
By Ken Camp and Bob Allen In addition to Mother’s Day, many churches around the world will celebrate Sunday, May 12, as Ascension Sunday, recalling the day that Jesus’ resurrected body ascended into heaven as his disciples looked on 40…
‘iFaith’ explored at Baylor symposium
By Ken Camp Social media may link people across the globe, while at the same time segmenting them generationally, one of American’s foremost scholars on technology and the church told an April 29 gathering at Baylor University’s George W. Truett…
B.H. Carroll Institute shifting leaders
By Ken Camp Bruce Corley announced plans to resign as president of the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute, effective after the October meeting of the school’s governing board. “This step comes after careful reflection and prayer,” said Leon Leach, chair of…