By Ken Camp A Baylor University student and a recent graduate were killed in a one-car accident about 30 miles southeast of Waco. Another Baylor student and an incoming freshman also sustained serious injuries in the wreck. The four musicians…
Minister on death row surprised by only one thing: fellow Baptists’ support for capital punishment
By Ken Camp In the six years Dorothy Ruelas has visited death-row inmates at the Allan B. Polunsky Unit in West Livingston, Texas, only one thing shocked her. “I was surprised and shocked to find out most Baptists support the…
Lay callings confirmed through Stephen Ministry
By Ken Camp Tiffany Wright believes the priesthood of believers involves equipping the laity to bear one another’s burdens and give Christ-like care to hurting people. That’s why Wright leads the Stephen Ministry at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, a program…
Baptist finds ‘heart’s desire’ in preaching gospel to detained immigrant children
By Ken Camp Since Palm Sunday, Dan Trevino has preached to more than 10,000 immigrant young people from Central America, delivering a message of hope in Christ. Trevino, associate pastor of Baptist Temple in San Antonio, Texas, leads multiple worship services…
How you can help: Baptists in Texas seek funds, volunteers to aid immigrants
By Ken Camp Texas Baptists are collecting funds for Spanish-language Bibles, Buckner International is seeking children’s shoes, and Baptists in South Texas are gathering emergency items and soliciting volunteer nurses to help minister to unaccompanied minors and mothers with young…
BWA resolution calls surge of child immigrants a ‘humanitarian crisis’
By Ken Camp The surge of unaccompanied children from Central America into the United States “is not primarily an issue of unprotected borders but a humanitarian crisis,” according to a resolution the Baptist World Alliance General Council approved in Izmir,…
Baptists represented in presidential meeting on child immigrant crisis
By Ken Camp Texas Baptists joined other religious leaders and state and local officials at a meeting July 9 with President Barack Obama to discuss the humanitarian crisis caused by a surge of unaccompanied minor immigrants from Central America. Obama…
From minority to majority: Are Baptists living up to their heritage?
By Ken Camp When Baptists constituted a minority sect in America, bold spokesmen such as John Clarke, Obadiah Holmes and James Ireland took courageous stands for religious liberty, historians agree. Baptists like John Leland led in calling for separation of…
Is — or isn’t — religious liberty under siege?
By Ken Camp Some Americans warn that an overreaching federal government threatens religious liberty, while others worry a secular culture that values political correctness over truth imperils freedom of religion. Yet others say it’s a matter of perspective. “I would…
Aftermath of West explosion shows both relief and recovery needed after disaster
By Ken Camp Fourteen months ago, John Crowder didn’t know the difference between disaster relief and disaster recovery. He just knew his community needed help. In the months since a fertilizer plant explosion rocked his town, the pastor of First…
Childhood abuse increases potential for future exploitation, says one who endured it
By Ken Camp Stephanie Henry — a survivor of childhood sexual abuse — became a stripper when she saw her body as a “commodity” that could provide relief from financial desperation. Today, she devotes her life to combating human trafficking…
Baylor University files lawsuit against alumni association
By Ken Camp About five months after Baylor University’s chief lawyer sent a letter insisting the Baylor Alumni Association “cease and desist” using Baylor’s licensed trademarks, the university filed a lawsuit against the independent organization. Baylor filed the suit in…