A nonprofit unrelated to Baylor University commissioned an investigation of a Baylor professor who served on the group’s advisory board after allegations of sexual harassment and insensitivity. That report by GRACE — Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment…
Remembering Robert Bryan Sloan
Robert B. Sloan was born and raised in West Texas — in don’t fence me in West Texas. Born in Coleman, raised in Abilene, he died in Houston, America’s fourth largest city on July 4, a fitting place and day…
Robert Sloan, Baptist educator, dies at 77
The is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available. Veteran Baptist educator Robert B. Sloan died of a massive stroke July 4, according Heights Church in Houston, where Sloan was a pastor and theologian…
What’s the status of ICE and ‘sensitive locations’? Confusing
A federal judge refused to block immigration actions near Minnesota schools while other courts consider Trump administration appeals to rulings in other lawsuits against raids at or near sensitive locations. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship alerted partner congregations this week that…
Lariat documents continued reaction to Baylor TPUSA event
The fallout over a Turning Point USA event at Baylor University a week ago continues, with the founder of Baylor’s TPUSA chapter saying he wouldn’t have let this happen. Ollie Mintz, who graduated from Baylor in 2022, founded the campus…
Benny Johnson calls Charlie Kirk a Christian martyr like Stephen
“Charlie Kirk is still winning,” conservative podcaster Benny Johnson told a crowd of Baylor University students April 22 at the “This Is the Turning Point” tour. Although the event was closed to media and community members, BNG obtained audio recordings…
At Baylor, Homan boasts of saving lives through deportations
If you like what the Trump administration has done with mass deportations so far, you’re going to love what comes next, Border Czar Tom Homan told a Baylor University audience April 22. Homan spoke on the Baylor campus as part…
Baylor TPUSA chapter president mocks ‘All Are Neighbors’ event
The student president of the Baylor University chapter of Turning Point USA began last Wednesday night’s closed-door rally by mocking participants in the “All Are Neighbors” event happening elsewhere on campus. BNG acquired audio recordings of the TPUSA event held…
438 Baylor students checked in at TPUSA event Wednesday
Wednesday night in Waco, Texas, 438 Baylor University students passed through the checkpoint outside Waco Hall to attend the Turning Point USA “This Is the Turning Point” tour event. Black pipe and drape was set up in the back portion…
‘All Are Neighbors’ celebrates diversity and inclusion
What got billed nationally as a pro-gay event on Baylor University’s campus April 22 turned out to be a celebration of democracy for all people. The “All Are Neighbors” rally held on the top floor of Cashion Academic Center on…
TPUSA drives a bus over Baylor and then backs up to do it again
Baylor University’s administration has — perhaps accidentally — sullied itself by affiliation with Turning Point USA. The damage to the university’s reputation is significant. In any space except the far-right MAGA-sphere, TPUSA is known as a political outfit tied at…
At Baylor, Trump Jr. bows out of rally and Paxton steps in
Editor’s note: BNG has learned that Turning Point USA has denied all media credentials requests to their event on campus today. Even the student newspaper, the Baylor Lariat, has been denied access to the event. This a developing story we…