By now, most of you know Baylor University is one of the first stops on the Turning Point USA college tour. The Baylor administration has justified the campus presence of Donald Trump Jr., Erika Kirk and “Border Czar” Tom Homan…
Baylor’s ‘Civil Discourse Week’ includes session on sexuality
Those who have written to Baylor University President Linda Livingstone to complain about a Turning Point USA event to be held on campus in April received emails March 25 touting “Civil Discourse Week” on campus this week. The published schedule…
Fear drove Baylor to allow TPUSA on campus, Perryman asserts
Fear is the only plausible explanation for why Baylor University is allowing Turning Point USA a platform on campus next month, according to Skye Perryman. Perryman, who grew up in Waco, Texas, and whose father was a professor at Baylor,…
AWAB calls Baylor to give LGBTQ voices the same platform as TPUSA
Baylor University should grant LGBTQ students the same fairness and openness it has readily shown in allowing Turning Point USA to host an event on campus in April, the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists said. “AWAB affirms the importance…
Here’s what’s wrong with Baylor hosting a TPUSA event
Let’s be crystal clear about the double standard at work at Baylor University. University regents and administrators are still running scared of LGBTQ inclusion but they’re perfectly fine with hosting the bigotry of Turning Point USA on campus. In case…
5 Baptist schools among Lilly grant recipients
Five Baptist-affiliated schools have received grants of $7 million to $10 apiece from the Lilly Endowment through its Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative. The Baptist-related schools are among 45 recipients in the latest round of large-scale collaboration grants from Lilly. Launched in…
20 questions for Baylor University
With families traveling long distances by car this week, there’s likely to be a resurgence of one of the most beloved of all time-passing games, Twenty Questions. In that spirit, I’ve come up with 20 questions for the leadership of…
Committing to a culture that empowers
In Baptist Women in Ministry’s latest “State of Women in Baptist Life” report, Executive Director Meredith Stone wrote, “Many reasons for celebration can be found in this report, as well as painful reminders of the disparity that women in ministry…
Ken Starr resurfaces in Epstein files
Former Baylor University President Ken Starr’s role in the Jeffrey Epstein saga resurfaced Nov. 12 as the House Oversight Committee released thousands of pages of documents about the disgraced financier and his connections to the nation’s political elite. That dump…
Three ways Baylor has failed its students and the gospel
Under pressure from conservatives, Baylor University recently returned a $643,000 grant from the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation for a project titled “Courage from the Margins,” designed to study how the church can be more welcoming to women and…
Truett launches Anglican Episcopal House of Studies
Truett Seminary at Baylor University has created another alliance with a conservative branch of Mainline Protestantism — an Anglican Episcopal House of Studies. The new house within the Baptist seminary was announced Oct. 13 and follows four years after opening…
Letter to the Editor: How Baylor taught me to love my (LGBTQ) neighbor
Dear Editor: Baylor University has had quite the summer! A steady cavalcade of news has emanated from Waco regarding the awarding of, then rescission of, and now damage control of, an academic grant from the Baugh Foundation to the Baylor…