RG3 invited by Obama to give closing prayer at National Prayer Breakfast
When you win the Heisman Trophy, you get to do some special things. Former Baylor quarterback (that’s a little weird to write) Robert Griffin III was invited by President Barack Obama to lead the...
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Truett Seminary celebrates 10 years on Baylor’s main campus
Ten years ago this week, more than 1,000 guests attended the official dedication of George W. Truett Seminary’s new Baugh-Reynolds Campus. The new facility brought pastoral education back to the main...
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Baylor We Are: Students of Faith
A decade ago, the Baylor chaplain’s office began placing students from Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary into residence halls to serve as “resident chaplains” — pastors-in-training who are...
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Baylor We Are: Building On Our Legacy
For all the attention given to the results of Baylor’s Vision 2012 over the past decade, not everything about the university is new. In fact, in some areas, Baylor has really returned to its roots....
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Easter exhibit at Vatican features rare biblical manuscripts assembled by...
This Easter, a collection of rare biblical texts and artifacts assembled by a Baylor professor is on display in the heart of Vatican City. “Verbum Domini,” a 5,000-square-foot exhibit, brings together...
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WORLD magazine names Baylor prof’s ‘Triumph’ its 2012 Book of the Year
In its current issue, WORLD magazine names Baylor professor Dr. Rodney Stark’s The Triumph of Christianity: How the Jesus Movement Became the World’s Largest Religion its Book of the Year for 2012....
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Students put Baylor classroom lessons to work on summer mission trips
More than 200 Baylor students went out this summer on university-sponsored mission trips, using what they’ve learned in the classroom to serve in the real world. Engineering majors provided assistance...
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International students and scholars drawn to Baylor to study rare Biblical...
Ancient biblical manuscripts. Expert professors. Eager undergraduate and grad students. That recipe makes sense at Baylor, and was exactly the scene at Armstrong Browning Library last month during the...
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Bears among notable contributors to new Bible translation ‘The Voice’
A new translation of the Bible from Thomas Nelson Publishing, The Voice Bible, takes a different approach to helping readers understand God’s word — thanks in large part to several members of the...
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Christmas at Baylor in photos, 2012
Unseasonably warm temperatures the last few days (including a record-for-the-date 83 degrees on Saturday!) make it feel not so much like Christmas outside. But yet the calendar turns; it’s December,...
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Alum named director of White House faith-based office
When President Barack Obama went looking for a new director for the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, it seems only natural that he would find a Baylor Bear. Melissa...
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Baylor alum, former administrator honored with Texas Baptists’ Legacy Award
Since graduating from Baylor in 1950, Robert Feather has spent his entire adult life in Baptist circles — first as a pastor and then with Billy Graham’s World Evangelism and Christian Education Fund...
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Singspiration brings Bears together for worship at Homecoming
Quick: What are Baylor’s oldest Homecoming traditions? The bonfire, of course. The parade. Pigskin. Freshman Mass Meeting. And you can’t forget the football game. But did you remember Singspiration?...
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President Starr speaking out for religious freedom
Next month, President Ken Starr will deliver the opening address at a conference on religious freedom in Rome, co-sponsored by Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion and organized by Georgetown...
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Christmas at Baylor 2013, in photos
Early last week, as the Baylor campus was planning for Christmas on 5th Street, the weather was fantastic — sunny and mid 70s. But by the event Thursday night, it really was beginning to feel a lot...
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Remembering the PBS special ‘Christmas at Baylor,’ a decade later
Ten years ago this month, much of the nation celebrated the holiday season along with Baylor, as PBS stations around the country aired “Christmas at Baylor,” an hour-long special that highlighted the...
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President Starr calls world leaders to stand for religious freedom in Rome visit
In addition to spreading the Gospel around the world, Christians throughout history have spearheaded efforts to abolish slavery and encourage economic growth, female literacy, a free press, education...
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Baylor alums behind live national Christian concert on New Year’s Eve
Lecrae, Matthew West, Jeremy Camp, Shane & Shane and Natalie Grant are just a few of the artists coming together in Nashville on New Year’s Eve for a major holiday concert. New Year’s Impact will...
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Alums’ ministry reminds us ‘Jesus Loves Strippers,’ too
The t-shirts are eye-catching: “Jesus Loves Strippers.” But it’s true, and touches on a deeper message surrounding God’s love. Ten years ago, Baylor graduates Brett (BA ’98) and Emily (BA ’99) Mills...
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Alum returns to help Baylor better engage with churches and ministries
More than 50 different centers, institutes and departments at Baylor expressly connect to the university’s Christian mission, from the Baptist Studies Center for Research to BU Missions, from the J.M....
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