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‘A Baylor Christmas’ returns with holiday music for the entire Baylor family
For half a century, the combined choirs and orchestra of Baylor’s School of Music have welcomed Christmas with joyful worship during Christmas on 5th Street. This month — for the fourth year in a row...
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Baylor Bears’ books named among 2017’s best by Christianity Today & ALA
The end of each year brings with it a series of lists that bibliophiles eagerly await — a rundown of the year’s best books. Baylor professors are routinely honored on these “best of” lists,...
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Baylor students raise $10,000 in one day for Hurricane Harvey efforts
In 2014, the philanthropy chair for Baylor’s Phi Kappa Chi fraternity sat in the office of University Chaplain Burt Burleson, trying to figure out how to raise $40,000 so his organization could build...
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After avoiding God’s calling for years, this Truett alum now leads a growing...
Joseph C. Parker, Jr. was raised the only son of a Baptist preacher in Birmingham, Ala. Growing up in the church, those around him always told him he would grow up to be a pastor just like his father...
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Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana: Six Baylor alums leading Texas Baptists today
Baylor’s motto, “Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana,” means “for the Church, for Texas.” Since legendary Baylor President Rufus Burleson established the motto in 1851, those words have reminded generations of...
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‘I Can Only Imagine’: The song (and the new movie) abound with Baylor ties
No contemporary Christian song in history has been played more than “I Can Only Imagine,” the 2001 mega-hit by MercyMe. The song’s inspiring lyrics and moving backstory have struck a chord with...
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“Am I Enough?” Graduating Baylor senior becomes a published author with new...
“Am I enough?” It’s a question many people — especially many women — ask themselves their entire lives. “Am I pretty enough? Smart enough? Successful enough? Good enough?” Having battled such...
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6 Baylor Bears bringing a little light into others’ lives
In this blog, we write a lot about the outstanding achievements of Baylor Bears: the academic honors, the national trophies, the alumni who become household names. And yes, these things are important....
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These #BaylorLights shine bright
In this blog, we write a lot about the outstanding achievements of Baylor Bears: the academic honors, the national trophies, the alumni who become household names. If we only focused on those, it...
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Record number of Baylor missions teams serving worldwide this summer
This summer, Baylor Missions has sent (and is still sending) out its largest group of mission teams ever, with 25 teams (made up of almost 400 students, faculty/staff and alumni) serving in 16...
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Trained as a witch doctor, this Baylor alumna instead found Christ — and her...
As a young girl in Uganda, Rose Nanyonga’s family envisioned a dark path for her. But after finding Christ, she found her way to America, where she earned degrees from Arkansas Tech, Baylor and Yale;...
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Baylor Chaplain: How spiritual formation works at a university of 16,000+...
Baylor University is well-known for its distinctive mission and for the unambiguously Christian educational environment it offers — a place where students and teachers can examine issues and relate to...
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Unique class hymns welcome Baylor freshmen to campus each fall
While it’s common for incoming freshmen to be welcomed to college by campus leaders, it’s not so common for that encouragement to come in the form of a hymn — but that’s what we do at Baylor. Since...
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Baylor’s Center for Christian Education poised for expansion
It makes sense that the School of Education at Baylor — the world’s largest Baptist university — would be among the leaders in developing teachers and administrators for Christian schools. Since 1985,...
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What is Baylor’s Christmas on 5th Street?
Sweater weather, hot chocolate, roaring fires, snowfall (sometimes, at least). Christmas season is unquestionably the most wonderful time of the year — and at Baylor, the most wonderful time of the...
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Merry Christmas (on 5th Street), Bears!
The tree in Burleson Quad is lit, and it’s officially Christmas on Baylor’s campus! Thursday night kicked off the most wonderful time of the year with the annual Christmas on 5th Street celebration....
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‘A Baylor Christmas’ delivers holiday music from Waco all over the country
For almost 50 years, the combined choirs and orchestra of Baylor’s School of Music have welcomed Christmas with joyful worship during Christmas on 5th Street. This month — for the fifth year in a row...
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Baylor alumna now an international leader in adoption advocacy and orphan care
When she was only 11 years old, Emily Chapman went on a mission trip to Haiti that would forever change her life — and the life of her entire family. Upon returning home, Emily planted a seed that,...
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4 Baylor Bears whose lights are shining bright
Over the past year, you might have noticed we’ve been focusing a lot on “Baylor Lights.” One of the university’s goals has been to share stories from the Baylor Family about how Bears are shining...
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Understanding the foundational pillars that support Illuminate
Last year, the Baylor Family was introduced to Illuminate, the university’s academic strategic plan to guide Baylor further towards its goals as a preeminent Christian research institution. A lot of...
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