The Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT), more commonly known as the Texas Baptists, is a Baptist Christian denomination in the U.S. state of Texas. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Baptist World Alliance. Texas Baptist offices are located in the city of Dallas, though convention staff are located across the state. According to a denomination census released in 2023, it claimed 2,038,537 members and 5,375 churches
John Franklyn Norris, more commonly known as J. Frank Norris was a Baptist preacher and controversial Christian fundamentalist.
James Milton Carroll was an American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, author, and educator.
The University of Mary Hardin–Baylor (UMHB) is a private Christian university in Belton, Texas. UMHB was chartered by the Republic of Texas in 1845 as Baylor Female College, the female department of what is now Baylor University. It has since become its own institution and grown to 3,914 students and awards degrees at the baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral levels. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas and accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
George W. Truett Theological Seminary is a Baptist theological seminary in Waco, Texas. The seminary, named after Southern Baptist preacher George Washington Truett, was founded in 1993 as part of Baylor University and is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
Jimmy Dorrell is Executive Director of Mission Waco in Waco, TX and pastor of Church Under the Bridge. Dorrell is also a part-time professor at Baylor University and George W. Truett Theological Seminary and has authored three books.
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor was an American statesman, jurist, ordained Baptist minister, war veteran, slave owner, and a co-founder and the namesake of Baylor University. According to Thomas R. Phillips and James W. Paulsen, he was one of the most productive justices on the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas.
James B. Simmons, was a minister and abolitionist during the Antebellum period. He served as a Baptist minister in Providence, Rhode Island; Indianapolis, Indiana; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and New York City.
Baylor University is a private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas, United States. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Located on the banks of the Brazos River next to I-35, between the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex and Austin, the university's 1,000-acre (400-hectare) campus is the largest Baptist university in the world. It is affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
James Leo Garrett Jr. was an American theologian. He held the position of Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
Rufus Columbus Burleson was the president of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, from 1851 to 1861 and again from 1886 to 1897.
William Carey Crane was an American Baptist minister, an educator, and the president of Baylor University from 1864 to 1885.
The Antioch International Movement of Churches is a global network of evangelical churches headquartered in Waco, Texas. The Waco location was founded in 1999 by Jimmy Seibert. Antioch Ministries International has been listed as a 501(c)(3) organization since 1993. The movement strongly focuses on missions-based evangelism and global church planting. Antioch describes itself as non-denominational.
William Christopher Friley, known as W. C. Friley, was a Southern Baptist clergyman and college president. He was from 1892 to 1894 the first president of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and the second president from 1909 to 1910 of Louisiana College in Pineville, Louisiana. The two assignments were fifteen years apart.
Anne Luther Bagby was an American Baptist missionary from Texas. She was the first woman from the Texas Baptists to become a foreign missionary. She also served as a leader of the Texas Baptists when she was not doing missionary work in Brazil. Overall, Bagby worked as a missionary for sixty-one years. Six of her nine children also became missionaries.
John Hill Westbrook was a pastor and the first African American athlete to play in the Southwest Conference of American football during his time as a student at Baylor University.
George Washington Baines was an American politician, Baptist preacher, journalist, slaveowner, and educator. He was a co-founder and the third president of Baylor University, while the university was located in Independence, Texas, during the American Civil War.
Reverend William Milton Tryon was an American missionary, pastor, Baptist minister and co-founder of Baylor University. Together with some leading Baptist missionaries, Rev. James Huckins and Judge Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, he inspired the formation of Christian education in Texas.
Zachariah Nehemiah Morrell, aka Wildcat or Baptist Wildcat, was an American traveling Baptist preacher, journalist, author, missionary, church founder and historian. He was the founder of Baptist Churches in Texas and Baptist doctrine center in 1835 by preaching the first sermon heard in the country.
The 2018 Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Mary Hardin–Baylor in the American Southwest Conference (ASC) during the 2018 NCAA Division III football season. In their 22nd year under head coach Pete Fredenburg, the team compiled a 15–0 record and won the ASC championship. The team advanced to the NCAA Division III playoffs and defeated Mount Union, 24–16, in the 2018 Stagg Bowl.
