Waco does the Fourth of July right. Whether you want to watch fireworks over the Brazos River with 15,000 of your closest friends, catch a neighborhood parade on Austin Avenue, or skip the crowds entirely from a quieter vantage point across the river, there’s a way to celebrate the Fourth of July in Waco that […]
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Of the 15 men who comprised the original Board of Trustees of a doughty little school on the rolling hills near the village of the Independence in 1845, only William M. Tryon and Judge R.E.B. Baylor are known and celebrated today. The others — J.G. Thomas, James Huckins, Albert G. Haynes, Albert C. Horton, R.B.
Returning Home There have been some pretty remarkable people who have earned their degree at Truett Theological Seminary – and Mulenga Chela certainly falls into the category of remarkable. Chela, who is from Zambia, was wrongfully imprisoned in an African country in 2006. During his time in prison, Chela committed himself to sharing the gospel
Christian Contemporary Music (CCM) is a multi-million dollar genre that millions of Americans listen to every day. However, few people may know that a record label founded in Waco, Texas, by a Baylor University graduate helped spark the genre’s success. Jarrell McCracken, a sportscaster and ministry student at Baylor in the ‘50s, was working in
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This November 1972 Classic takes the reader down the winding
A day in the life of a local pastor might include one-on-one counseling with congregants, preparing a sermon, leading staff meetings, and now… consulting on AI? In Pope Leo XIV’s Magnifica Humanitas — his first encyclical, which was published for the public on May 25 — he focuses on the dangers of artificial intelligence and
Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. This September 1976 Classic explores how a Baylor Law Review symposium
African Studies Certificate Program Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences is offering an exciting new program – a certificate in African Studies open to students from across the University. The program is available starting in Fall 2026 and requires 12 hours of coursework, including a required three-hour language course in Swahili. Gorrety Wawire, Ph.D., lecturer
Dr. Elizabeth Palacios spent 40 years of her career at Baylor. During that time, she learned what it takes to succeed as a Hispanic woman within the predominantly white Baylor faculty. “For a long time, I was the only minority faculty in the School of Education,” Palacios explained. “They would hire [minority faculty], but they
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Editor’s Note: For now over 75 years, The Baylor Line has been publishing vivid storytelling from across the Baylor Family. I don’t think our archives full of deep, inspirational features should live solely on shelves, so we are bringing them back to life in BL Classics. In this November 1980 Classic, Kathy Hampton reflects on her
