Articles by Jessica King

This summer, Texas Baptists Music & Worship is holding its first annual Songwriting Competition. Director of Texas Baptists Music & Worship Tom Tillman said the contest provides a meaningful way to step into the music publishing space. 

Whether you are a soccer fan or not, the reality is that the nations are coming to Texas and North America in an unprecedented manner, with a focus on the sport most played and watched globally. There will be a soccer fervor among young people and many others.

Jan. 30-31, 137 children’s choir and worship leaders gathered at First Baptist Church Richardson to receive training and be encouraged to teach kids “what praise really means.” 

SMOT celebrated 50 years of glorifying God through music; honored Prestige Endowment Scholarship recipient and 50-year Charter Members. 

In the spring of 2023, Hannah Hopkins, a senior at East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) and Texas Baptists’ 2024 Prestidge Endowment Music & Worship Scholarship recipient, transferred to the school with a passion to lead worship. She’d heard the original song “New Day” performed by Lampsato, ETBU’s worship band, and wanted to audition to be a part of the group.

Churches are learning how to blend their contemporary and modern services together. Read how churches are learning to adjust worship services to be more intergenerational.

"...even during a pandemic, we figured out how to reach more people through this incredible training.”

As churches and communities are forced to adapt to “the new way of doing church” in the age of the Coronavirus outbreak, here are some ways to help make the most of this strange situation.

Iglesias y comunidades están siendo forzadas a adaptarse a "una manera nueva de hacer iglesia" en la era del brote del coronavirus.

On Saturday, June 22, over 220 women gathered together from across Texas to celebrate the Singing Women of Texas (SWOT) 25th anniversary with a special concert in front of a full crowd at the Sue and Frank Mayborn Performing Arts Center on University of Mary Hardin-Baylor’s campus.