Baptist Studies Center for Research
The Baptist Studies Center for Research seeks to make an impact on the future shape of the global community of Baptists by attending to the Baptist story and to make an impact on the future of Baylor University by preserving and enhancing the Baptist story as part of the University's work. It does so by becoming an open depository for important Baptist Studies resources, providing research support for Baptist Studies scholarship, and developing a network of scholars, publishing houses, and other institutions engaged in the preservation of Baptist history and heritage.
The Baptist Studies Center for Research has contact with multiple faculty members, post-doctoral students, and current doctoral students with expertise and research interests in a variety of fields related to religion and Baptist studies.
The Baptist Studies Center for Research aims to provide access to Baptist materials for those researching the tradition. Baylor and other institutions have valuable research materials that narrate the Baptist story.
The Baptist Scholars International Roundtable promotes scholarship from Baptist perspectives across the ages and around the globe by facilitating a scholarly forum for exchange of ideas via annual roundtable meetings, hosted at Christ Church, Oxford, England.
The Baptist Studies Center for Research seeks to support and promote the work of Baptist scholars by publicizing available research grants and awarding the James Melvin Washington Research Grant in Black Baptist History.