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Annual meeting draws few for business, many for outreach

Annual meeting draws few for business, many for outreach

The BGCT annual meeting in Houston attracted the fewest messengers in at least 60 years, but a series of evangelistic events prior to the meeting marked the largest number of professions of faith in Christ of any similar event in recent history.

Pilots for Christ lifts patients on a wing and a prayer

Pilots for Christ lifts patients on a wing and a prayer

Alabama car dealer Tommy Lee flies his Piper Cheyenne turbo-prop for Pilots for Christ taking patients to hospitals. The group depends on volunteer time given by pilots and the use of their planes, and on donations that pay for fuel and mission support.

Churches share Christ by celebrating cultures

Churches share Christ by celebrating cultures

More than 500 people participated in an international festival at Houston’s Lansdale Park sponsored by 19 Baptist churches representing the Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Korean, Laotian, Malaysian and Vietnamese population in the area.

Prison ministry weekend sees 1,405 people accept Christ

Prison ministry weekend sees 1,405 people accept Christ

More than 200 volunteers shared their faith with 14,000 offenders in the Pam Lynchner State Prison and the Harris County jail, and 1,405 men and women became followers of Christ. In all, more than 2,400 spiritual decisions were made as a result of the outreach.

 
Stream event caters to Baptists under age 35
streamThe first group of messengers and visitors to arrive in Houston for the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting of Texas Baptists was a little different than normal. They all were under age 35, participants in Stream—a special event added to the meeting schedule to appeal to young Baptists.
 
Calvinism’s structure provides for comprehensive worldview
Speakers at the G-5 Conference agreed that examining John Calvin’s theology leads Baptists to embrace a more biblical worldview.
 
Love for kindergartners lasts 60 years for former pastor’s wife

Martha HowardSome things have changed a bit since 1949 at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas. Then, the church met in a house. Today, its 9,000 members fill a mammoth sancutary in multiple worship services. One thing hasn’t changed. Martha Howard still can be found teaching her room full of kindergartners—just as she has for 60 years.

 
Hispanic Fellowship embraces Texas Hope 2010
More than 300 Hispanic Texas Baptists prayed, worshipped and enjoyed fellowship in their heart language of Spanish, celebrating what God has done in and through them during the past year.
 
Former pop music star, songwriter teamed up to glorify God
The debut album by Chynna Phillips and Vaughan Penn, One Reason, conveys themes of redemption, forgiveness and hope with a musical canvas of harmony-rich arrangements.
 
Georgia Baptist Convention cuts ties with church led by woman pastor
The Georgia Baptist Convention has ended its 148-year-old relationship with First Baptist Church of Decatur, Ga., over the congregation's 2007 vote to hire a woman as senior pastor.
 
New domestic-poverty stats a wake-up call, ethicists say
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- New government numbers revealing that nearly one in six Americans lived in households that struggled to afford food at some point in 2008 ought to be a wake-up call for Christians, according to two Baptist ethicists.
 
'Bible Navigator X' reaches out to video gamers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- Attention video gamers: The Bible is coming to an Xbox near you.
 
Opinion: The Fort Hood tragedy and radical Islam
Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged attacker in the Ft. Hood shootings, was a devoted Muslim. Was he a terrorist? Why is this issue so crucial for our nation?
 
Fort Worth church declines to send messengers to BGCT
Rather than face a challenge from the floor, Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth chose not to send messengers to the state convention, saying it was “in the best interests of both our church and the BGCT.”
 
  • Inside Islam
    The massacre at Fort Hood raises serious questions about the complex intra-faith dynamics of Islam in America. In particular: Is a Muslim soldier's highest duty to country or religion?

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Divine appointment at a cafe
I came to the café to take a break from a long day of ministry. But when the Spirit of God lives in you and you are attentive to his leadership, it is quite possible your plans may be interrupted.
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Georgia Baptist Convention cuts tie...
If the Georgia Baptist Convention was a team of doctors trying the save the life of the SBC; they’ve overlooked the brain cancer and cut off a healthy arm. They claimed it was because of a woman pastor, but I believe it included the church giving ...   
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