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.
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.
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.
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.
Baylor University’s Faculty Senate has weighed in on the turbulent relationship between the Baylor Alumni Association and the university’s administration and board of regents. At their mid-November meeting, members of the Baylor Faculty Senate approved two statements—one noting “deep concern” about the conflict and the other congratulating the alumni association on its 150th anniversary.
George W. Truett’s experience preaching to troops in Europe during World War I not only shaped his views about militarism, but also contributed to his growing conviction that only Christ’s church—not any government—offered hope for lasting peace, church historian Kelly Pigott said.
Federal, state and local leaders in the fight against hunger gathered for a hunger summit at Baylor University to begin a discussion they hope will spark actions to end food insecurity in Texas by 2015.
A former Southern Baptist Convention officer who made headlines in June when he said on national radio that he was praying for Barack Obama to die now says he wants to see the president live long enough to stand trial for treason.
The 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.
Some 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.
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.
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.
Here in Nyeri, Kenya, there are many coffee plantations around—some of the world’s best quality coffee all around me. But I love Julie's Coffee Shop because it tastes like home.
Islamic scholars debate whether Mus... All this makes for very interesting theological debate and cultural unveiling, but adds very little to what should lie ahead for Major/Dr. Hasan. He deliberately planned, prepared for, and killed 13 people, and tried to kill over a dozen more. He m...
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