Cowboy preacher hopes 40-day horseback ride spurs revival
The pastor of a cowboy church in Wichita Falls hopes a 40-day horseback ride from Texas to Washington, D.C., spurs revival in communities where he preaches along the way.
Maciel resigns as BUA president to accept Waco church position
Maciel, who also serves as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, has led Baptist University of the Américas since 2007.
Voices: Four reasons I became a Baptist
Baptists have much to offer both the church as a whole and the world. If we remember where we came from, we will continue to reach a world in desperate need of what we have to offer.
Editorial: Inviting diverse and disconnected people to follow Jesus together
Week-in and week-out, Christians must figure out how to help the diverse and disconnected people all around us know without a doubt they are loved by Jesus because they receive that love from us.
Voices: Deconstructing our ‘us vs. them’ mindset
The Roman army officer whose servant Jesus healed demonstrates the kind of inclusive humility needed to break down barriers between “us” and “them.”
Voices: You need church
Being a part of a church is not easy, but it is essential. We cannot love Jesus and not love his church.
Lillian Hinds: ‘I love to tell the story’
Our weekly profile of Texas Baptist ministers features Lillian Hinds, pastor of Meadow Oaks Baptist Church in Temple.
2nd Opinion: Help your daughter find her worth in Christ, not from culture
If we are faithful to teach our daughters where true worth can be found and model a commitment to those truths in our homes as well as in our own lives, they will be less likely to look to the world when it comes to defining their worth.
Christian Life Commission panel: Church is the place to discuss race
Christians must be true to the gospel—and honest with each other—if they hope to secure racial justice in America, a multi-racial panel convened by the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission insisted.
Commentary: Abortion is not valid genetic control
In tackling genetic disease, Christians must show the world abortion is not the answer, while providing smart solutions, such as genetic testing for young couples before they begin having children and pursuing actual cures to genetic conditions.
Guest editorial: The civility of discourse
We may have the liberty to say whatever we wish, but doing so may destroy/damage something, not only in others, but something deep inside ourselves.
Christian Life Commission OKs hunger offering goal, policy priorities
The Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission approved a $650,000 goal for the 2017 Texas Baptist Hunger Offering and ratified its priorities for next year’s state legislative session during its fall meeting in Dallas Sept. 26.
BGCT board recommends $34 million budget
The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board approved a decreased 2017 budget proposal at its fall meeting Sept. 27 in Dallas.
Texas Baptist Mission Foundation awards ministry grants
The Texas Baptist Mission Foundation has awarded $242,000 in grants for ministry projects involving the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Texas Baptist Men and Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas.
Buckner Family Pathways empowers single mom to dream again
Sitting in a shelter for abused women was never in Michaella Saucedo’s plans. But that’s exactly where she found herself, her young daughter and her soon-to-be-born son. But when she "hit rock bottom," she found help at Buckner Family Pathways in Midland.
Why most people leave religion? They just ‘stop believing’
A majority of the religiously unaffiliated—the so-called “Nones”—say they fell away from faith not because of any negative experience, but because they “stopped believing,” usually before the age of 30.
Texan Amanda Tyler named BJC executive director-elect
The Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty board of directors named Amanda Tyler—an Austin native who has served on the staff of a Texas Congressman—as the next executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based religious liberty organization.
More Nones than you think, but many won’t show up on Election Day
A quarter of U.S. adults do not affiliate with any religion, a new study shows. But these so-called “Nones” are not voting as a bloc and may have little collective influence on the upcoming presidential election.
School vouchers a civil rights issue? 'No,' says Pastors for Texas Children
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has framed the school voucher debate in terms of enabling parents choose their child’s school, calling it a crucial civil rights issue. And a Baptist minister who leads a pro-public education advocacy group calls that “blasphemous.”
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