• On the Move: Bobby Isbell

  Bobby Isbell to Oplin Baptist Church in Clyde as pastor.

  01/30/2015 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Obituaries: Brent Ferren, James Carter

  Brent Ferren, 61, died Jan. 25 in Glen Rose and James Carter, 80, died Jan. 26 in Shreveport, La.

  01/30/2015 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Around the State: ETBU Shadow Day

  East Texas Baptist University will hold Shadow Day Feb. 13 for high school seniors and college transfer students.

  01/30/2015 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Texas Tidbits: Lilly Endowment grants $500,000 to Truett

  The Lilly Endowment awarded a $500,000 grant to Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary to strengthen the quality of preaching.

  01/30/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: GuideStone releases tax guide for ministers

  The 2015 edition of GuideStone Financial Resources’ annual Tax Return Preparation and Federal Reporting Guide, Ministers’ Tax Guide for 2014 Returns is available.

  01/30/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Pastors eager to find preaching’s place in modern church

  A series of Lilly Foundation grants and several large-scale evangelistic events demonstrate the continued importance and effectiveness of preaching. But being relevant without catering to the culture is a challenge.

  01/30/2015 - By Jeff Brumley / Baptist News Global

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  Baptists represented at ecumenical gathering on believers’ baptism

  Instances of “indiscriminate baptism” as well as the practice of admitting unbaptized persons into church membership remain challenges to a Baptist understanding of the ordinance of baptism.

  01/30/2015 - By Bob Allen / Baptist News Global

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  CERI responds to flooding in Sri Lanka, 10 years after deadly tsunami

  Flooding in Sri Lanka in December prompted Children’s Emergency Relief International to help provide food and temporary shelter for displaced victims and coordinate plans to rebuild.

  01/30/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Baptists’ hunger offering supports IMB development ministries

  Texas Baptist’s are giving  $103,000 in hunger offering funds to equip International Mission Board personnel to teach people how to sustain a fish farm in South America and meet other needs around the globe.

  01/28/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Container filled with ministry supplies arrives in Cuba

  The world focused on Cuba in recent days, gauging the impact of restored diplomatic relations with the United States after more than 50 years. But for a Waco couple and a Texas Baptist Men volunteer team, a trek to Cuba was business as usual.

  01/28/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Christians’ collaborative passion can change a city, Denison says

  Collaborative passion is the only solution if Christians want to impact the city of Dallas, Jim Denison, founder of the Denison Forum on Truth and Culture, told participants in the second Movement Day Greater Dallas.

  01/26/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Racial reconciliation must start with churches, pastors say

  More than 2,500 people attended the second Movement Day Greater Dallas event in Dallas, representing a diverse Christian leadership from business, education, health care, nonprofit organizations, government and churches hoping to transform the city through the cooperative efforts of God’s people.

  01/24/2015 - By John Rutledge