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  Amarillo family mobilizes volunteers to bring joy to the forgotten

  The Haning family, members of First Baptist Church in Amarillo, researched the needs of the elderly, particularly shut-ins, and launched A Time to Share, a nonprofit organization that mobilizes volunteers to collect, wrap and deliver Christmas presents to the aged each year.

  12/06/2011 - By Administrator

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  Baptist fined in Uzbekistan

  The leader of a Baptist church in Uzbekistan was fined 80 times the minimum monthly wage Nov. 21 for holding what authorities considered an illegal religious meeting outside of a registered house of worship.

  12/05/2011 - By Administrator

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  Scholars say evangelicals tinkering with the Trinity

  A group of evangelical scholars has released a statement labeling an increasingly popular teaching about gender roles a revival of an ancient heresy concerning the nature of God. It all goes back to a 4th century cleric named Arius.

   

  12/02/2011 - By Administrator

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  Religious & political leaders call for AIDS-free generation

  A star-studded array of political and religious leaders — from President Obama to rock legend Bono to AIDS activist Kay Warren — came together Dec. 1 for World AIDS Day to call for an entirely AIDS-free generation by 2015.

  12/02/2011 - By Administrator

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  Baylor professor fighting dismissal charge

  A Baylor University professor is fighting dismissal charges that supporters say are aimed at silencing a dissident voice in America’s Jewish community.

  12/01/2011 - By Administrator

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  HSU Global Awareness Week highlights Fair Trade

  Fair trade can help people in developing countries earn reasonable wages, students at Hardin-Simmons University learned during Global Awareness Week.

  11/30/2011 - By Administrator

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  Logsdon guest lecturer presents prophecy as art and art as prophecy

  Timeless poetry, prophecy and art intersect in the visions of the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah, guest lecturer Ellen Davis of Duke University Divinity School told students at Hardin-Simmons University's Logsdon School of Theology.

  11/30/2011 - By Administrator

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  Teenager develops new attitude, new skills at Miracle Farm

  Dalton, a high school-age student at Texas Baptist Children's Home Miracle Farm in Brenham, got back on track with his studies through the help of the Miracle Farm staff, his teachers, volunteers and his horse, Butkus.

   

  11/30/2011 - By Administrator

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  Founding ABP board member Ardelle Clemons dies

  Ardelle Clemons—a founding board member of Associated Baptist Press, student minister and veteran pastor's wife—died Nov. 26 after a long illness. She was 93.

  11/28/2011 - By Administrator

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  Caring for Wounded Warriors

  Long deployments during wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have taken a toll on vets and military families. Some return with physical wounds.  Others need different kinds of healing. Some churches are exploring ways to offer comfort to wounded warriors and their families.

  11/26/2011 - By Administrator

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  Congregations reach out to vets with PTSD, traumatic brain injury

  Some wounds of war are all too visible—a missing leg, a shattered arm. The invisible wounds of mind and soul often are more difficult to spot and equally hard to treat.

   

  11/25/2011 - By Administrator

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  Black seminaries embrace hip-hop to reach out to young people

  It's hard enough to get young people out of bed and into the pews on a Sunday morning, but two leading black seminaries think they have found a way to grab the next generation—hip-hop.

  11/25/2011 - By Administrator