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  Texas Baptists send $25,000 for East Africa famine relief

  Texas Baptists are giving $25,000 through TEAM—The Ethiopian Aid Mission, a consortium of primarily Baptist congregations in East Texas, to help victims of the East Africa famine.

  08/10/2011 - By Administrator

• Mark Hatfield remembered as champion for religious liberty

  Former Sen. Mark Hatfield –- an Oregon Republican whose Baptist faith helped shape his political views during nearly half a century in public office –- died Aug. 7 after several years of declining health.

  08/10/2011 - By Administrator

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  TBM to build community center in Japan; funds needed

  The Texas Baptist Men missions organization has been asked to build a community center for people living in temporary housing since the March earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, opening a unique opportunity for Texas Baptists to provide tangible assistance to victims of the natural disaster.

  08/09/2011 - By Administrator

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  Zephyr church burns, 91-year-old sanctuary lost

  Bethel Baptist Church in Zephyr caught fire July 15, and the blaze destroyed its 91-year-old sanctuary and its fellowship hall.

  08/09/2011 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptists Committed leaders stress desire to support the BGCT

  Some Texas Baptists have asked why an organization birthed in denominational controversy continues to exist when any battles for control of the state convention ended years ago. Michael Bell, chairman of Texas Baptists Committed, raises a different question.

  08/08/2011 - By Administrator

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  TBM volunteers see God’s wisdom & God’s intervention in Haiti

  Texas Baptist Men volunteers returned from a recent mission trip to Haiti offering testimonials to the power of prayer, the reality of divine intervention and the superiority of God's ways over human plans.

  08/08/2011 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptist volunteers offer hope to the hurting in Missouri

  More than 160 volunteers represented 18 Texas Baptist churches and three from Missouri served in relief efforts during a weeklong mission trip to Joplin, Mo.

  08/05/2011 - By Administrator

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  Cuero church uses sports camp to reach community

  The Mega Sports Camp at First Baptist Church in Cuero is the congregation's latest attempt to share the hope of Christ with some of the community's most vulnerable residents—impoverished children.

  08/04/2011 - By Administrator

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  DBU student-athletes serve in Honduras

  The Dallas Baptist University Patriot athletic department worked in partnership with Buckner International to serve in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. This trip was part of DBU's Global Sports Mission Initiative which was created to allow student-athletes to experience other cultures by serving Christ overseas

  08/03/2011 - By Administrator

• Houston Baptist church hosts alternative to Perry prayer rally

  A Houston Baptist church will serve as host site to an ecumenical event formed in response to “The Response”—the prayer rally Gov. Rick Perry initiated at Reliant Stadium.

  08/03/2011 - By Administrator

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  Gregory helps BWA promote better preaching

  Joel Gregory compares commenting on sermons to raising political questions at a holiday meal among extended family. Still, the professor of preaching at Truett Theological Seminary shouldered the risky task of critiquing 24 sermons from the six Baptist World Alliance regions for a presentation at a recent global meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

  08/02/2011 - By Administrator

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  Fostering isn’t for everyone, but everyone can play a part

  Foster families have opportunities to make a huge impact on a child's life—an eternal impact, even. But like any other ministry, foster care is a calling, and families must be mindful of that before diving in.

  07/30/2011 - By Administrator