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  DBU inaugurates first endowed professorship

  Dallas Baptist University marked a milestone in missions education Feb. 17, when it inaugurated the Piper Chair of Missions—the first endowed professorship in the school’s history.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  Cowboy churches follow the hoofprints, going where cowboys gather

  At the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo exhibit hall, where a “howdy” is more common than a “hello,” throngs of people in cowboy hats and boots move from one display to another, looking at clothes, candies, toffees and western paraphernalia. But one booth offers an opportunity none of the others do—a chance to engage in a relationship with Christ.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  Are religious people easy targets for scams?

  A Christian radio host in Minnesota took in $190 million in a three-year scam, and thousands of Utah Mormons were conned out of an estimated $1.4 billion. Is it simply too easy for con artists to prey on people of faith?

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  Texas legislature may cut all funds for professional prison chaplains

  In the wake of a significant budget deficit, Texas lawmakers are considering eliminating all professional prison chaplains, a move that could significantly affect the way volunteers from churches minister in that arena.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  No black and white answers to lack of diversity among atheists

  Last year, Dallas atheist Alix Jules helped launch a local initiative to address what atheists regard as an international problem for their movement—a lack of racial and gender diversity.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

• Texas Baptists make views known to lawmakers about payday lending

  Some Texas Baptists continued their legislative fight against what they call the “predatory” lending practices of payday and auto-title lenders, testifying before the state Senate Committee on Business and Commerce.

  02/24/2011 - By Administrator

• TV jamming in Middle East affects Christian network

  A satellite television network for and run by Christians in the Middle East said Feb. 24 that programming thought to have been blocked by Libya has been restored.

  02/24/2011 - By Administrator

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  To help in Middle East: Encourage U.S. to advocate for values

  As the Middle East writhes in birth pains to deliver something yet undefined, a scholar who specializes in faith and global politics says Christians in America should speak boldly on behalf of the values that Arab populations are risking their lives to obtain.
   

  02/24/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Larry Dodd to First Church in Nash as interim music minister.

  02/23/2011 - By admin

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  Faith Digest

  Houses of worship and other charities often aren’t in competition for dollars but instead tend to reap donations from similar donors, a new study shows.

  02/23/2011 - By admin

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  Around the State

  The 90th Annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference will be held at Wayland Baptist University Feb. 28-March 1. The theme is “Great is Thy Faithfulness.”

  02/23/2011 - By admin

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  Institutional relations dominate BGCT Executive Board meeting

  Relationships to Baptist institutions—including one university that opened its governing board to include non-Baptists, another university that is increasing its capital debt by $40 million and a financially troubled health care system whose hospitals have entered a joint venture with a for-profit hospital—dominated discussion at the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board’s Feb. 21-22 meeting.

  02/23/2011 - By admin