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  Baptist Army chaplain first slain in combat since Vietnam

  A Baptist who died in an Aug. 30 roadside bombing in Afghanistan is the first U.S. Army chaplain to be killed in the line of duty since the Vietnam conflict, according to Army officials.

  09/07/2010 - By Administrator

• National Baptist leader says lawsuit by former leader settled

  The National Baptist Convention USA has settled one lawsuit with a disgraced former president who sued after losing a re-election bid in 2009, the convention's parliamentarian and general counsel told state convention presidents attending an annual convention in Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 6.

  09/07/2010 - By Administrator

• Ezell of Kentucky recommended as NAMB president

  The presidential search committee of the North American Mission Board's trustees unanimously has nominated Kevin Ezell, senior pastor of Louisville's Highview Baptist Church.

  09/02/2010 - By Administrator

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  Two prominent Baptist thinkers criticize Beck’s ‘Restoring Honor’ rally

  When popular conservative radio and TV personality Glenn Beck called for “revival” on the National Mall Aug. 28, he was making a hash of both patriotism and faith, according to published comments by a pair of prominent Baptist leaders. 

  09/01/2010 - By Administrator

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  New York church meets needs with Texas Baptists’ help

  Graffiti Church in New York uses food and fellowship to build relationships with the people of the Lower East Side. The Texas Baptist Offering for World Hunger enabled the church to furnish its kitchen as well as support a program to help people get job training.

  09/01/2010 - By admin

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  East Texas church builds relationships with Baptists in New England

  Members of First Baptist Church in Longview have a close connection to  Worcester Baptist Church in Worcester, Mass. They're participating in a BGCT partnership with the Baptist Convention of New England.

  09/01/2010 - By admin

• Texas Baptists join Venezuelans in nationwide evangelistic outreach

  Bringing hundreds of tracts, Bibles, smiles and servant’s hearts, 86 Texas Baptist volunteers served nine days in Venezuela, supporting the efforts of local Baptists to share the gospel in their nation.

  09/01/2010 - By Administrator

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  Religious leaders challenging anti-Muslim rhetoric, violence

  Against a background of mounting anti-Muslim rhetoric and violence, Baptist and other religious leaders spoke out Aug. 30 against Islamophobia and urged federal officials to take a more proactive role in safeguarding Muslims’ civil rights.

  08/30/2010 - By Administrator

• Feeding programs enable churches to meet needs of entire families

  More than 10 months each year, children from low-income homes know they can turn to their local school for at least one nutritious meal a day. Grace Memorial Baptist Church in Clifton provided a place of solace and sustenance for some of those children this summer.

  08/28/2010 - By admin

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  School Daze: Change in the air

  Challenges to Baptist higher education that include finances, changing demographics and fragmentation of Baptist denominations are prompting insiders to reassess what it means to be a distinctively “Baptist” institution of higher learning.

  08/28/2010 - By admin

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  Wayland five-year strategic plan focuses on ‘future generations’

  Wayland Baptist University has unveiled a strategic plan for the next five years based on being an environmentally responsible, international multicampus system offering innovative, academically challenging and distinctively Christian education.

  08/27/2010 - By admin

• Devout less stressed than nonbelievers

  Religion may provide a “buffer” allowing the devout to feel less anxiety when they make mistakes, compared with nonbelievers, according to new scientific research.

  08/27/2010 - By admin