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  Duncanville church changes lives halfway around the world

  Through a vision God placed in the heart of Pastor Keith Brister and the contacts of one of its members– Sastry Meesala– First Baptist Church in Duncanville formed a partnership with an orphanage in India.

  08/12/2010 - By admin

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  ETBU Tigers work at camp in Ukraine, not far from Chernobyl disaster

  Five East Texas Baptist University football players and Head Coach Mark Sartain served a week in Eastern Europe this summer, working at Open Doors Christian Camp just outside Chernigov, Ukraine.

  08/12/2010 - By admin

• Texas Tidbits: Baylor names first woman provost

  Elizabeth Davis has been named provost and executive vice president of Baylor University—the first woman appointed to the chief academic officer’s post in the school’s 165-year history.

  08/11/2010 - By admin

• On the Move

  Devin Butts to First Church in La Vernia as associate pastor and business administrator.

  08/11/2010 - By admin

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  Faith Digest: Study reveals Amish growth

  A new study says the population of North American Amish has increased nearly 10 percent in the past two years, causing many communities to turn westward in search of new land.

  08/11/2010 - By admin

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  Around the State

  Houston Baptist University’s Dunham Bible Museum will host a premeire showing of KJV: The Making of the King James Bible in the Dunham Theater Sept. 2 at 7 p.m.

  08/11/2010 - By admin

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  Band bridges generation gap with a unique mix of musical styles

  With their mix of Southern Gospel, country, bluegrass, traditional hymns and contemporary worship songs, Jason Baird and Justin Rivers—better known as the Dove Award-winning duo Austins Bridge—seek to bridge generations and connect people to Christ.

  08/11/2010 - By admin

• BGCT eliminates 13 staff positions, reduces some to part-time

  Six Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board employees are losing their jobs, seven unfilled posts are being eliminated and a dozen positions are being reduced from full-time to part-time due to the state convention’s current financial situation and the 2011 forecast.

  08/11/2010 - By Administrator

• Christian aid group wants to stay in Afghanistan despite killings

  The International Assistance Mission has rejected Taliban claims that 10 staffers from the Christian aid agency who were killed in Afghanistan had been trying to convert Muslims.

  08/10/2010 - By Administrator

• Focus on the Family announces more than 100 job cuts

  Focus on the Family has announced 110 job cuts in the latest round of layoffs that the Colorado ministry attributes to the departure of founder James Dobson and the reduced financial support from donors.

  08/09/2010 - By Administrator

• Uzbekistan cracks down on unregistered Baptists

  Authorities in Uzbekistan continue to repress worship in unregistered churches, according to a new report by an international news service that monitors religious freedom.

  08/09/2010 - By Administrator

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  BWA leaders focus on diversity, justice, development

  The BWA’s first global congress since its 2005 centennial and last year’s 400th anniversary of the beginning of the Baptist movement revealed an ever-more-diverse global fellowship poised to tackle injustice and poverty.

  08/06/2010 - By Administrator