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  Critics say Caner isn’t only ex-Muslim with dubious past

  Liberty University is expected to release a report soon on whether Ergun Caner, president of the school’s Baptist Theological Seminary, fabricated or exaggerated his life story as a former Muslim extremist rescued by Jesus.

  06/24/2010 - By admin

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  Baylor brings education, care to Dallas area hard hit by diabetes

  Baylor Health Care System in partnership with the city of Dallas opened a wellness center dedicated to diabetes care and education June 7 in an area where residents are three times more likely to die of diabetes-related complications than in the rest of the city.

  06/24/2010 - By admin

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  Vestal says CBF will have to recall missionaries unless funding improves

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will be forced to recall missionaries from the field if donations to its annual Offering for Global Missions do not increase next year, CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal told the CBF Coordinating Council June 23.

  06/23/2010 - By Administrator

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  Buckner Vietnam orphans return to homeland they fled

  
  

  A group of orphans returned to Vietnam, many for the first time, since fleeing the country for Buckner Children’s Home in Dallas. It’s a trip that’s been in the making for years.

  06/23/2010 - By admin

• Southwestern retirees to lose benefit; group asks trustees to reconsider

  An organization of retired faculty and staff from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has asked the school’s trustees to reconsider a decision to discontinue providing health insurance coverage at no cost to retirees. But the seminary's president says trustees will not reconsider the issue.

  06/23/2010 - By Administrator

• Anti-terrorist police crack down on Baptists in Kazakhstan

  Anti-terrorist police in at least three regions of Kazakhstan have targeted unregistered Baptists and Muslims in recent months, according to the Norway-based news service Forum 18.

  06/23/2010 - By Administrator

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  DiscipleNow brings ‘sisters’ closer to God and each other

  A Howard Payne University student helped her high school "sister" find out she could be an example to younger girls during a Disciple Now weekend.

  06/22/2010 - By admin

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  Decatur church fuels fun with food at park

  When Ken May and Candy Burden of First Baptist Church in Decatur learned that one child in 10 in their area goes to bed hungry every night, they decided to do something about it.

  06/22/2010 - By admin

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  Baptists sending humanitarian aid to Kyrgyzstan

  Baptists have begun sending aid to Kyrgyzstan, home of a growing humanitarian crisis stemming from violence fueled by ethnic intolerance that has killed hundreds and driven hundreds of thousands of ethnic Uzbeks from their homes since June 10.

  06/21/2010 - By Administrator

• Texas Baptists join effort to provide care kits for terminally ill in Africa

  Texas Baptists’ Church2Church Partnerships Office has joined with Baptist Global Response to launch a summer missions opportunity to collect and send in-home care kits for terminally ill individuals in sub-Saharan Africa.

  06/21/2010 - By Administrator

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  Deaf ministry leader dies at 101

  Lillian Beard, a pioneer in deaf ministry in Texas, died June 10 in Houston at the age of 101.

  06/18/2010 - By admin

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  Baptists view growing Hispanic population as opportunity

  The Census Bureau reports the Hispanic population in the United States has more than doubled in the last 20 years. Many evangelical Christians view that as a new mission field.

  06/17/2010 - By admin