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  New neighborhoods mean new opportunities for new churches

  The Tradewind community was a booming area in suburban southeast Amarillo. So in May 2018, South Georgia Baptist Church began planning the new Tradewind Community Church, the first church in the area.

  09/17/2019 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Warm blankets await infants after disasters

  Peg Oppenhuis recently donated 80 handmade blankets for the Texas Baptist Men child care unit to use in the wake of disasters. Volunteers will wrap children in the blankets, providing a sense of warmth and comfort.

  09/17/2019 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

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  Immigrants and the homeless deserve dignity, speakers insist

  Immigrants, asylum-seekers and homeless people who suffer from disabling mental illness or addiction all deserve to be treated with dignity, speakers told the No Need Among You Conference.

  09/17/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Wedgwood declares God is faithful 20 years after tragedy

  Members of Wedgwood Baptist Church testified to God’s faithfulness at a Sept. 15 service, 20 years after Larry Gene Ashbrook killed seven and injured seven others before killing himself at the Fort Worth church.

  09/17/2019 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  Neglected neighborhoods can experience extraordinary revival

  When ordinary Christians in ordinary places open themselves to the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit, they will see extraordinary transformation in previously neglected neighborhoods, Jonathan Brooks said.

  09/13/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Obtención de visas para pastores nacidos en el extranjero puede presentar dificultades

  Pastores de Latinoamérica continúan recibiendo el llamado: Mudarse a Estados Unidos para servir en iglesias ministrando a familias migrantes. Pero adquirir visas que permitan a pastores vivir y trabajar en los Estados Unidos puede ser complicado, y muchas veces requiere que los pastores e iglesias hagan el esfuerzo para entender el proceso.

  09/11/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  River Ministry meets increased needs in Mexican border cities 

  River Ministry missionaries in McAllen, Laredo and El Paso noted a significant decrease in the number of immigrants crossing into Texas, but missionaries on the Mexican side of the border have seen—and responded to—increased needs.

  09/11/2019 - By Kalie Lowrie / Texas Baptist Communications

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  First student graduates from advanced certificate program

  A ministry assistant from an East Texas church became the first student to graduate with an Advanced Certificate of Ministry in Children’s Ministry, a program jointly sponsored by Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary and the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  09/09/2019 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

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  Obtaining a visa for a foreign-born pastor can be challenging

  Acquiring a visa that allows a foreign-born pastor to live and work in the United States can be complicated, and it often takes pastors and churches significant effort to understand the process.

  09/09/2019 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Refugio church dedicates building two years after hurricane 

  Two years after Hurricane Harvey severely damaged the First Baptist Church in Refugio building, church members and community leaders gathered to celebrate the dedication of the remodeled facility.

  09/05/2019 - By Kalie Lowrie / Texas Baptist Communications

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  North Texas Giving Day to benefit Baptist Standard Sept. 19

  Baptist Standard Publishing is participating in North Texas Giving Day on Sept. 19. Donations will be multiplied when donors contribute through the North Texas Giving Day website.

  09/04/2019 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  TBM deploys first wave of Hurricane Dorian relief

  The first wave of Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers left North Texas on Sept. 3, bound for a Deep South site where they will be closer to areas of greatest need after Hurricane Dorian reaches the U.S. coast.

  09/03/2019 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor