• Ray: Look ahead to great opportunities in 2017

  12/14/2016 - By Marv Knox

  In 2017, the Bivocational/Small Church Association will seek to support Texas Baptists who have been called to serve on the small-church mission field.

• Reeves: Like children in Christmas anticipation!

  12/14/2016 - By Marv Knox

  Texas Baptists should be as excited about Jesus as the angels were on the night he was born. Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!

• Heiligman: In Jesus, the awaited Promise arrived

  12/07/2016 - By Marv Knox

  The wait is over! God’s plan to defeat Satan and sin has been executed. The long-awaited promise of blessing has arrived. Jesus has come! He is Immanuel, God with us! Let us therefore celebrate this reality like never before this Christmas season.

• In Touch: Open house, retreat, annual meeting, officers, book, gospel

  12/07/2016 - By Marv Knox

  This week, BGCT Executive Director David Hardage discusses an open house at the convention’s Executive Board offices, as well as other events and developments across the state.

• Fields: Obedience equals power

  11/30/2016 - By Marv Knox

  The degree to which we are obedient to the commands of Christ in any situation determines how much supernatural empowerment we receive from the Holy Spirit to be fruitful in that situation.

• Reeves: Introduction, request, challenge

  11/21/2016 - By Marv Knox

  Danny Reeves presents his inaugural column as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

• BGCT president: Thanksgiving—the fragrance of the knowledge of God

  11/17/2016 - By Marv Knox

  Now is the season to give thanks—in all things, René Maciel, Texas Baptists’ immediate past president, urges.

• BGCT president: Texas Baptists exist for the church

  11/09/2016 - By Marv Knox

  The denominational work in Texas may not be perfect, but God is using this denominational work to bring others into the saving knowledge of Christ. The convention exists for the church, and the church needs your help to once again be a factor in our communities.

• BGCT president: Election 2016; it’s time to vote

  11/02/2016 - By Marv Knox

  It’s time to vote. It’s also time for us who call on the name of God to show our allegiance and to pray.

• BGCT President: The Donut Palace

  10/24/2016 - By Ken Camp

  The different flavored donuts at the little shop in Castroville not only bring pleasure to the taste, but also bring different flavored people together. 

• Plan to attend the bivocational/small-church leaders luncheon

  10/19/2016 - By Marv Knox

  A luncheon for bivocational pastors and small-church leaders will be held Nov. 14, during the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in Waco.

• BGCT president: Baylor Scott & White Health

  10/19/2016 - By Marv Knox

  This week, BGCT President René Maciel discusses Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas.