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  marriage_garland_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Garland book contains stories of family faith

  Barbara Massey

  EthicsDaily.com

  WACO–In today’s world, where families face many uncertainties, what resource is better for understanding and dealing with challenges than the stories of other families who have had similar experiences?

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

• marriage_newlyweds_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Churches struggle to keep
  newlyweds in church after wedding

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  With the changing of the seasons, spring love turns to deep relationships as couples flock to churches to be married.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  marriage_premarital_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  BEFORE 'I DO':
  Does premarital counseling make a diference?

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  Marriage education and premarital counseling are the latest trends to emerge from the marriage movement–a push for stronger traditional families.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

• meteor_constantine_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Meteor proposed as Constantine's vision

  LONDON (RNS)–Could the impact of a meteorite hitting the Italian Apennines have been the sign in the sky–believed to be in the shape of a cross–that encouraged the Emperor Constantine to invoke the Christian God in his decisive battle in 312 when he defeated his fellow Emperor Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge?

  The victory paved the way for the recognition of Christianity by the Roman Empire and the union of church and state that lasted nearly 1,500 years.

  The possibility is raised by a report in the current issue of New Scientist of the discovery of a meteorite impact crater dating from the fourth or fifth century A.D. in the Apennines.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  mexican_partnership_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Mexican Baptists and Texas Baptists
  launch three-year partnership plan

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  The National Baptist Convention of Mexico unanimously approved a three-year partnership with the Baptist General Convention of Texas at its July 23 annual meeting in Mexico City.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  mhd_gifts_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  In San Carlos, teen volunteer Britney Smith holds a new glass pane in place while 5-year-old Azusena Cruz, a resident of the house, gazes outside. Through gifts to the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas missions, Baptist workers have helped the Cruz family secure their home and their eternal destiny.

  Mary Hill Davis gifts warm hearts & homes

  By Craig Bird

  Texas Baptist Communications

  MISSION–When the first hard freeze bullies its way into the Lower Rio Grande Valley this winter, folks at Kenefick Southern Baptist Church will be thinking about more than potential increases in citrus prices.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  mhd_montana_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Leo Samaniego (left), River Ministry coordinator for El Paso Baptist Association, discusses church starting with Juan Perez, pastor of Montaña Vista Community Church.

  Montaña Vista stands
  as mountain of witness in El Paso

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  EL PASO–Texas can't claim many scenic mountains, but this Montaña Vista on the edge of town is a beautiful sight to Baptist association leaders.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  mhd_perigrino_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Alfonzo López, pastor of Iglesia Bautista Peregrino, talks with Juan Rodriguez about his past alcholism and later conversion to the faith.

  Church's mission wrapped
  up in its name: Perigrino

  By John Hall

  Texas Baptist Communications

  EL PASO–Most church names are symbolic reminders of the faith or historical markers. For Iglesia Bautista Peregrino, the name points to a ministry.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

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  mhd_volunteers_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Volunteers: The future of border missions

  By Craig Bird

  Texas Baptist Communications

  MISSION–Volunteers “are pretty much the future” of Texas Baptist efforts to share the gospel in the Borderlands, insists Loren Fast.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

• ministry_awards_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Nominees sought for Texas Baptist ministry awards

  LUBBOCK–The Baptist Standard and Baylor University will honor three of the state's most outstanding vocational and lay ministers during the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual session this fall.

  Nominations are being accepted for the Texas Baptist Ministry Awards, to be presented at the Truett Theological Seminary dinner at the BGCT meeting in Lubbock.

  The awards program encompass three recognitions, each named for a prominent Texas Baptist.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

• mission_eastdallas_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Church's vision for a clinic
  grows with aid from other churches

  By Heather Price

  Texas Baptist Communications

  DALLAS–Many poor families enter the Mission East Dallas County Health Services Clinic, each with their own story of heartache. They leave with free medicine, stuffed bears, children's books and the gospel of Jesus.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge

• network_81103

  Posted: 8/8/03

  Missions network edges forward

  By Ken Camp

  Texas Baptist Communications

  DALLAS–Texas Baptists' currently unnamed missions network moved a step closer to being named at its Aug. 7 meeting, and it took strides toward becoming a formally constituted non-profit corporation.

  08/08/2003 - By John Rutledge