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  Schmidt, former San Marcos Academy president, dies

  UPDATED: Victor Schmidt, who retired just five months ago as president of San Marcos Baptist Academy, died Dec. 19 in San Antonio. Funeral arrangements at Sunset Memorial Park in San Antonio include a
  visitation Monday, Dec. 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. The funeral service will be Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 8:30 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Park, followed by a graveside service at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

  12/19/2008 - By Administrator

• Christian leaders call for easing travel restrictions to Cuba

  Christian leaders on Dec. 18 called on President-elect Barack Obama to ease travel restrictions to Cuba they say hinder religious work.

  12/18/2008 - By Administrator

• Southwestern Seminary cuts budget

  Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has announced plans to cut its budget by about 10 percent—a reduction between $3.5 million and $4 million—to “protect the institution from future financial crisis.”

  12/18/2008 - By Administrator

• Rick Warren to give invocation at Obama inauguration

  Rick Warren, founder of the Southern Baptist Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., will give the invocation at Barack Obama's Jan. 20 presidential inauguration.

  12/17/2008 - By Administrator

• Evangelical leaders seek broad moral agenda in Cizik replacement

  Fifty-nine evangelical leaders signed a letter requesting that whoever is chosen to replace ousted lobbyist Richard Cizik at the National Association of Evangelicals carry on Cizik's commitment to a moral agenda broader than opposition to homosexuality and abortion.

  12/17/2008 - By Administrator

• Southern Seminary facing budget shortfall

  The head of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is predicting layoffs and tuition increases to manage a $3 million budget shortfall.

  12/16/2008 - By Administrator

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  Stockings stuffed by Valley Baptist volunteers bring Christmas joy to children on the border

  For the past 20 years, Edweina Peroni of Christ the King Baptist Church in Mission and volunteers from across the nation put together more than 200,000 Christmas stockings for children in the Rio Grande Valley.

  12/15/2008 - By admin

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  Kentucky Baptist paper names editor

  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) — Kentucky Baptists have tapped veteran denominational journalist Todd Deaton to become next editor of their historic newspaper, the Western Recorder.

  12/15/2008 - By Administrator

• National WMU cuts back in order to retain staff

  In light of negative economic projections for 2009, national Woman’s Missionary Union has announced $1.4 million in budget cuts, a hiring freeze and a four-week unpaid furlough for staff. But by implementing cost-cutting measures, WMU should be able to avoid layoffs and keep health insurance affordable for its employees, leaders stressed.

  12/15/2008 - By Administrator

• Controversy over NPR comments forces NAE lobbyist Cizik out

  Backlash over comments about gay rights on a public-radio broadcast has apparently cost a prominent National Association of Evangelicals lobbyist his job.

  12/11/2008 - By Administrator

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  Texas Hope 2010 commitment day set for January 11

  On Jan. 11–Texas Hope 2010 commitment day– the BGCT is asking every Texas Baptist congregation to commit to continue praying for their neighborhoods, caring for the people there and sharing the hope of Christ with the people they know.

  12/11/2008 - By admin

• Baptist Health Foundation uses ‘God’s money’ to meet healthcare needs

  Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio began with a clear sense of mission—make grants to meet healthcare needs in eight South Texas counties. Four years and more than $15.8 million later, 236 organizations in the region have benefited.

  12/11/2008 - By admin