• Ike creates need for church-to-church partnerships

  The BGCT is attempting to help churches suffering after Hurricane Ike find resources by partnering congregations that were not affected with many of more than 300 BGCT-affiliated congregations in the storm zone.

  10/10/2008 - By admin

• State Department blasts China for religious freedom violations

  n its annual report on international religious freedom, the U.S. State Department admonished several Asian nations, including China, for severely repressing religion.

  10/10/2008 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs: Relief bound for Cuba

  Southern Baptists are sending two containers of relief supplies to Cuba to help victims of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike rebuild their homes and lives.

  10/10/2008 - By admin

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  Around the State: Redeeming conflict in ministry

  The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Bell Association will co-host an Oct. 18 seminar titled “Redeeming Conflict in Ministry.”

  10/10/2008 - By admin

• Little framed in moral terms during presidential debate

  Economic woes and national security dominated a second presidential debate that offered little new information for undecided voters, including those looking for a values-based hook on which to hang their presidential choice.

  10/09/2008 - By Administrator

• Book says Southern Baptist women stronger than confession suggests

  While professing to believe the Bible teaches them to submit to their husbands, Southern Baptist women tend to function as equal partners when it comes to most decision-making in the home, according to a new book by an author familiar with Southern Baptist women.

  10/09/2008 - By Administrator

• BGCT recruiting people to pray for lost, hungry

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas is trying to recruit at least 100,000 people to pray daily at noon for non-Christians and people who are hungry.

  10/09/2008 - By Administrator

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  Orphan shoe ministry gets Christians’ foot in the door

  As Buckner International expands its ministry into new areas, Shoes for Orphan Souls usually is the first program to tread on new soil.

  10/07/2008 - By admin

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  Hurricane Ike draws together Children at Heart Ministries family

  Volunteers, staff and residents of Children at Heart Ministries facilities testified they learned important lessons from Hurricane Ike: Disasters can draw families closer together and bring them closer to God.

  10/07/2008 - By admin

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  Support for ‘two-state’ solution troubles some Palin backers

  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's answer during her Oct. 2 vice-presidential debate expressing support for a “two-state” solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is drawing criticism from some of her strongest supporters — pro-Israel conservative Christians.

  10/06/2008 - By Administrator

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  Wayland employee does double duty during hurricane relief

  Bobby Morris, a retired Army colonel who works at Wayland Baptist University's San Antonio campus, was part of the logistics and operations team for the city’s efforts to care for the evacuees from South Texas driven inland by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

  10/06/2008 - By admin

• Fewer than three-dozen churches risk tax-exempt status through endorsements

  Only 33 churches signed up to participate in a conservative Christian group’s Pulpit Freedom Sunday Sept. 28, but planners viewed the exercise in civil disobedience as a success.

  10/06/2008 - By admin