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  Texas Tidbits: Enlisting people to pray

  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.

  10/10/2008 - By admin

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  Retired ministers gather for 10th annual retreat

  Retired ministers, denominational workers and spouses gathered to celebrate the recent 10th annual Retired Ministers Retreat at Glorieta Conference Center, near Santa Fe, N.M.

  10/10/2008 - By admin

• Faith leaders urge Red Cross access to detainees

  Top leaders from several faiths have asked Congress to allow the International Committee of the Red Cross access to all U.S.-held detainees, including those held at secret overseas prisons.

  10/10/2008 - By admin

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  Churches partner with PORTA to provide computer lab for immigrants

  By teaching computer skills that will allow them to navigate the “data super highway,” Ric Stewart and Williams Trace Baptist Church in Sugar Land believe they can help Albanian immigrants living in Athens, Greece.

  10/10/2008 - By admin

• On the Move

  Nathan Bechtold to First Church in New Braunfels as associate director of middle school and recreation.

  10/10/2008 - By admin

• 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