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  Bad business makes for a good cowboy church

  The All Around Cowboy Church in Jewett has grown from about 35 people to 100 since starting Sunday services two months ago.

  06/16/2008 - By admin

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  Cowboy churches a movement of God, not just a fad

  About 125 cowboy churches are affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. They make up about 2 percent of BGCT congregations, but they performed roughly 10 percent of the baptisms last year.

  06/16/2008 - By admin

• WMU executive committee picks Seal

  The Texas Woman's Missionary Union executive committee announced today that it had hired Nelda Seal, former executive director of the Louisiana WMU, as interim executive director.

  06/16/2008 - By admin

• TBM provides disaster relief in wake of Iowa floods

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers have been dispatched to Iowa with two emergency food-service units and a shower unit to serve in the wake of devastating floods.

  06/16/2008 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptist Men, pastor rebuild in hope

  Texas Baptist Men builders have nearly finished reconstructing New Prospect Baptist Church, which was partially destroyed in an April storm.

  06/13/2008 - By admin

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  Cookbook evangelism serves heaping helping of gospel

  First Baptist Church in Hondo gave out hundreds of evangelistic cookbooks in their town, and the effort help church members become more comfortable in sharing their faith.

  06/13/2008 - By admin

• Baptists to have place to worship, baptize near historic Jordanian site

  Baptist visitors to Jordan soon will have a place to worship near the historic spot traditionally viewed as the site of Jesus’ baptism.

  06/13/2008 - By admin

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  Baptists break missions records, struggle to keep pace with ‘lostness’

  When it comes to worldwide missions, Southern Baptists have shattered baptism, church-planting and giving records in the past decade, said International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin. But even with these increases, a “massive” lostness remains in the world, he said.

  06/13/2008 - By Administrator

• SBC resolution could shrink church membership rolls

  Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention turned back efforts to encourage Christians to remove their children from public schools and passed a resolution at their annual meeting in Indianapolis that could shrink church membership rolls significantly.

  06/12/2008 - By Administrator

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  McBeth honored as Elder Statesman

  Leon McBeth, who wrote the definitive history of Texas Baptists and taught church history to a generation of seminary students, received the 2008 Texas Baptist Elder Statesman Award.

  06/11/2008 - By admin

• SBC must evaluate priorities in ‘death check’

  Just as people facing death evaluate their priorities for what remains of life, it’s time for the Southern Baptist Convention to do its own “death check” and become better stewards of “the mysteries” with which they are entrusted, North Carolina pastor Al Gilbert said in the 2008 SBC annual sermon.

  06/11/2008 - By Administrator

• Hunt elected on first ballot; tie-breaker needed for other race

  Atlanta-area megachurch pastor Johnny Hunt topped a six-candidate field to win the Southern Baptist Convention presidency. But the initial vote for one of the vice presidential spots resulted in a tie.

  06/11/2008 - By Administrator