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  Strengthening Project helps McAllen-area ministerial couples

  A longstanding marriage and family enrichment initiative for ministers and spouses in Juarez, Mexico, expanded its reach with a recent event in the Rio Grande Valley.

  03/12/2020 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter

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  Churches want to welcome individuals with disabilities

  Virtually every Protestant pastor and churchgoer believes a person with a disability would feel at home at their church, but fewer are taking active steps to make sure this is the case, according to a new study from LifeWay Research.

  03/12/2020 - By Aaron Earls / LifeWay

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  Around the State: Epidemiologist lectures at Wayland

  Emily Smith, assistant professor of epidemiology at Baylor University and research scholar at the Duke Global Health Institute, delivered the Willson Lectures at Wayland Baptist University. The Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas received a $70,000 grant to support initiatives urging churches to ensure Hispanics are counted in the 2020 U.S. Census.

  03/11/2020 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  TBM sees God ‘putting everything together’ in disaster zone

  It didn’t take long for Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers to make their first friend upon arriving in Nashville, Tenn.

  03/11/2020 - By John Hall / Texas Baptist Men

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  Updated: Coronavirus compels major adjustments

  Baptist mission-sending agencies and universities scramble to make adjustments prompted by coronavirus-related travel restrictions and advisories.

  03/10/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  CommonCall: At 100, Morris continues to make his mark

  Over the course of a century, Stewart Morris has made his mark—as a U.S. Navy officer in World War II, longtime president and co-chief executive officer of Stewart Title and one of the founders of Houston Baptist University.

  03/10/2020 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  God uses barking dog to save minister and family

  Darrin Crockett is glad God did not answer a prayer to make the family dog quit barking. Because the dog kept him awake, the Crockett family is alive and well after a tornado blasted through their home in Cookeville, Tenn.

  03/10/2020 - By Lonnie Wilkey / Baptist and Reflector

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  Hispanic Evangelism Conference: Model the Great Commission

  Evangelist Samuel Otero challenged Hispanic Texas Baptists to leave their comfort zones and share the gospel with people who need to hear it.

  03/10/2020 - By Bonnie Shaw / Texas Baptist Communications

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  IMB recommends mission volunteers postpone travel

  In light of the continuing global expansion of the COVID-19 virus, the International Mission Board’s coronavirus task force and senior leaders recommend that mission volunteers from U.S. churches postpone international mission-trip travel through April 30.

  03/10/2020 - By IMB Staff

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  Sunday fire damages Texarkana church sanctuary

  A fire hours after Sunday services on March 8 damaged the sanctuary at First Baptist Church in Texarkana and destroyed the television control room and several offices.

  03/10/2020 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

• Obituary: Frank Denton

  Frank Denton, longtime Texas Baptist pastor, development officer and denominational executive, died Feb. 7. He was 93.

  03/09/2020 - By Staff

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  SBC president and Islamic scholar discuss religious freedom

  Religious freedom, civility amid religious differences and how to convey a message of hope in the current age were among the topics the president of the Southern Baptist Convention and a Muslim professor from Dallas discussed.

  03/09/2020 - By Seth Brown / Biblical Recorder