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  HSU students learn to know & love neighbors near campus

  Sociology students at Hardin-Simmons University are learning to love their neighbors and learn about their community’s history.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Buckner, volunteers make dream home a reality for Valley family

  The DeLeon family in Penitas celebrated Christmas in a new home, thanks to volunteers from Buckner International and Stonegate Fellowship in Midland.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: Mayberry Bible Conference

  “Life Lessons from Mayberry: It’s All There in Black and White” will be the theme of a Bible study built around the class Andy Griffith Show, offered Sept. 24-26 at Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Christian ethics more than guidelines for making decisions, professor says

  Christians err when they treat decision-making—rather than spiritual formation and character—as central to ethics, theologian and ethicist Jeph Holloway said.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Lawmaker files bill to make payday, auto title lenders comply with laws

  Former Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick filed a bill in the Texas Legislature that would apply standards already in place for some small-dollar consumer lenders to the payday and auto title industry.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Christian faith stands or falls on truth of incarnation, theologian insists

  A small and timid doctrine of Christ represents the deepest and most serious problem facing the practice of ministry today, Scottish theologian Andrew Purves said at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Witherington: Worship focuses on God, not worshippers

  A narcissistic, consumer-oriented, entertainment-focused culture makes proper worship of God challenging, New Testament scholar Ben Witherington told the Winter Pastors’ School at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas House honors Suzii Paynter

  The Texas legislature honored incoming Cooperative Baptist Fellowship leader Suzii Paynter Feb. 28 with a House resolution recognizing her advocacy work on numerous social issues during more than a decade of service with Texas Baptists.

  03/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Volunteers for China building relationships ‘the China way’

  At a time when the debate over which type of denominational mission strategy works best, the nonprofit Volunteers for China has set itself apart from denominationalism.

  03/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Friends say Baptist faith was first for Cliburn

  Acclaimed pianist Van Cliburn, who died Feb. 27, is remembered by friends at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth as a great Baptist whose Christian faith came before his career.

  02/28/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Fred Luter to speak at DBA conference

  Fred Luter Jr., pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, will speak at the March 4 Dallas Baptist Association Pastor’s Conference.

  02/28/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Solar panels for TBM benefit orphans in Haiti

  A recent gift to Texas Baptist Men provided solar panels that will supply volunteer builders the power to build cottages for Haitian orphans, and an ongoing source of electricity for an orphanage.

  02/27/2013 - By John Rutledge