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  Texas’ changes require Baptists to do ‘whatever it takes,’ Hardage insists

  Texas Baptists must be willing to do “whatever it takes” to share Jesus’ message of life with their fellow Texans, David Hardage told leaders from across the state Feb. 25.

  02/26/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Around the State: Literacy Conference

  The 2013 Metroplex Literacy Conference will be held March 2 at Dallas Baptist University.

  02/25/2013 - By admin

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  Johnson proposed for 2nd BGCT presidential term

  Jeff Johnson will be nominated for a second one-year term as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  02/25/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: Baylor alums loyal

  A national survey shows that large majorities of Baylor University alumni are “very proud” to be graduates and report a stronger bond than ever to their alma mater.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

• On the Move

  Joe Branham, Jim Looby

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith Digest: Bad sex a problem

  An unsatisfying sex life is more of a problem for marriages than religious differences, a new survey shows.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Baptist Briefs: Missionaries to Burmese

  Two hundred years after missionary Adoniram Judson’s 1813 mission to Burma, American Baptist Home Mission Societies appointed two missionaries to serve Burmese refugees.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

• Obituaries: Ward, Chism

  Deaths: John Ward Jr. and Thomas Chism.

  02/22/2013 - By admin

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  Baptist Building staff structure flattened

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board staff has streamlined its structure by eliminating one level of administration—doing away with directors of centers and giving top-level leaders direct interaction with ministry teams.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Evangelical conservatives embraced a like-minded pope

  Not all Catholics appreciated Pope Benedict XVI’s staunch defense of Christian orthodoxy, traditional marriage and life from conception to natural death. But many American evangelicals sure did.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  East Texas Baptists join pipeline protest rally in D.C.

  Practicing what they consider creation stewardship, a small group of Baptists from East Texas journeyed to Washington, D.C., to protest construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  A gift to be simple

  Whether inspired by religious devotion or just frustration with modernity, some people feel drawn to simple living.

  02/22/2013 - By John Rutledge