• On the Move

  Colby Benavidez to First Church in Mathis as youth minister.

  11/28/2012 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest: Church of England rejects female bishops

  Many of the 470 members of the Church of England’s three-tiered General Synod—bishops, clergy and laity—were stunned when the House of Laity couldn’t garner a two-thirds majority in favor of women bishops.

  11/28/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs: British Baptists downsize national staff

  BAPTIST BRIEFS: The Baptist Union of Great Britain will downsize its national staff from 46 to 32 employees and change the way it works with associations and Baptist colleges to improve how it serves local churches in the 21st century.

  11/28/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  A Christmas dinner theater production, “Oh Holy What?” will be performed Dec. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Heart of Texas Camp.

  11/28/2012 - By Administrator

• Angels from Texas minister to New Jersey church

  Members of a small storm-damaged church in New Jersey considered Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers more than a welcome sight. They saw the mud-out crew members as "angels sent from God."

  11/27/2012 - By Administrator

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  Film revives questions about Lincoln’s faith

  The nature of Lincoln’s faith —or the lack thereof—has remained one of the most fascinating aspects of the man who freed the slaves, preserved the Union and carried the wounded nation through its bloodiest war.

  11/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Fort Worth professor elected Richmond seminary dean

  Timothy D. Gilbert, longtime professor at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth, has been elected dean at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, a post he will assume July 1.

  11/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Obama emphasizes religious liberty in Burma

  President Obama stressed religious freedom in a historic speech in Burma, a country long beset by military conflict and regarded as one of the world’s worst oppressors of minority faiths.

  11/20/2012 - By Administrator

• Hobby Lobby must cover morning-after pills

  A federal judge ruled that the Christian owners of Hobby Lobby cannot be exempted from providing emergency contraceptives in their group health plan on religious grounds.

  11/20/2012 - By Administrator

• Assistance sought for displaced people in Congo

  Baptists in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, appealed to the Baptist World Alliance to help people displaced by the conflict in their country.

  11/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Strong religious families less involved in civic activities, researcher discovers

  Blending religion with a strong commitment to lifelong marriage and childbearing dampens secular civic participation, according to research by a Baylor University sociologist.

  11/20/2012 - By Administrator

• Teen ordered to church for manslaughter

  An Oklahoma district court judge sparked national attention after sentencing a teenager to attend church for 10 years as a condition for avoiding prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.

  11/20/2012 - By Administrator