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  Christians need to embrace a ‘thicker gospel’

  Christians transform communities when the whole church takes the whole gospel to the whole city, Eric Swanson, missional leadership specialist with Leadership Network, told a Texas Christian community development conference.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Russian orphan found hope in a shoebox, wants to share it with others

  Tatiana Woods, now 17, grew up as an orphan in Russia. She remembers three items in the Operation Christmas Child shoebox she received nine years ago, but the enduring gift is the hope she found there.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christians urged to ‘grow up,’ celebrate differences

  Churches must respond to changing demographic realities, or the world will pass them by, Michael Evans, president of the African-American Fellowship of Texas, told a cross-cultural crowd in Arlington.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches find ‘kingdom-oriented’ ministry online

  Churches that use the Internet to share their services, Sunday school classes and other ministries can find they have people who live in Austria, India and Slovakia as part of the congregation.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christians, be reminded: Strippers need Jesus, too

  Much of the dividing line between the church and the sex industry comes from a common denominator—fear, Emily Mills told a session at the No Need Among You Conference.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Transformation demands personal commitment

  Community transformation requires Christians to "embrace Babylon"—to see a rough neighborhood or struggling city as a place to put down roots and love people, said Leroy Barber, president of Mission Year and minister at Community Life Church in Atlanta, Ga.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christian love for the poor demands deeper commitment than charity

  Even in Christian circles, response to economic injustice easily can be based on worldly charity rather than the heart of Christ, two Baylor University professors told the No Need Among You conference.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  ETBU holds fall festival for neighborhood elementary school

  East Texas Baptist University partnered with Second Baptist and Hillcrest Baptist churches in Marshall to provide more than 200 volunteers for a fall festival at an elementary school near the ETBU campus.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  DBU announces new baseball stadium campaign

  Dallas Baptist University has announced a new fund-raising campaign for the Joan and Andy Horner Ballpark. The new stadium, with the capacity to seat 2,000 fans, is scheduled for completion before opening day in February of 2013.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Pastor/Church Connection seeks to live up to its name

  Texas Baptists' new Pastor/Church Connection hasn't even fully set up shop, but already it's helping pastors with their needs.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Campaigns’ faith outreach centers on economic issues

  With voters focused intently on pocketbook issues, both Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are framing their faith-outreach efforts around the economy as the presidential campaign enters its final days.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Texas WMU board donates money, labor to BUA

  Not content just to allocate missions funds to the Baptist University of the Américas, members of the Texas Woman's Missionary Union board of directors also gave time and energy to sprucing up the San Antonio campus.

  10/26/2012 - By Administrator