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  Obama and Romney offer glimpse into their spiritual lives

  President Obama says it's not his job to defend his Christian faith against doubters who suspect he's Muslim. His GOP challenger, Mitt Romney, says religion is "integral" to his life, even as often he avoids mentioning his Mormon faith by name.

  08/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  Families celebrate Russian heritage, joy of adoption

  Eastern European culture came alive in Dallas at a recent gathering of adopted children and families celebrating their Russian roots. The annual Family Day event of music, food, crafts and games was hosted by Buckner and Dillon International.

  08/22/2012 - By Administrator

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  DBU students serve at children’s camp in Nazareth

  Members of a mission team from Dallas Baptist University can say they not only walked where Jesus walked, but also ministered where Jesus ministered.  The 13 DBU students and staff spent a week working with children at the Nazareth Baptist School in Israel.

  08/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Drowning in Debt

  The Federal Reserve reported American consumer debt reached $2.5 trillion last December. And, stewardship sermons aside, many American Christians find themselves drowning in debt.

  08/17/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches seek to fill the summer gap in learning and nutrition

  Many students who are on free or reduced-cost lunch programs at school do not know where to find their next meal during the summer. Texas Baptist churches along with the Texas Hunger Initiative have been helping to fill that  gap.

   

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  For Sikhs, turban a proud symbol, target for hatemongers

  Following 9/11, bin Laden and his al-Qaida associates often were shown in media reports wearing white turbans. This has led to tragic—and sometimes violent—cases of mistaken identity.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  ‘Right mix’ of volunteers create wilderness chapel for Miracle Farm

  A multigenerational team from Richland Hills Baptist Church, near Fort Worth, spent a week building a new outdoor wilderness chapel at Miracle Farm—an experience the mission group viewed as transformational and one that will pay long-term benefits to the residential boy's ranch ministry near Brenham.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches, campus ministry help internationals make Aggieland home

  The Texas A&M University Baptist Student Ministry and College Station-area churches join together to bless the international students who come from around the world to Aggieland each fall.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Hendrick, BCFS partnership helps young adults get solid start

  A partnership between two Baptist agencies offers some young adults in Abilene an opportunity to live their dreams of a better life.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Biblical teaching goes deeper than fund-raising appeals, consultant says

  People perish without vision, and so do congregations. But churches may suffer when doctrine-deprived members only hear about vision within the context of fund-raising appeals, said Jeff Anderson, founder of Acceptable Gift and author of Plastic Donuts: A Fresh Perspective on Gifts.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches benefit in tough times from proper preparation in good times

  Good stewardship demands churches prepare for financial challenges, said Sharon Blood and Robert Orr in a resource produced by the San Antonio-based Baptist Credit Union.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator

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  Should churches see debt as burden or tool for expanding ministry?

  Increasingly, churches provide money-management seminars that offer participants advice on how to get out of debt and stay that way.

  08/16/2012 - By Administrator