• Stevens named BaptistWay Press publisher

  Scott Stevens has been named publisher of BaptistWay Press, the Bible study curriculum publishing arm of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

  08/02/2012 - By Administrator

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  Land announces retirement from SBC ethics commission

  Richard Land, Southern Baptists’ top public-policy spokesman recently reprimanded for plagiarism and racially insensitive rhetoric on his radio show, has announced he will retire next year.

  08/01/2012 - By Administrator

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  Fort Worth’s Sarah Scherer draws strength from faith

  Sarah Scherer's church family at Southcliff Baptist Church in Fort Worth helped her persevere through a great trauma and eventually to a world stage at the Olympic Games in London.

  07/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  Updated: BGCT staff, Southwestern Seminary support Chick-fil-A

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board staff and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary both are encouraging people to heed the Chick-fil-A fast-food chain’s familiar advertising slogan—“Eat Mor Chikin”—by making treats available on Aug. 1.

  07/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  TBM, WMU partnership empowers poor in Ghana to drill water wells

  Thanks to a partnership between Texas Baptist Men and Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas—with help from a nonprofit ministry related to Southland Baptist Church in San Angelo—Christians in Ghana are learning to drill their own water wells using simple technology and locally available materials.

  07/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Shaw makes London home for sake of immigrants, Olympics

  Doug Shaw and with his wife, Marcy, have served as missionaries in Poland and London, and now he is Olympics volunteer coordinator for Southern Baptists.

  07/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Students help students during missions week at children’s home

  Forty-five youth from Humble Area First Baptist Church near Houston teamed up with students from South Texas Children's Home and First Baptist Church in Beeville to tackle a variety of mission projects.

  07/26/2012 - By Administrator

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  Matthew House ministries make refugees feel at home

  A Texas Baptist group spent a week in Canada touring three Matthew House locations that minister to newly arrived refugees. They met refugees who would otherwise be homeless, listened to stories of hope and were encouraged by the passion of Matthew House volunteers and workers.

  07/26/2012 - By Administrator

• Baptist Foundation president sets retirement date

  After 36 years as president and chief executive officer of the Baptist Foundation of Texas, Lynn Craft will retire from his role Dec. 31. 

  07/25/2012 - By Administrator

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  Colorado tragedy affects Texas Baptist family

  The impact of last week’s shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater was felt as far away as Texas, where a Baptist family mourned the loss of a brother and son.

  07/25/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist injured in theater shooting chooses forgiveness

  
  

  From his hospital bed, one of the 58 people injured in a July 20 shooting rampage in an Aurora, Colo., movie theater that claimed 12 lives has become a spokesman for Christian forgiveness.

  07/24/2012 - By Administrator

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  Regents OK construction of Baylor Stadium project

  Baylor University’s board of regents voted unanimously to move forward with construction of the school’s $250 million football stadium complex, pending a favorable final vote by Waco’s City Council Aug. 7.

  07/24/2012 - By Administrator