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  Texas Baptist named deputy chief of Air Force chaplains

  Bobby Page, a Baptist General Convention of Texas-endorsed chaplain, has been confirmed as second-in-command over Air Force chaplains.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Rock formations in Jordan possibly world’s first calendar

  Baptist University of the Américas professor David Maltsberger and his archaeological team think they may have found the world's oldest calendar.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  Loss of faith: From Pentecostal pastor, to universalist, to atheist

  Jerry DeWitt went from a respected pastor with a vibrant congregation to an atheist without a job. His congregation put him out, friends cut him off and some family members will not speak to him, he said.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  For ministers, lost faith can lead to lost family, jobs

  Teresa MacBain was pastor of a 200-member Methodist church in Tallahassee, Fla. Now she's the the latest "graduate" of The Clergy Project, an online support network for pastors who, like her, have lost their faith and embraced atheism.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

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  SBC pastors concerned about Calvinism, embrace some of its tenets

  Nearly equal numbers of pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention consider their churches as Calvinist/Reformed as do Arminian/Wesleyan, although more than 60 percent are concerned about the affect of Calvinism on the denomination, according to a new survey from LifeWay Research.

  06/21/2012 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Brett Cook to First Church in Paducah as youth minister.

  06/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  Dillon International will hold a free adoption information meeting at 6 p.m. July 16 at the Buckner Children's Home campus in Dallas. An overview of adoption from China, Korea, Haiti, India, Hong Kong, Ghana and Columbia will be presented.

  06/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Texas Tidbits

  The Heart of Texas Foundation is seeking donated libraries from retired pastors to build a library for the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary extension inside the Darrington Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, near Rosharon.

  06/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baylor, Truett send students to serve abroad in summer missions

  Missions opportunities drew 222 Baylor University and Truett Seminary students to several continents this summer to help in community development, women's leadership, sports ministry and other types of service.

  06/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches lose by ignoring female donors, Baylor scholars note

  WACO—Many churches miss opportunities to involve Christian women in philanthropy, with ministry leaders too often speaking "man-to-man"—despite the fact that women now control more than 51 percent of personal wealth nationally, Baylor scholars concluded from their analysis of a 2012 national survey.

  06/20/2012 - By Administrator

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  Southern Baptists elect Luter first African-American president

  One hundred sixty-seven years after forming over the right to appoint slaveholders as missionaries and 17 years after apologizing for the denomination's racist past, the Southern Baptist Convention elected New Orleans pastor Fred Luter its first African-American president.

  06/19/2012 - By Administrator

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  WMU celebrates Jesus’ story in New Orleans

  Woman's Missionary Union's theme for this year, "The Story Lives On," came to life through the words of a New Orleans pastor, a missionary and others during the WMU annual meeting in New Orleans.

  06/19/2012 - By Administrator