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  Volunteers, inmates experience God behind prison walls

  More than 100 volunteers from seven states recently led an Experiencing God discipleship weekend for about 1,000 inmates inside nine Huntsville-area Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities.

  05/07/2012 - By Administrator

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  Former SBC officer arrested in protest

  Wiley Drake, a former Southern Baptist Convention official was arrested May 4 for kneeling and praying outside the White House on behalf of blind Chinese human-rights activist Chen Guangcheng.

  05/07/2012 - By Administrator

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  Slavery continues in U.S. in 21st century

  Although the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in 1865, predators still buy and sell other human beings across America, a social work professor and a police detective told a gathering of Texas Baptists.

  05/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Women at WMU annual meeting challenged to ‘Live Sent’

  Throughout the Woman's Missionary Union annual meeting at First Baptist Church in Corpus Christi, speakers challenged women to "Live Sent," intentionally living where they are, taking the hope of Christ out into their communities and into the world each day.

  05/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptist volunteers ‘Bike Out Hunger’

  More than 25 cyclists from across the state participated in Bike Out Hunger, a six-day, 430-mile cycling trip from San Antonio to Dallas to raise awareness about hunger needs across the state and raise funds to help hungry people regionally and globally.

  05/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Fire destroys Burmese Bible school

  Fire destroyed a Bible school and other buildings at a Baptist-run refugee camp on the Thailand/Myanmar border April 28.

  05/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches attacked in Kenya, Nigeria

  Kenyan churches are tightening security after a lone attacker exploded a grenade inside an evangelical church in Nairobi on Sunday April 29, killing one person and injuring 15. Meanwhile, a string of bombings in Nigeria during Sunday morning worship services killed at least four people in Maiduguri and 15 in Kano, with many others injured.

  05/01/2012 - By Administrator

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  Disaster ministry leaves lasting impressions on Lancaster church

  First Baptist Church in Lancaster served as the staging site for three ministries to help families in the area recover from tornadoes that ripped through homes and lives there.

  05/01/2012 - By Administrator

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  Women find a friend in the Apostle Paul, Truett professor says

  Contrary to popular opinion, women not only have a friend in Jesus, but also find a friend in the Apostle Paul, seminary professor Todd Still told a recent conference sponsored by Christians for Biblical Equality.

  05/01/2012 - By Administrator

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  Theologian: Christians, Muslims believe in, don’t worship, same God

  Christians and Muslims believe in the same God as Creator, but the God and Father of Jesus Christ is not the God of the prophet Mohammad, a Methodist theologian told a gathering at Baylor University.

  04/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  Race & Faith

  Periodically, racial tensions that have simmered beneath the surface bubble up, some Christian leaders note, illustrating just how far-removed modern America is from the "beloved community" envisioned by Martin Luther King Jr.

  04/27/2012 - By Administrator

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  Ministry enables amputees to stand with hope

  Gracie Rosenberger her husband Peter founded Standing with Hope, a non-profit that provides Ghana's National Health Service with prosthetic limbs for those who might not be able to afford them.

  04/26/2012 - By Administrator