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  Long days, short pay for the working poor

  When Jeremy Everett, director of the Texas Hunger Initiative, thinks about the working poor, he visualizes Josie.

  03/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  Film traces real-life story of abortion survivor

  A new movie confronts a controversial topic by highlighting two words that don't typically go together—"abortion" and "survivor."

  03/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  No pews, no suits, no problem for churches in nontraditional settings

  Ron Williams is the pastor of Church at the Gym in Sanford, Fla. Its goal is to remove the "stained-glass barriers" for people who might not be comfortable in traditional church settings, Williams said.

  03/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  Churches urged to become better Neighbors Keepers to help victims

  Leaders of Victim Relief Ministries hope to expand their reach significantly by engaging churches to enlist members who will volunteer to serve as their Neighbors Keepers.

  03/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  DBU students minister during spring break trips

  Seventeen Dallas Baptist University  traveled to Pensacola, Fla., to help build a house for a family through Habitat for Humanity, while an 11-member team traveled to South Padre Island to participate in Beach Reach and minister to fellow college students on spring break.

  03/30/2012 - By Administrator

• CBF initiative brings hope to nation’s poorest counties

  The Lakota of Bridger, S.D., now have fresh eggs available in their neighborhood at about half the cost, and young women in Helena, Ark., are learning business and leadership skills while earning an income to help their families.

  03/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  Single mother finds hope at Buckner Family Place in Midland

  Neikedra Butler was accustomed to uncertainty, but that didn't make things any easier. When she heard about Buckner Family Place, a residential program for single mothers enrolled in a vocational or educational program, she knew it was the break her family needed.

  03/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  A Knoxville, Tenn., layman has been nominated as moderator-elect of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.

  03/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  Blue Like Jazz film: Christian, but not cheesy

  Do not confuse the upcoming film Blue Like Jazz with Christian market movies. The film, based on the autobiography of the same name by Donald Miller, will hit theaters April 13. It challenges hypocracy in the church and portrays characters in messy, difficult faith struggles.

   

  03/30/2012 - By Administrator

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  Texas Tidbits

  A gift of more than $3 million from the estate of former ExxonMobil executive Charles DeLancey of Houston established the Charles J. and Eleanor McLerran DeLancey Endowed Chair for the dean of Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University.

  03/29/2012 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Tom Campbell has completed an interim pastorate at Spring Hill Road Church in Aubrey.

  03/29/2012 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will hold its 73rd annual Easter Pageant April 4 at 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Performances will be held in front of the Luther Memorial arches.

  03/29/2012 - By Administrator