• 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

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  Faith Digest: Report names Turkey as offender

  Turkey stands as a new and controversial addition to an annual list of the worst offenders of religious freedom released by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.

  03/29/2012 - By Administrator

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  Local need prompts stay-at-home mission trip for Lolita church

  Members of First Baptist Church in Lolita discovered spring break mission trips don't have to be far away to be fulfilling, after they heard about the needs of a mother and daughter within their own membership.

  03/29/2012 - By Administrator

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  ETBU students serve at Hospitality House, Beach Reach

  During spring break, ETBU students shared the gospel and ministered in two areas of the state—Beach Reach on South Padre Island and the Hospitality House in Huntsville.

   

  03/29/2012 - By Administrator

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  Students share faith, meet needs over spring break

  Hundreds of Texas Baptist college students participated in mission trips this spring break through Baptist Student Ministries, witnessing to student through Beach Reach, helping the homeless and refugees and serving medical clinics across the country.

  03/29/2012 - By Administrator

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  Three Wayland students baptized at university chapel service

  A week after the conclusion of a revival at Wayland Baptist University, new believers Reggie Pierceof San Antonio and a defensive tackle for the Pioneers, and fellow freshman Mathew Russell, a defensive end from New Deal, were baptized in a water tank on the stage of Harral Auditorium. Greg George, a freshman from Odessa, joined them.

  03/28/2012 - By Administrator