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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

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  A week of hope produces change for a lifetime in Bastrop

  Over spring break, a team from Hardin-Simmons University Baptist Student Ministries joined about 180 volunteers serving in Bastrop through a disaster recovery mission trip to repair damage from the wildfires last summer.

  03/28/2012 - By Administrator

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  Church giving on the rebound, report says

  The recession and a sluggish recovery have made for a lighter collection plate in recent years, but a new study shows that giving to U.S. congregations bounced back in 2011 as the economy improved. According to the fourth annual State of the Plate survey, 51 percent of churches last year saw an increase in giving, up from 43 percent in 2010 and 36 percent in 2009.

  03/28/2012 - By Administrator

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  Conroe church’s transitional program restores furniture, restores lives

  About two-thirds of the members of Under Over Fellowship in Conroe are homeless. When members need jobs but cannot find them, the church creates them through its transitional work program.

  03/23/2012 - By Administrator

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  Christian educators aim to ‘engage the world’

  God is "doing great things among the nations," theologian Jim Denison told participants at the recent Baptist Association of Christian Educators conference at Dallas Baptist University.

  03/23/2012 - By Administrator

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  Not ‘The Voice,’ but Christian singer thankful for experience

  Although contemporary Christian singer Anthony Evans did not advance to the final round of NBC's reality show The Voice, he saw the experience as a one-of-a-kind opportunity to point people to the hope and truth of the gospel while on a national stage.

  03/23/2012 - By Administrator

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  Hispanic evangelism conferences see people commit to sharing gospel

  As Evangelist Samuel Otero preached at a regional Hispanic Evangelism Conference, he urged people to embrace the gospel. For those who already have a relationship with Jesus, he encouraged them to share the good news of Christ. "Christ is the only solution," he preached."

  03/23/2012 - By Administrator

• Churches lost $1.2 billion in recession

  Even as membership remains relatively stable in U.S. churches, the effects of the recession have caused contributions to drop by $1.2 billion.

  03/22/2012 - By Administrator