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  Study portrays Mormons as outsiders in native land

  Even as a devout Mormon leads the GOP field for the presidential nomination and the award-winning—if irreverent—musical Book of Mormon plays to overflow crowds on Broadway, a new survey portrays Mormons as strangers in their own land.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Author urges students to follow their dreams, take faith with them

  Why would the author of a book with the subtitle "The Good News about the End of Christian America" speak to students at a Baptist university? It's because Gabe Lyons challenges students to take their faith to the culture in which they live.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Pop singer Leigh Nash returns to gospel roots

  With the release of a solo project filled with traditional hymns, Leigh Nash–lead singer with Sixpence None the Richer– is excited about the chance to return to her gospel roots.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  HBU 50-year history earns award from Texas Baptist Historical Society

  An Act of Providence, the history of Houston Baptist University's first 50 years, compiled and written by Vice President Emeritus Don Looser, has been honored by the Texas Baptist Historical Society.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Wayland students help build houses in Haiti

  Don't expect to hear one group of Wayland Baptist University students complaining about being "poor college students"—not after they spent time in Haiti.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Single-race churches miss the mark of Christian unity, Indian pastor insists

  Racially homogenous churches fall short of the biblical ideal and leave evangelicals in the United States ill-equipped to deal with the reality of cultural pluralism and racial diversity, an Indian pastor in North Texas believes.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Effective global missions demands multicultural partnerships

  Missions in the 21st century demands multicultural partnership, global missions researcher and author Patrick Johnstone insists. And pastors of some churches filled with first-generation immigrants agree.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Baptist agencies don’t recruit nationals for U.S. missionary service

  Baptist missionary-sending agencies currently do not actively seek missionaries from other countries to minister to unreached or least-reached people groups in the United States, nor are they likely to do so.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Ministry to new immigrants presents challenges, opportunities

  A wave of immigrants entering the United States presents a particular challenge to Christians who seek to minister among them, the director of missions for a metropolitan association of churches noted.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Growing number of evangelical missionaries heading from East to West

  Western Christians often think in terms of West-to-East movement when missionaries go to other countries. But more and more frequently, evangelicals arrive from the East to evangelize the West.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Boston trip helps participants embrace mission opportunities

  Joyce Ridings, Woman's Missionary Union director at Woods Chapel Baptist Church in Arlington, participated in an multicultural outreach dinner in Boston that helped her gain insight into the lives of Hindus and Muslims.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator

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  Report shows global Christianity shifting to Africa

  With 2.18 billion adherents, Christianity has become a truly global religion over the past century, and the faith has grown exponentially in sub-Saharan Africa.

  02/03/2012 - By Administrator