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  Baptist cooperation developed slowly but took root deeply

  Baptist cooperation historically grew around accomplishing kingdom work together—primarily missions—when churches realized they could do more working together than they could on their own.

  11/11/2011 - By Administrator

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  Seeing the Big Picture

  As America's centuries-old denominational patterns unravel, can churches retain theological integrity and still find common ground with people who hold differing beliefs?

  11/11/2011 - By Administrator

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  Does Calvinism extol God’s glory or make him a moral monster?

  Two new books from Zondervan– including one by Roger Olson, professor at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary– debate the pros and cons of the theological basis for Calvinism.

  11/11/2011 - By Administrator

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  Changes in missions strategy required, border pastor insists

  Ministry continues along the Texas-Mexico border even as violence increases. Missions specialists advise churches to consider sending individuals or small groups of two or three people for long-term missions rather than large groups who only serve a few days.

  11/11/2011 - By Administrator

• Texas Tidbits

  The Baylor University board of regents approved $120 million in capital improvements, the largest investment in construction on the Baylor campus since the Baylor Sciences Building in 2004.

  11/10/2011 - By Administrator

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  Salem witch trials get another look in new documentary

  A new documentary film about the infamous Salem witch trials–Salem Witch Hunt: Examine the Evidence— stirring fresh debate by heaping blame on the local minister, Samuel Parris.

  11/10/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Sharon Barnes to First Church in Corinth as children's minister.

  11/10/2011 - By Administrator

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  Band shares songs of salvation around the world

  The contemporary Christian group No Other Name desires to reach the far corners of the world with its music and message so they can lift up the name of Jesus.

  11/10/2011 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  American congregations have grown less healthy in the last decade, with fewer people in the pews and aging memberships, according to a new Hartford Seminary study.

  11/10/2011 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  Graduates of East Texas Baptist University's nursing department earned a 100 percent pass rate on the national licensure test for registered nurses for the fourth consecutive year.

  11/09/2011 - By Administrator

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  TBM names Gibson executive director

  The Texas Baptist Men board of directors unanimously has elected Don Gibson, 74, as the missions organization’s executive director.

  11/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  Christian universities can produce wise people, not just trained workers

  Christian universities offer the possibility of an education that leads students to attain wisdom, not just prepare for a vocation, speakers told an international symposium at Baylor University.

  11/04/2011 - By Administrator