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  Was Christopher Columbus really on a religious crusade?

  Two recent books argue explorers Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama were more like Christian crusaders than greedy mercenaries or curious adventurers. Other historians, however, remain skeptical.

  10/21/2011 - By Administrator

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  Baptist General Convention of Texas celebrates 125 years of ministry

  Texas Baptist messengers to the annual meeting in Amarillo will celebrate 125 years of the convention sharing the hope of Christ throughout Texas and around the globe.

  10/21/2011 - By Administrator

• Shreveport declares Maggie Lee for Good Day

  Shreveport Mayor Cedric Glover next Tuesday officially will proclaim Oct. 29 as “Maggie Lee For Good Day.” Maggie Lee Henson died in 2009 at age 12 from traumatic brain injuries sustained in a bus crash on the way to church camp with First Baptist Church in Shreveport.

  10/21/2011 - By Ken Camp

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  SBC leader cites Calvinism as top challenge

  A Southern Baptist Convention official says one of the top challenges facing the nation’s second largest faith group behind Roman Catholics is the increasing influence of Calvinism in churches.

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  Youth ministers urged to see Christ as source of strength

  Ministers and lay leaders will face challenges and hardships when they try to reach out to young people, veteran youth ministry leaders said. Expect trials, setbacks and difficulties, they told participants at Youth Ministry Conclave in Arlington.

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  Newly married couples showered with shoes to benefit orphans

  Two Texas Baptist brides who love Buckner International's Shoes for Orphan Souls ministry almost as much as they love their new husbands turned summer nuptials into an opportunity for guests to be part of something bigger.

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  Social justice apart from the church not ‘kingdom work,’ author says

  A rising generation of Christians intent on working for social justice must not confuse that effort with "kingdom work," award-winning Christian author Scot McKnight said during the Parchman Endowed Lectures series at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary.

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  First water to isolated community used for baptism

  The South Central Texas community essentially has been waiting for water since the beginning of time. When it arrived, it flowed first to Pandora Community Church to fill its baptistery.

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  Christian Women’s Job Corps graduate follows where God leads

  Lori Conner recalls feeling "miserable and in a lot of emotional pain" before she entered Christian Women's Job Corps. But the combination of job skills training and Bible study helped her begin to blossom.

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  HPU student learned to rely on God through surgery in Africa

  Kelsey Duvall learned important lessons during a recent mission trip to Africa: life does not go as expected, in spite of planning and preparation; God answers prayers and cares for his children.

   

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator

• Master’s in Christian leadership for Hispanics created by DBU & BUA

  A graduate degree in leadership, focused on the Hispanic Christian community, will launch in January through the cooperative efforts of Dallas Baptist University and Baptist University of the Américas.

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator

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  In the sunset of life, Billy Graham reflects on challenges of growing old

  In a new memoir set in the twilight of his remarkable life, Graham reveals a lesser-known side of himself—a grieving and ailing widower who has difficulty getting up from a chair or putting on his shoes.

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator