• Texas Tidbits: Honor for Ware

  Weston Ware, longtime opponent of legalized gambling in Texas and veteran lobbyist with the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission, will receive the 2011 T.B. Maston Christian Ethics Award.

  10/20/2011 - By Administrator

• Faith Digest

  New research by the Barna Group finds young people view churches as judgmental, overprotective, exclusive and unfriendly towards doubters. They also consider congregations antagonistic to science and say their Christian experience has been shallow.

  10/19/2011 - By Administrator

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  Killeen pastor to be nominated for BGCT president

  Killeen pastor Randy Wallace has joined the race for president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Wallace will face a previously announced candidate, Plano pastor Jerry Carlisle. The presidential election will be held during the BGCT annual meeting in Amarillo, Oct. 24-26.

  10/18/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Theresa Becker has resigned as children's minister at First Church in Granbury.

  10/18/2011 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  East Texas Baptist University will hold a preview day for high school seniors and college transfer students Nov. 5. Tiger Day participants will tour the campus, meet faculty and students, receive admissions and financial aid, and visit academic departments.

  10/18/2011 - By Administrator

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  Plan to close Buckner’s Trew Home shocks residents & families

  Update: Residents of the Mary E. Trew Home at Buckner Retirement Village in East Dallas and their families learned in mid-October the facility will close Dec. 1 because the facility fails to meet state regulations.

  10/17/2011 - By Administrator

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  One-third of Texas Baptist Men disaster relief workers are women

  In recent years, women have become more involved in every aspect of disaster relief, including laundry units, chainsaw crews and mud-out teams, and constitute more than one-third of the trained TBM Disaster Relief volunteer workforce.

  10/14/2011 - By Administrator

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  Young man finds place to belong at South Texas Children’s Home

  Life has not been easy for 18-year-old Alex Dumont, but don't expect to find him feeling sorry for himself. People who know him best describe him as a strong, generous, compassionate soul with a grateful heart and tender spirit—someone who embraces life fully and always wears a smile, in spite of the losses and challenges he has faced.

  10/14/2011 - By Administrator

• Three in four pastors say Mormons aren’t Christian

  As a prominent evangelical pastor and supporter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry is taking heat for calling Mormonism a "cult," a newly released poll says most Protestant pastors in U.S. agree Mormons are not Christians.

  10/12/2011 - By Administrator

• Trew Home at Buckner Retirement Village scheduled to close

  The Mary E. Trew Home at Buckner Retirement Village in East Dallas will close effective Dec. 1 due to regulatory requirements for campus improvements that cannot be met, Buckner Retirement Services officials announced Oct. 12.

  10/12/2011 - By Administrator

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  Memorial service set for veteran children’s home administrator Wright

  Charles Wright, who served more than two and a half decades as administrator of Texas Baptist Children’s Home, died Oct. 8 in El Paso at age 85.

  10/11/2011 - By Administrator

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  Safe and secure from all alarm

  By definition, a "sanctuary" should be a place of refuge and protection where people feel welcome and feel safe. In practice, churches struggle with what it means to open their doors to everyone while providing a sense of security for people inside their walls.

  10/07/2011 - By Administrator