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  Movie challenges husbands and fathers to be ‘Courageous’

  Courageous—the latest movie produced by Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Ga.—offers a 21st century representation of a call first uttered in the Old Testament.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Study probes reasons why college students leave church

  A six-year study of about 500 Christian youth group members examines why 61 percent of 20-somethings who regularly attended church as teenagers later left the pews.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Church Under the Bridge celebrates changed lives

  For many, the underpass where Interstate 35 crosses South 5th Street in Waco marks just another section of Texas asphalt. But to others, it represents a place of hope, healing and changed lives.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Should ministers get second chances?

  When a minister gets fired, will a search committee automatically set his or her resume aside or give it a fair hearing?

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Matching church and clergy methods differ by denomination

  Matching clergy supply and demand is a chief concern for all denominations, but various church traditions address it in different ways.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  To beckon Baby Boomers, adopt multifaceted ministry approaches

  Age means more than the number of birthdays a person has celebrated. It's a mix of chronological, psychological, functional and social factors, creating a complicated environment for churches to minister to older adults, said Amy Hanson, a national expert on gerontology.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Strong belief in active God and free market closely linked, survey reveals

  Milton Friedman, meet Rick Warren. Americans who strongly believe God has a plan for their lives are most likely to believe God guides the United States through a free market—and they want to see the government get out of God's way according to a Baylor study.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

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  Despite damage, Bastrop-area church serves community

  When wildfires swept through the Bastrop area, Timberline Fellowship lost its office supplies, pastor's library and lawn equipment when two small mobile buildings burned. Still, the church serves people who lost their homes as a result of the wildfires.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

• Baptist delegation visits Uzbekistan

  The Baptist World Alliance and the European Baptist Federation conducted a joint human-rights visit to Uzbekistan Sept. 8-12. The purposes were to promote religious freedom in Uzbekistan and strengthen the relationship between the Baptist Union of Uzbekistan and the larger Baptist family.

  09/23/2011 - By Administrator

• Texas Tidbits

  Officials from East Texas Baptist University and Guandong Teachers College of Foreign Language and Arts of Guangzhou, China, recently signed agreements that will continue and expand a 20-year relationship between the two schools.

  09/22/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  John Jay Alvaro to Wilshire Church in Dallas as a pastoral resident.

  09/22/2011 - By Administrator

• Around the State

  Hardin-Simmons University will host the 2011 Southwest Conference on Christianity and Literature Sept. 29-Oct. 1.

  09/22/2011 - By Administrator