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  Labor Day no holiday for disaster relief volunteers

  Labor Day was no picnic for Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers involved in responses to flooding along the East Coast and in North Dakota.

  09/08/2011 - By Administrator

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  Grieving parents learn lessons about trust from tragedy

  Kelsey Vines' Christian witness continued after her death in a car wreck in 2008. Now her father and her boyfriend have written a book together: Tragedy and Trust: Can You Still Trust God After Losing a Child?

  09/08/2011 - By Administrator

• Baptists among religious leaders in event to mourn victims of 9/11, promote religious freedom

  Prominent religious leaders of various faiths joined Sept. 8 in Washington to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

  09/08/2011 - By Administrator

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  Texas ranks second nationally in food insecurity

  Texas has the second-highest rate of hunger in the nation, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced Sept. 7. And according to a new report sponsored in part by the Texas Hunger Initiative, hunger even exists in some of the state’s wealthiest counties.

  09/08/2011 - By Administrator

• Texas Tidbits

  The Butterfield Memorial Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to East Texas Baptist University to fund scholarships for upper-level nursing students.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Benji Morrison to Mount Carmel Church in Whitehouse as student pastor.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  A self-styled druid who identifies himself as a legendary British king lost his bid to rebury immediately prehistoric human remains at a sacred pagan burial site.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs

  An immigration judge granted a motion allowing a Baptist church planter facing possible deportation to Mexico to remain in the United States.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

• Around the State

  Baptist University of the Américas will hold its fifth annual Eagle Run Oct. 15 to benefit Communities in Schools of San Antonio.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

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  As wildfires rage, Texas Baptists minister to hurting neighbors

  UPDATED: As fires rage in Central Texas, Texas Baptists are stepping up to help those affected by the blazes and those who are combating the infernos. Texas Baptist Men Tarrant Baptist Association feeding unit is feeding 5,000 meals a day for roughly 1,000 firefighters serving in the Bastrop area.

  09/07/2011 - By Administrator

• TBM volunteers provide meals for firefighters

  Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers have been called out to meet the needs of firefighters battling wildfires in the Bastrop area.

  09/06/2011 - By Ken Camp

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  Interfaith understanding remains elusive 10 years after 9/11

  In a post-9/11 bid to better relations with local Muslims, Pastor Bob Roberts invited Muslims to his NorthWood Church in Keller for question-and-answer sessions, a cooking club and to help on a few home remodeling projects. The result: Roberts lost "a bunch of church members," he said.

  09/06/2011 - By Administrator