Foundation chief named Texas Baptist Elder Statesman

Baptist Foundation of Texas President Lynn Craft received the Texas Baptist Elder Statesman Award during a recent presentation at the historic Independence Baptist Church, near Brenham.

06/07/2011 - By Administrator

Professional prison chaplaincy remains fully in state budget

After initially being proposed for elimination, professional prison chaplaincy remains in the Texas budget.

06/07/2011 - By Administrator

Prayer forms basis for effective evangelism

Revival begins when Christians allow God to work in their hearts, according to leaders of a new "4xfour" prayer-based evangelism model used throughout the state.

06/07/2011 - By Administrator

Youth Evangelism Conference set to ‘Serve the Cities’

Participants in the Youth Evangelism Conference June 24 at the Dallas Convention Center Arena will hear the gospel presented by illusionist Brock Gill and Grammy Award-winning band Switchfoot, followed by opportunities for evangelism and service in the community the next day.

06/07/2011 - By Administrator

ETBU graduates travel country in a van, spreading the gospel

VanGo Ministry began after Stacie Hooks and Jenna Jones graduated from East Texas Baptist University. They felt called to spread the gospel, traveling city to city like the early disciples of Jesus in Luke 10.

06/07/2011 - By Administrator

WMU of India partners with Virginia WMU to address poverty and injustice

Father’s warnings twice saved Japanese family from nuclear bombs

Rieko Suganami Evans remembers the sky glowing strangely red behind a huge cloud and one little airplane flying out of the cloud. It was Aug. 6, 1945, and the Japanese city of Hiroshima had just been vaporized in the world’s first use of atomic energy as a weapon.

06/06/2011 - By Administrator

SBC leader criticizes Obama on Israel

The Southern Baptist Convention’s top public policy official called Barack Obama “the worst president of the United States that Israel has ever had” at a rally for social conservatives held June 3-4 in Washington.

06/06/2011 - By Administrator

Civil War, Civil Rights

The United States continues to feel the Civil War’s impact a century and a half after the first shots were fired because the nation in general, and Baptist Christians in particular, have failed to deal with racism, an African-American Texas Baptist leader said.

06/03/2011 - By Administrator

Switchfoot challenges youth to make a difference

Members of the Christian rock band Switchfoot hope the release of their latest album encourages listeners to dive deeper into the Bible and stand strong during life’s trials.

06/03/2011 - By Administrator

Race relations progress slow but steady

Two men who have been in the fray a long time believe race relations have improved in the United States 150 years after the start of the Civil War—at least enough to justify encouragement.

06/03/2011 - By Administrator

Believers find authentic community in organic churches

A survey this year by The Barna Group found 5 percent of Americans say they attend a “house church or simple church, which is not associated in any way with a local, congregational type of church.”

06/02/2011 - By Administrator