DBU’s care for one Chilean student grows into broad-based mission trip

This fall, a 14-member team of DBU students and staff traveled to Concepción, Chile, to help with reconstruction  in the city, not far from the hometown of Miguel Faúndez, a student from Chile who was at DBU when a devastating earthquake caused widespread damage in February.

11/24/2010 - By admin

God’s provision through church gives hungry a reason to give thanks

The hunger ministry of Clear Lake Baptist Church has one unchanging rule: Rely on God to provide. And God has always held up his end of the bargain.

11/24/2010 - By admin

Fair Trade movement has Christian roots

Christian groups have taken up selling fair-trade products that offer consumers the choice of purchasing a product from a company whose business practices maximize economic good for the consumer, the seller's bottom line and the originators of the product.

11/24/2010 - By admin

Q&A with Dave Ramsey on moral decision-making

Dave Ramsey is founder of the Lampo Group and one of the most widely recognized experts on the intersection of Christian principles and personal finance. He agreed to an e-mail interview about ethical financial decision-making for Christians.

11/24/2010 - By admin

Bible reading shaped life, decisions, Bush writes

Former President George W. Bush in his recently released memoir, Decision Points, says he never would have made it to the White House without a fateful—and faith-filled—decision to quit drinking in 1986.

11/24/2010 - By admin

Baptist Briefs

A Nov. 12 open letter calling Southern Baptists to observe a day of prayer in January declared Americans “live in desperate times” and need “a heal-the-land kind of blessing” from God.

11/24/2010 - By admin

Baylor seeks public input for 10-year strategic plan

Baylor University has begun the public input portion of its strategic planning process by inviting faculty, staff, students, alumni and friends of Baylor to help shape the direction of the university’s next 10-year plan.

11/24/2010 - By admin

Apostolic movements, not programs, called key to church’s future

On the Move

Jay Beerley has resigned as minister of students at First Church in Wake Village.

11/23/2010 - By admin

Around the State

An information meeting for families interested in participating in the Angels from Abroad program will be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 14 in the second floor training room of the Buckner Child and Family Services office in Dallas.

11/23/2010 - By admin

Music into manna: symphony concert benefits church’s hunger ministry

A free concert at a Fort Worth church turned into a blessing for the city's hungry and homeless. An offering during the 90-minute concert in the sanctuary of Broadway Baptist Church on Nov. 16 raised $5,600 for the church's Agape Meal ministry.

11/23/2010 - By Administrator

Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood unimpressed by new NIV

A group that criticized the New International Version Bible translation for introducing a gender-inclusive edition in 2005 says it isn't satisfied by revisions in the latest edition recently available online.

11/22/2010 - By Administrator