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  Critics still waiting for action from faith-based office

  Six months after advisers turned in 164 pages of recommendations to the White House’s faith-based office, thorny church-state questions remain unanswered and some critics say the office has been used to push the president’s health care reform.

  10/13/2010 - By admin

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  Supreme Court torn on free speech rights, private funeral rites

  The last rites of a slain Marine clashed with a small church’s right to preach its anti-gay gospel in oral arguments heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.

  10/13/2010 - By admin

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  Wayland students, employees demonstrate degree of difference

  About 150 students, faculty and staff from Wayland Baptist University dedicated a recent Saturday morning to serve their community for the fifth annual Degree of Difference Day in Plainview.

  10/13/2010 - By admin

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  BRIC nations may help clarify direction of global Christian growth

  Four emerging economic powerhouses popularly known as BRIC—Brazil, Russia, India and China—may provide building blocks for understanding developments in 21st century global Christianity, missions expert Philip Jenkins told a Baylor University symposium.

  10/12/2010 - By Administrator

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  Rise of Hispanic evangelicals said influencing immigration debate

  The immigration debate has drawn Latinos into the public square more fully than ever before — and Hispanic Protestants in particular — Gabriel Salguero, a noted Latino evangelical author and thinker, recently told an audience at Mercer University.

  10/12/2010 - By Administrator

• Group urges IRS to probe church; calls for end to National Day of Prayer

  A church-state watchdog group says the Internal Revenue Service should investigate whether a New York church violated federal tax law by endorsing a Democrat running for governor.

  10/11/2010 - By Administrator

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  Who are Evangelicals?

  When Billy Graham, Jim Wallis, Rick Warren,  Al Mohler and Brian McLaren can all be called “evangelical,” some observers wonder if the term has lost its meaning.

  10/08/2010 - By admin

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  Heaven’s Rain tells true story of sin, pain and forgiveness

  A son of Southern Baptist missionaries who survived the home-invasion murder of his parents in 1979 and later went on to advocate for victims’ rights as Oklahoma’s youngest-ever state senator brings his story to the big screen in a newly released independent film titled Heaven’s Rain.

  10/07/2010 - By admin

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  Donated facility a victory for two Tyler congregations

  Park Heights Baptist Church in Tyler celebrated its 70th anniversary. And in the same service, the Anglo church turned the deed to its property over to Higher Heights Baptist Church, a predominantly African-American congregation.

  10/07/2010 - By admin

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  Retired ministers urged to listen to God’s voice

  D.L. Lowrie, pastor emeritus of First Baptist Church in Lubbock, challenged about 300 participants at the 12th annual Texas Baptist Retired Ministers/Missionaries Retreat at Glorieta to listen to God’s voice and see what he has in store for his people.

  10/07/2010 - By admin

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  Mission to India provides Wayland group insights into Hinduism

  Rick Shaw of Wayland Baptist University has spent many hours working in slums around the world, leading mission teams and sharing the gospel with people of different faiths. But this summer, Shaw led a small team to a mission field he never had experienced before and gave participants new insights into Hindus.

  10/07/2010 - By admin

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  Playing ball, sharing faith a double play for Wayland senior

  Infielder Calvin Bass turned a memorable double play each of the past three summers—playing the game he loves and serving the God he loves through Athletes in Action.

  10/07/2010 - By admin