• Texas Tidbits

  East Texas Baptist University’s board of trustees at their regular fall meeting approved curriculum for two new graduate programs—the Master of Arts in Religion degree and the Master of Education degree.  

  09/30/2010 - By admin

• On the Move

  Brad Borstadt has resigned as pastor of J-Bar-C Cowboy Church.

  09/30/2010 - By admin

• Around the State

  Baylor University will be the site of the “Fantastical” church music conference Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 in Waco Hall. Award-winning Christian musician and Baylor graduate David Crowder will lead the conference.

  09/30/2010 - By admin

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  Jimmy Carter discharged from hospital

  Former President Jimmy Carter was discharged Sept. 30 after two nights in a Cleveland hospital for what doctors say was a stomach virus.

  09/30/2010 - By Administrator

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  Baptist historians affirm individual conscience

  A group of Baptist historians that meets annually to read and discuss early Baptist writings endorsed a statement affirming the role of individual conscience in Baptist life.

  09/30/2010 - By Administrator

• Board rejects study committee motion on challenging messengers

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board overwhelmingly rejected a study committee’s proposal to change how the BGCT handles messenger-seating challenges at its annual meeting.

  09/29/2010 - By Administrator

• Annual meeting needs major overhaul, study committee asserts

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting needs an extreme makeover in focus and format, the chair of a study committee told the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board.

  09/29/2010 - By Administrator

• Board recommends allowing some non-Baptist HBU trustees

  Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in McAllen next month will consider whether to allow Houston Baptist University to elect non-Baptists to its board of trustees.

  09/29/2010 - By Administrator

• BGCT board recommends more cuts in 2011 budget

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board voted to recommend a $38 million 2011 budget—$3 million less than the approved 2010 budget, a 7.3 percent reduction.

  09/29/2010 - By Administrator

• Texas poverty rate rises, demand for Christian response increases

  The number of Texans living in poverty increased 11 percent in 2009 to nearly 4.3 million, including nearly 1.8 million children, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

  09/22/2010 - By Administrator

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  UMHB students help with flood relief

  After Tropical Storm Hermine dumped rain on Central Texas, students from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor helped business and homeowners in the area clean up the damage caused by the storm.

  09/21/2010 - By Administrator

• Texas Baptists Committed leader says group has moved to ‘next level’

  A recent e-mail appeal from six former Baptist General Convention of Texas presidents encouraging attendance at the state convention’s annual meeting in McAllen and an announcement regarding a new blog devoted to historic Baptist principles marked the first—but not the last—efforts of Texas Baptists Committed to reconnect with Baptists in the state, said Michael Bell, chairman of the group’s board of directors.

  09/21/2010 - By Administrator