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  Baylor students learn about new models for orphan care in Africa

  Faith-based organizations working in Africa are turning to the unselfish arms of family as an alternative to orphanages, believing families offer a more effective way to aid the millions of orphans on the continent, many of whom have lost parents to AIDS.

   

  07/20/2010 - By Administrator

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  African-American Baptists urged to be living testimony in languishing world

  Preachers at the annual African American Fellowship Conference challenged their peers to be a “living testimony in a languishing world” by accepting the challenge to share the hope of Christ with people who are spiritually lost without it.

  07/20/2010 - By Administrator

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  Small-church leaders urged to answer the Hope 1:8 challenge

  Small-membership churches and their leaders have a key role to play in spreading the gospel—beginning at home and extending around the globe, speakers told a statewide gathering.

  07/20/2010 - By Administrator

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  ABP celebrates 20th birthday marked by growing pains

  July 17 marked the 20th birthday of Associated Baptist Press, an independent news service created by and for Baptists interested in a free press during a tumultuous time within the Southern Baptist Convention.

  07/19/2010 - By Administrator

• Evangelicals pray for people economically affected by Gulf oil spill

  The National Association of Evangelicals and Evangelical Environmental Network set aside Sunday, July 18, as a "National Day of Prayer for the Gulf."

  07/19/2010 - By Administrator

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  Tons of food go to refugees from border violence

  What does 48 tons of food look like? To volunteers and families at the Starr County fairgrounds recently, it looked like 4,000 fewer hungry people.

  07/15/2010 - By admin

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  Planting churches that take root takes right processes, people

  Planting new churches in places where none exists, or reaching specific culture groups, can result in changed lives and the expansion of God’s kingdom. But it takes flexibility to adapt to each new work’s context.

  07/15/2010 - By admin

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  How should church starters measure success?

  Should the death of a new church be considered a failure? That depends on the definition of success. Estimates of church plant failures range from less than 2 percent to as great as 80 percent, depending upon the study.

  07/15/2010 - By admin

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  Missional, emergent church movements place premium on church starting

  The missional church and emergent church movements are sweeping through many aspects of religious life—including church planting. While both most often are tagged as movements, they also function as foundations for birthing new congregations.

  07/15/2010 - By admin

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  Common denominator for new churches: They all need funds

  Regardless of the method or process used to start them, all new church plants have one thing in common—the need for money.

  07/15/2010 - By admin

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  Homeowners weigh morality of walking out on mortgages

  Up to 25 million homeowners—about one in four—are “underwater”  on the home mortgage. Those who walk away in a "strategic default" face an array of financial consequences, as well as a moral question– is it the right thing to do?

  07/15/2010 - By admin

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  Musician teaches young girls that modest is hottest

  Musician Jaime Jamgochian designed a popular "Modest is Hottest" T-shirt and started a conference that focuses on teaching young girls how to dress in the latest styles while maintaining modesty.

  07/15/2010 - By admin