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  Experiencing God transformed TBM over last two decades

  Principles from Experiencing God published 20 years ago transformed Texas Baptist Men from a missions program to a broad-based ministry with global outreach.

  07/09/2010 - By admin

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  Barefoot School full of happy souls, thanks to new computer lab

  Gerald Davis, director of community development for the BGCT, helped set up a summer computer lab at the TLC Barefoot School  in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, as part of a continuing Texas Baptist disaster response effort.

  07/09/2010 - By admin

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  Baptists still helping Haitians

  Michael Akinboro of African Evangelical Baptist Church in Grand Prairie treated hundeds of patients at a clinic sponsored by Siloé Baptist Church in Grand-Goave, Haiti.  The congregation's building was ruined by an earthquake, but its ministry continues.

  07/09/2010 - By admin

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  Half a year after an earthquake, Haiti has a long way to go

  A mission team coordinated by Texas Baptists helping reconstruction in Haiti found the effects of the January earthquake still evident. Scenes of vibrant life and color give way to piles of dust-covered concrete and tangled rebar in a country of conspicuous contrasts.

  07/09/2010 - By admin

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  Evangelical churches do better job of retaining youth, researcher says

  Evangelical churches do a better job than mainline churches in keeping their young people in the faith, probably because they invest more money in youth ministry, says a Duke University professor who studies characteristics of American congregations.

  07/08/2010 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptist Men build home, faith in Chile

  Volunteers from Texas Baptist Men traveled by truck through foggy mountains for hours to reach Nipas, a small town almost 300 miles south of Santiago. There, they worked more than two weeks to help a local pastor get back on his feet.

  07/07/2010 - By admin

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  Summer camp produces blankets for children in need

  Preteen student campers at Mt. Lebanon Baptist Encampment in Cedar Hill take one hour out of their week at camp to make blankets for children in need this summer.

   

  07/07/2010 - By admin

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  Prayers answered as conference draws more than 5,000 youth

  More than 5,000 students and youth leaders filled the Garland Special Events Center and about 450 made professions of faith in Christ at the 2010 Youth Evangelism Conference.

  07/07/2010 - By admin

• Hunger takes no summer vacation, report says

  A new national report on child nutrition shows Texas has made progress expanding the reach of publicly funded summer food programs in 2009. But more work is needed to ensure that low-income children have access to nutritious food during the summer, according to the Texas Food Policy Roundtable.

  07/03/2010 - By Administrator

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  Liberty & justice for all

  As the United States enters the second decade of the 21st century, some experts in religious freedom predict challenges coming to the fore likely will cluster around a handful of new issues.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

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  What should churches and ministries know about employment law?

  When it comes to employment law, maintaining church-state separation becomes a delicate balance between preventing the state from interfering in church polity and governance while still protecting workers.

  07/02/2010 - By admin

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  When church-state separation bumps up against doing justice

  Challenges to maintaining religious liberty come from all directions—including the dilemma of whether Baptist social-service agencies should accept government funds to perform their ministries.

  07/02/2010 - By admin