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  Plenty of work for Texas Baptists in Haiti

  Robert Shehane, a retired SBC International Mission Board missionary, returned from a four-week stint in Haiti seeking missions opportunities and potential Church2Church partnerships on behalf of Texas Baptists in the first of what will be several trips to the region.

  06/10/2010 - By admin

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  Mentoring in Midlothian changes high school students’ lives

  Movement Towards a Future, a mentoring program at Midlothian High School, involves more than 60 mentors committed to meet with their assigned student for an hour during a school day for 28 weeks. The initiative was started through First Baptist Church and a partnership with Texas Baptists made possible through the Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions.

  06/10/2010 - By admin

• Global Baptists ministering at World Cup soccer tourney

  For most of the globe outside the United States, it’s like the Super Bowl plus the NCAA Basketball Tournament plus the World Series plus the Olympics, all in one event. And Baptists in South Africa and elsewhere are prepared for ministry opportunities surrounding the FIFA World Cup.

  06/10/2010 - By Administrator

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  CBF, Haitian Baptists sign three-year agreement for earthquake recovery

  As part of its ongoing earthquake response efforts in Haiti, the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has signed a memorandum of understanding — representing an official partnership — with the Convention Baptiste d’Haiti.

  06/09/2010 - By Administrator

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  SBC exec opposes task force report

  A top official in the Southern Baptist Convention used the denomination's news service to urge defeat of recommendations of a panel on denominational effectiveness to be presented to messengers at the convention's upcoming annual meeting.

  06/08/2010 - By Administrator

• Medical-experimentation allegations spur new calls for torture inquest

  New allegations that physicians working for the United States government engaged in medical experimentation on terrorism suspects has led a group of religious leaders to, once again, demand that President Obama convene a high-profile panel to investigate the subject.

  06/07/2010 - By Administrator

• Churches scramble to meet FCC rules on wireless microphones

  American churches have less than one week to change their wireless microphone equipment or face more than $100,000 in fines. In January, the Federal Communications Commission mandated that anyone using wireless microphones on the 700 MHz band must stop by June 12 in order to make room for use by police, fire and emergency services.

  06/07/2010 - By Administrator

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  Student ministers face challenges as age separates them from youth

  Age can influence the career direction a youth minister or campus minister takes. Family transitions may lead to a ministry change, or the minister may feel age has separated him or her from students.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Death in a minister’s family means transitions in ministry, identity

  The death of a minister—or the minister’s spouse—marks a difficult phase in the life of both the church and the pastor’s family. The church and the spouse left behind must deal with the loss of that team concept, the intertwining of gifts and calling when a pastor or his or her mate passes away.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Church and founding pastor either grow together, or somebody moves on

  Whether the founding pastor of a church matures with the congregation or moves on once the new work is well established depends on a host of factors, according to three church-growth and church-planting experts. And either the initial focus on which the church started or the pastor must change for the church to move forward, the three believe.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  Churches adapt to change by planting multiple campuses

  Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Liberty, Mo., and Air Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., started separate congregations to minister to differing geographic areas or a particular ministry focus. But most multisites remain together because of their shared spiritual DNA.

  06/03/2010 - By admin

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  God’s provision encourages Howard Payne graduate

  Cara Brewer, recent Howard Payne University graduate, was thrilled recently to learn she will receive a full-tuition scholarship to Texas Tech University School of Law this fall. She gratefully acknowledges, however, this is not the first time she has experienced God’s provision for her education.

  06/03/2010 - By admin