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  Book urges Christians to go green for God

  Jonathan Merritt says he was both disappointed and pleasantly surprised by the response he received after organizing several hundred Southern Baptists in 2008 to issue a statement identifying the environment and climate change as moral issues.

  06/03/2010 - By Administrator

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  Around the State

  Volunteers are needed to help rebuild Dover Church near Tyler. It is one of several churches burned by arsonists in February. The rebuild will begin June 21. Hookups for RVs and meals will be provided. For more information, call (903) 571-5345.

  06/02/2010 - By admin

• On the Move

  Pam Click to Pioneer Drive Church in Abilene as preschool minister.

  06/02/2010 - By admin

• Texas Tidbits

  Buckner International has dispatched four shipments of emergency aid to Haiti since an earthquake hit the country in January, and a fifth shipment will arrive this summer.

  06/02/2010 - By admin

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  Baptist ethicist says oil spill a moral issue

  A Baptist ethicist says the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a moral issue, although few Americans have framed the issue in moral terms.

  06/02/2010 - By Administrator

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  Most ‘Millennials’ don’t pray, read Bible or attend church

  Two thirds of Americans born between 1980 and 1991 identify themselves as Christians, but most do not regularly pray, read the Bible or attend church, according to findings of a new LifeWay Research study.

  06/02/2010 - By Administrator

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  Learning takes place on life’s edges, author insists

  People who remain safely in the middle of life, far from the edges, have little to say, author Calvin Miller told the B.H. Carroll Theological Institute summer colloquy.

  06/02/2010 - By Administrator

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  Faith Digest

  A federal judge has rejected a motion filed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to dismiss a California lawsuit that challenges tax breaks ministers can receive on housing.

  06/02/2010 - By admin

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  McKissic calls on SBC to adopt zero-tolerance of racism

  A prominent African-American pastor has announced plans to ask the Southern Baptist Convention to amend its constitution to ban churches that condone racism.

  06/01/2010 - By Administrator

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  If there’s a just way to wage war, what about ending one?

  As the United States prepares to reduce troop levels in Iraq this summer and Afghanistan next year, the 1,500-year-old "just war" theory is being deployed on a less familiar mission—ending the wars ethically.

  05/26/2010 - By admin

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  Clergy shortage turns to ministerial glut in some denominations

  After a decade-long clergy shortage in America’s pulpits, Christian denominations are now experiencing a clergy glut—with some denominations reporting two ministers for every vacant pulpit.

  05/26/2010 - By admin

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  Cultural festival provides churches in Valley occasion to share the gospel

  The main streets of Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville filled with more than 20,000 people, flavorful food, festive music and brightly-colored floats during Charro Days, a weeklong festival celebrating the heritage between the sister cities. And a group of 55 church members gathered to share the hope of Christ with those they encountered that day.

  05/26/2010 - By admin