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  Baptists decry Texas education board’s curriculum votes

  A Texas board that vets curriculum standards for the nation’s second-largest textbook market has voted, along party lines, to leave an indelible conservative imprint on history, social-studies and economics courses. And the effects won't be felt in the Lone Star State alone.

  03/16/2010 - By Administrator

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  Great Commission Task Force head surprised at backlash to report

  The head of a task force appointed last summer to recommend ways to make the Southern Baptist Convention more effective in reaching the lost said he was surprised by negative reaction to parts of the group's preliminary report.

  03/16/2010 - By Administrator

• Last Baptist worker held in Haiti faces new charge

  The last of 10 Americans held in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping now faces a new charge stemming from an earlier alleged attempt to bus child earthquake victims to the Dominican Republic three days before the 10 Baptist church-group volunteers were arrested at the border Jan. 29.

  03/15/2010 - By Administrator

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  Social networking and Christian community

  Social networking sites have tremendous potential for Christians as a place where community-building occurs according to ethicist Bill Tillman. At the same time, ill-chosen words can rupture relationships and damage character.

  03/12/2010 - By admin

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  Trinity? There’s an app for that.

  Nils Smith recognizes he has an unusual title—pastor for college and online community ministry at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio. But he suspects he may be one of the first of a new breed of ministers.

  03/11/2010 - By admin

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  Cookies pave way for gospel in Holland

  Each Saturday morning, the smell of homemade cookies wafts through the air as members of First Baptist Church in Holland visit homes, offering people a bag of homemade cookies and the gospel presented on a Texas Hope 2010 multimedia compact disc.

  03/11/2010 - By admin

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  In Alabama, coach has more Facebook fans than God does

  University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban may not be bigger than God in Alabama, but he has more fans on Facebook.

  03/11/2010 - By admin

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  Economic squeeze produces a new kind of seminarian

  When Newton, Mass., artist Paula Rendino needed fresh inspiration, she sought her muse in an unlikely place—seminary.

  03/11/2010 - By admin

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  Baylor grad struggles with answers to big questions about human need

  Sarah Bush, minister of congregational development at Fredericksburg (Va.) Baptist Church, wrestles with big questions: Why do homelessness, hunger and poverty persist in the United States?

  03/11/2010 - By admin

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  Germans’ mega Passion play is back, and Jews are watching

  With its focus on the last days of Jesus’ life, a Passion play should, by its nature, arouse passions. But in Oberammergau, the world’s most famous Passion play keeps stirring the wrong kind.

  03/11/2010 - By admin

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  Student ministry in Edinburg sees new building as God’s provision

  The University of Texas-Pan American Baptist Student Ministry has a new building that will be used not only to train Christian students, but also provide a place for non-Christians to feel loved and encounter Christ in a safe environment.

  03/11/2010 - By admin

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  Operation Multiplication spreading across the state

  Congregations from North Texas to the lower Rio Grande Valley and from El Paso to Center are participating in Operation Multiplication, which trains laypeople in on-on-one discipleship.

  03/11/2010 - By admin