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  Baptist Briefs: GuideStone offers new tool

  GuideStone Property & Casualty has just released the Ministry Protection Plan, an online tool that walks participants through the process of developing a comprehensive risk-management plan.

  12/18/2009 - By admin

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  Bedford church gives needy children reason to jump for joy

  First Baptist Church in Bedford hopes the Jump for Joy Festival—its collaborative project with the Hurst-Euless-Bedford school district—causes needy children to do just that.

  12/18/2009 - By admin

• Evangelical leaders support abortion compromise in health-care plan

  Thirty-nine pro-life Christian pastors and leaders released a statement Dec. 18 applauding alternative language aimed at preventing health-care reform from being derailed by debate over abortion.

  12/18/2009 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Billy Burchfield to Williams Creek Church in Axtell as pastor

  12/17/2009 - By admin

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  Around the State

  The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor will feature Kelly Cherry and Andrew McKnight during its writers’ festival set for Jan. 6-9.

  12/17/2009 - By admin

• Study says majority of world’s population faces religious restriction

  Nearly 70 percent of the world's 6.8 billion people live in countries with high restrictions on religion, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life.

  12/17/2009 - By Administrator

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  Baptist churches encouraged to invite a woman to preach

  Baptist Women in Ministry is seeking pulpits for an annual emphasis to promote and encourage women preachers.

  12/11/2009 - By Administrator

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  Christmas in the Village benefits Breckenridge residents

  About 1,200 friends of Breckenridge Village of Tyler, a faith-based residential community for adults with mild to moderate cognitive or developmental disorders, joined residents for the fourth annual Christmas in the Village celebration.

  12/11/2009 - By admin

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  Children clothed in blessings when others discover joy of giving

  Children at Texas Baptist Children’s Home are wearing blessings provided by an 8-year-old girl whose birthday wish was to make a difference and a mother who knows how important it is to feel loved.

  12/11/2009 - By admin

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  Through rain & snow, cowboy church pastor demonstrates a caring heart

  The pastor of King’s Trail Cowboy Church in Van Alstyne is fasting 25 days while living out of a tent to raise awareness about people in need.

  12/11/2009 - By admin

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  Hill Country ministry partners with food bank, grocery to multiply bounty

  What began with two shelves of food at First Baptist Church in Granite Shoals has blossomed into an effort that feeds more than 4,000 people a month.

  12/11/2009 - By admin

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  New prayer guide highlights intercultural groups in Texas

  As the nations have come to the Lone Star State, Texas Baptists’ intercultural ministries and the WMU of Texas are encouraging believers to pray for, care for and share the gospel with these people.

  12/11/2009 - By admin