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  Faith leaders urge G-20 summit to remember the poor

  U.S. religious leaders including the missions coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship said the Sept. 24-25 G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh provided a unique opportunity to raise their concern about the plight of the world's poor.

  09/25/2009 - By Administrator

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  Pastorless periods allow church to reflect

  At any given time, roughly 600 Baptist General Convention of Texas-affiliated churches are without a pastor. Many churches view these periods as times between leaders, but they can be much more, according to BGCT Pastorless Church Consultant Karl Fickling.

  09/25/2009 - By admin

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  Values voters see little value in health care reform

  Health care reform may be Priority No. 1 in Congress and at the White House, but for the 1,825 religious conservatives who gathered for the annual Values Voter Summit, the subject was barely on their radar screen.

  09/25/2009 - By admin

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  Brownsville church nears goal of seeing 20,000 come to Christ

  Iglesia Bautista West Brownsville dreams big. They expect to surpass their goal to make 20,000 disciples within the next few weeks.

  09/25/2009 - By admin

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  Maggie Lee for Good honors memory of girl killed in bus crash

  The parents of a girl who died this summer from injuries received in a church-bus wreck are asking 13,000 people to keep her memory alive by doing something good on Oct. 29 — which would have been her 13th birthday.

  09/24/2009 - By Administrator

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  Students address domestic hunger

  Students at Wake Forest University and Baylor University are feeding their communities through the Campus Kitchens Project.

  09/23/2009 - By Administrator

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  Update: Baylor asks alumni association to move in-house

  The tense relationship between Baylor University and the Baylor Alumni Association may have reached a potential turning point—or boiling point—Sept. 19 when the university presented the alumni association a proposal asking the group to give up its independent nonprofit status and come under the authority of Baylor administration.

  09/23/2009 - By Administrator

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  Texas Baptists Committed to seek new leader

  Texas Baptists Committed, formed as a political organization two decades ago to resist a “fundamentalist takeover” of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, soon will be seeking a new executive director and relocating its office.

  09/23/2009 - By Administrator

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  Morris Chapman planning to retire

  Morris Chapman, president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee, announced plans Sept. 21 to retire at the end of September 2010.

  09/21/2009 - By Administrator

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  Nilson Fanini, former BWA president, dies at 77

  Nilson Fanini, Brazilian pastor and evangelist who served as president of the Baptist World Alliance from 1995 to 2000, died Sept. 19. He was 77.

  09/21/2009 - By Marv Knox

• Church-state groups press Holder to withdraw Bush-era hiring memo

  WASHINGTON (ABP) — Supporters of the separation of church and state are urging Attorney General Eric Holder to fulfill a campaign promise by President Obama to combat religious discrimination in hiring.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

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  Mission to Japan clarifies calling for Wayland volleyball player

  Haley Hill, a junior on Wayland Baptist University's volleyball team, always wanted to be a teacher and coach, and her summer in Japan did not change that calling. But it did solidify in her mind that she is called to be “on mission” even in her chosen career by intentionally living out her faith.

  09/18/2009 - By admin