• Baptist has low expectations for White House faith-based panel

  Former Southern Baptist Convention President Frank Page said he doesn’t expect much to result from the work of advisers to the White House’s office dealing with faith-based and community groups.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

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  Volunteers spread hope and gospel CDs throughout El Paso

  Volunteers distributed more than 4,400 Texas Hope multimedia compact disks in El Paso.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

• Event focused on washing cars & cleansing hearts

  Many groups use car washes as fund-raisers. But for members of Garland’s Ethiopian Evangelical Baptist Church, their car wash wasn’t about making money. They wanted to help people have clean cars and clean hearts.

  09/18/2009 - By admin

• Open mission positions may be ‘God moment,’ says SBC task force chair

  ROGERS, Ark. — Impending vacancies in the top leadership positions of the Southern Baptist Convention’s two mission boards offer unique opportunities for the denomination as it considers new ways to engage its mission enterprise, says the chair of a task force examining how the SBC should most effectively structure its missionary and funding mechanisms.

  09/17/2009 - By Marv Knox

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  Texas Tidbits

  The Texas Hunger Initiative—a joint venture of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Baylor Center for Family & Community Ministries—will sponsor a Food Policy Roundtable Nov. 19 at Baylor University.

  09/17/2009 - By admin

• On the Move

  Neal Alexander to Hagerman Church in Sherman as pastor.

  09/17/2009 - By admin

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  Around the State

  Leland Ryken will address “The Bible as a Literary Classic” as the third installment of Houston Baptist University’s Dunham Museum lecture series Oct. 1 at 7 p.m.

  09/17/2009 - By admin

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  UPDATED: IMB president to retire next summer

  UPDATED: Jerry Rankin, who has served 17 years as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board, has announced plans to retire July 31, 2010.

  09/16/2009 - By Administrator

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  Uzbek Baptist head, two other leaders face 3-year prison term

  The head of Uzbekistan's Baptist union and two colleagues face up to three years in prison on charges of tax evasion and teaching children about religion without permission from their parents, a crime in the predominantly Muslim Central Asian country.

  09/15/2009 - By Administrator

• Baylor study focuses on clergy sexual misconduct

  In any given congregation with 400 adult members, seven women on average have been victims of clergy sexual misconduct since they turned 18, a new study reveals.

   

  09/11/2009 - By Administrator

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  Love your enemies, civility advocates say

  Mark DeMoss, veteran conservative Christian public relations executive, has joined forces with Democratic consultant Lanny Davis to launch The Civility Project, an online forum that aims to help people who disagree be less disagreeable.

  09/11/2009 - By admin

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  Church lets students open window on computers

  Twice a week, people pack into Iglesia Bautista Dios Te Ama in Fort Worth for computer classes. For many in the class, it is the first time they have ever turned on a computer, clicked a mouse or used a program.

  09/11/2009 - By admin