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  SERMON: Poverty and the Baptist Legacy in the World

  Ellis Orozco, pastor of First Baptist Church in Richardson, Texas, delivered this sermon at the New Baptist Covenant’s Midwest regional meeting in Norman, Okla., Aug. 6. In it he reminds us that Jesus as "was born poor; he lived poor and with the poor; he died poor; and he rose again for the poor."

  08/10/2009 - By admin

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  Randall renews call for Baptist Convention of the Americas

  Baptists must relinquish the status quo in order to unleash God’s power, participants at the New Baptist Covenant’s Midwest regional gathering were warned. And that may mean revising a concept proposed about a decade ago—creation of a Baptist Convention of the Americas, said Mitch Randall, pastor of NorthHaven Church in Norman, Okla.

  08/10/2009 - By Administrator

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  Heath care system broken; Christians should help fix it, speakers say

  Since the church has abdicated its responsibility for providing health care in America, Christians should help and not hinder the government as it seeks solutions to the nation’s medical crisis, a physician with experience in public health told participants at the New Baptist Covenant regional meeting.

  08/10/2009 - By Administrator

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  Poor and marginalized need Baptists to speak prophetically, Orozco says

  The plight of poor people depends significantly upon Baptists’ determination to retain their unique legacy, an urban pastor who spent a decade ministering in one of the nation’s poorest counties told participants at the New Baptist Covenant regional meeting in Oklahoma.

  08/10/2009 - By Administrator

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  “Agape” requires respect for women in ministry, Burleson insists

  A Southern Baptist pastor from Oklahoma compared his fellow conservatives’ treatment of women in ministry to earlier generations’ treatment of African-Americans.

  08/10/2009 - By Administrator

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  Baptists challenged to overcome racial barriers

  If they hope to represent Christ in the world, Baptists must find a "better way" of relating than the racism that has marred their witness for most of the past two centuries, participants in a multicultural gathering of Baptists heard.

  08/07/2009 - By Administrator

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  Carter planning return trip to Gaza

  Former President Jimmy Carter said Aug. 7 he is planning a return trip to Gaza in an effort to focus international attention on what he describes as a humanitarian crisis.

  08/07/2009 - By Administrator

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  VBS stands test of time in reaching families

  Many discipleship and outreach ministries have come and gone over the years, but Vacation Bible School still is a mainstay for most Texas Baptist churches.

  08/07/2009 - By admin

• Health grants help deliver aid to communities

  The Baptist Health Foundation has awarded health care-related grants totaling more than $43,000 to eight Baptist organizations in support of Texas Hope 2010.

  08/07/2009 - By admin

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  TBCH Family Care Program celebrates 30 years of service

  The Family Care Program started in 1979 when a woman walked into the office of Charles Wright, administrator of Texas Baptist Children’s Home, and asked if the program could care for her children while she turned her life around.

  08/07/2009 - By admin

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  Student missionary blogs tell stories of changed lives

  Multiple students have written online reflections about serving in missions assignments on different continents, but they all have one message—being used by God to share his love.

  08/07/2009 - By admin

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  LifeWay says 1 in 8 background checks finds criminal record

  One in eight background checks conducted on volunteers or prospective employees through LifeWay Christian Resources found a criminal history that might have kept an individual from working or volunteering at a church, the Southern Baptist Convention publishing house reported Aug. 4.

  08/07/2009 - By Administrator