• Shreveport girl dies from injuries in church-bus crash

  A July 12 rollover of a bus carrying a Shreveport, La., Baptist church youth group to a summer camp has claimed a second fatality.

  08/03/2009 - By Administrator

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  Lowrie to seek 2nd term as BGCT president

  David Lowrie will seek a second term as president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas when the BGCT conducts its annual meeting in Houston Nov. 16-17.

  07/30/2009 - By admin

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  Howard Payne elects president; two nominees presented

  When it came to voting on Howard Payne University’s new president, trustee board members chose between two nominees—Hardin-Simmons University Provost Bill Ellis, who was recommended by the presidential search committee, and veteran denominational worker Chris Liebrum, who was nominated from the floor. Trustees elected Ellis over Liebrum by a 19-14 vote.

  07/30/2009 - By Administrator

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  Scholar says Jamaican slave revolt has lessons for all

  The story of an African-Caribbean Baptist slave's 19th-century revolt holds theologically liberating implications for all Christians, an international Baptist scholar said July 29.

  07/30/2009 - By Administrator

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  Uzbekistan charges Baptist camp with crimes

   Authorities in Uzbekistan cracked down on Baptists after a government-sponsored news agency ran articles alleging illegal religious activity at a summer camp for children.

  07/29/2009 - By Administrator

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  VBS spans generations in East Texas church

  Vacation Bible School for children is the highlight of the summer for many churches, and some even hold an adult Vacation Bible School. Austin Heights Baptist Church in Nacogdoches is one of the few, however, to host an intergenerational VBS.

  07/29/2009 - By admin

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  Holy Communion ministers to the ‘guttermost’

  With the number of homeless in Dallas hitting almost 6,000 in 2008,  Micah Phillips, pastor of Holy Communion Baptist Church in Dallas, felt called to not only meet their spiritually needs but their physical needs, as well.

  07/29/2009 - By admin

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  ETBU, Buckner work together to show Christ’s love in Honduras

  While world leaders focused their attention on a Summit of the Americas meeting in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, a group of ETBU students quietly served two orphanages just outside the city.

  07/29/2009 - By admin

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  Health science nominees live private faith behind public careers

  When President Obama named his choices for his administration’s two top medical posts, he chose people of private faith and public acclaim whose positions may put them out of lock step with fellow believers.

  07/29/2009 - By admin

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  Venezuelan Baptists learn about Hands On Ministry

  Nearly 200 Venezuelan Baptists in two cities recently completed the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ Hands on Ministry course, a resource to help Christians minister in difficult times and crises.

  07/28/2009 - By admin

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  Texas Baptists test-launch statewide Bible distribution plan

  Baptists in El Paso distributed nearly 250,000 CDs containing selected Scripture passages and Christian testimonies in a pilot launch of a campaign to share the gospel with every un-churched person in the state by Easter 2010.

  07/28/2009 - By Administrator

• Baylor search committee develops presidential profile

  Baylor University is looking for a mature Christian, a Baptist and a “servant leader” committed to academic excellence to become the school’s next president, according to a profile approved by the university's presidential search committee.

  07/28/2009 - By Administrator