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  Pastors of small churches get big boost at Truett Seminary

  Graduates of Truett Seminary's self-paced, online certification program for small-church and bivocational ministry explain why they value the program.

  07/18/2009 - By admin

• White House advisory council maps out faith-based plans

  Members of a new White House advisory council have mapped out plans to link government and religious groups, from interfaith service projects to regional town halls on fatherhood.

  07/17/2009 - By admin

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  DBU students discover meaning of ‘pure and undefiled religion’

  A 15-member team of students, faculty and staff from DBU ministered to 75 orphans in Guatemala.

  07/17/2009 - By admin

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  Jimmy Carter says religion used to subjugate women

  Former President Jimmy Carter has urged religious leaders to repudiate teachings that he says justify cruelty to women.

  07/17/2009 - By Administrator

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  BCFS enables teens to embark on ‘road to independence’

  More than 125 San Antonio teenagers took their first steps toward a college degree and brighter future by participating in “The Road to Independence”—a self-sufficiency conference and job fair sponsored by Baptist Child & Family Services.

  07/17/2009 - By admin

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  Bivocational minister’s conference celebrates family, friends & Christ

  Bivocational ministers and their spouses gathered at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor to discuss “Simple Solutions for Tough Times: Living By Faith” during the annual Bivocational Smaller Church Ministers and Spouses Statewide Conference.

  07/17/2009 - By admin

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  Truett grad with cerebral palsy needs missionary companion in India

  Just like the Apostle Paul needed Luke the physician as his traveling companion on missionary journeys, Heather Herschap, a wheelchair-bound young woman who feels called to India, needs someone to serve alongside her.

  07/17/2009 - By admin

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  Parents of missionaries given safe place to talk

  Parents of missionaries support their children’s ministry, but they also need support from other missionary parents who understand the hardship of being apart from their children, according to Susan Kilcoyne, state coordinator for the Missionary Parents’ Fellowship.

  07/17/2009 - By admin

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  Church loses everything, gains ministry opportunities

  Last fall, Hurricane Ike left Primera Iglesia Bautista in Hitchcock with nothing. Since then, the church has recovered and continues to reach out to its neighbors.

  07/17/2009 - By admin

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  Sri Lankan young woman aided by CERI bound for college

  CERI, the overseas arm of Baptist Child & Family Services, established the foster care system in Sri Lanka at the government’s request after a devastating tsunami swept across the island five years ago, leaving thousands of children orphaned. Since then, CERI caseworkers have found permanent homes for the children in their care.

  07/17/2009 - By admin

• Bible helped set captives free, sheriff says

  An Alabama woman used the spine of a Bible to conceal several hacksaw blades that helped her husband and three other inmates escape a maximum-security prison.

  07/17/2009 - By admin

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  Struggle continues for teenager injured in church-bus accident

  A teenager from Shreveport, La., continued to fight for her life in a Mississippi hospital four days after a July 12 bus crash that killed one and injured 22 passengers on their way to a church camp in Macon, Ga.

  07/16/2009 - By Administrator