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  BGCT seeks to put free GED program in each church

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas has launched an effort that could put free General Equivalency Diploma programs in all its affiliated churches.

  06/29/2009 - By Administrator

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  Buckner suspends mission trips to Honduras

  Buckner International temporarily is suspending travel by mission groups to Honduras in the wake of a coup that removed President Manuel Zelaya from office.

  06/29/2009 - By Administrator

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  Small church praying big in Donie

  The congregation at First Baptist Church in Donie may be aging and small in number, but members have hearts for reaching their community and praying.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

• Grant funds Standard student initiative project

  On-site missions reporting by communications student interns, a blog featuring firsthand impressions from students on mission and ongoing reports by student missionary correspondents are among the projects made possible by a $93,000 three-year grant to the Baptist Standard from the Christ is our Salvation Foundation of Waco.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

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  Student missionaries bring youth camp to South Texas teens

  Student missionaries with Go Now Missions operated a three-day camp on South Padre Island designed particularly for youth who never could afford to attend a Christian summer camp before.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

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  WMU challenged to ‘change a life, change the world,’ through missions

  Participants at the 2009 Woman’s Missionary Union missions celebration June 21-22 conducted the mission organization’s business and heard challenges to “change a life” and “change the world.”

  06/25/2009 - By admin

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  ‘Get on board, little children’ Train-maker seeks to make VBS special

  Tom Huffman spent 11 days in his barn crafting a nine-foot locomotive related to “Boomerang Express,” the theme of this year’s curriculum used at First Baptist Church in Shiloh.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

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  Students make worldwide impact through Fort Worth refugee ministry

  Without leaving their home state, six university students reached people from across the world by working with a Fort Worth ministry that helps refugees assimilate into American culture.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

• U.S. laws chill Muslim philanthropy

  Laws meant to eliminate terror financing are targeting Muslims unjustly, interfering with their right to practice Islam and resulting in a decline in charitable giving, the American Civil Liberties Union has charged.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

• Graduation rates at religious schools outpace those at other universities

  Religiously affiliated universities rank the highest nationwide in graduating their students, while hundreds of public and private universities fall far below the low average of graduated students, according to a recent report based on data from the U.S. Department of Education.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs: Draper released from hospital

  Former Southern Baptist Convention President Jimmy Draper was released from the hospital June 11 and is continuing his recovery from strep bacterial meningitis.

  06/25/2009 - By admin

• One the Move: Brent Beasley to Broadway Church in Fort Worth

  Brent Beasley to Broadway Church in Fort Worth as pastor from Second Church in Memphis, Tenn.

  06/24/2009 - By admin