• SBC needs major overhaul, says writer of Great Commission Resurgence document

  The lead author of a Great Commission Resurgence document circulating among Southern Baptist Convention leaders says a major overhaul of denominational structures must occur if the convention is going to engage younger pastors.

  05/28/2009 - By admin

• On the Move

  Danny Becknell to Clearfork Church in Luling as pastor.

  05/28/2009 - By admin

• New Haven Ministries provides tons of hope

  New Haven Ministries in Mineral Wells goes through a ton of food each week. Actually, it’s more than two tons.

  05/28/2009 - By admin

• Online micro-loan program for Third World business inspires student loan program

  Inspired by an Internet program that allows donors to provide small loans to entrepreneurs in developing nations, a South Texas school launched a similar pilot program to help ministerial students complete their education without an oppressive debt load.

  05/28/2009 - By admin

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  Former SBC president embraces creation care

  James Merritt, a former president of the Southern Baptist Convention, confessed to a group of Christian environmentalists his recent conversion to the cause of creation care.

  05/28/2009 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs: Baptist Men, RA numbers increase

  Although total church membership, Sunday school attendance and the number of baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention declined in 2008 from 2007, participation by men and boys in Baptist Men’s ministries and the Royal Ambassadors program for boys jumped almost 6 percent in 2008.

  05/28/2009 - By admin

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  Baylor engineering students form national nonprofit

  Baylor University’s Engineers with a Mission has expanded to Global Appropriate Technology Ministries. The organization will serve as a nonprofit engineering consulting agency for foreign mission projects around the world.

  05/28/2009 - By admin

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  Around the State

  Howard Payne University will hold its Young Scholars and Summer Scholars programs June 15-19.

  05/28/2009 - By admin

• Baptists respond to cyclone in Bangladesh

  The Baptist World Alliance has responded to Cyclone Aila, which killed nearly 200 and destroyed thousands of homes May 25 in Bangladesh and India.

  05/28/2009 - By Administrator

• Poll shows little change on marriage, but more support for other gay rights

  Results from a recently released Gallup poll show  a majority of Americans continue to oppose same-sex marriage—but that the youngest voters support equal marriage rights for homosexual couples by a wide margin.

  05/28/2009 - By Administrator

• Faith-based groups push for health-care reform

  Ads airing on Christian and mainstream radio stations in several states are attempting to frame health care as a moral issue.

  05/28/2009 - By Administrator

• Group says IRS should review Liberty University’s tax-exempt status

  A church-state watchdog group says the IRS should review Liberty University's tax-exempt status for its decision to revoke recognition of its Democratic Party club.

  05/27/2009 - By Administrator