BWA meeting in Prague begins with prayer, praise

Nearly 400 delegates to the Baptist World Alliance's annual gathering in Prague, Czech Republic, raised their voices in prayer and singing as the July 21-25 meeting began with a rousing worship service.

07/24/2008 - By Administrator

Pastors’ biggest challenges differ by region, BWA speakers say

Global Baptist pastors' problems are as different as the countries and regions in which they minister, according to speakers at the July 21-24 Baptist World Alliance annual gathering in Prague.

07/24/2008 - By Administrator

Update: TBM activates feeding units

Texas Baptist Men has activated three feeding units to serve as Hurricane Dolly–now a tropical storm–continued to dump rain on South Texas leaving widespread flooding in its wake.

07/24/2008 - By admin

Baylor disunity leads to Lilley’s firing

Baylor University President John Lilley has been fired for failing to “bring the Baylor family together,” reported Howard Batson, chairman of the university’s board of regents. Regents voted to remove Lilley from office, effective immediately, during their summer meeting July 24. The vote was taken by secret ballot, and the vote total was not announced to the board, Batson said.

Camp Exalted African American Youth Camp

Tuesday night worship at BGCT Camp Exalted African American Youth Camp 2008. Watch for more photos as they are added.

07/23/2008 - By admin

Groups ask federal appeals court to halt Kentucky’s funding of Baptist agency

Two civil-liberties groups are asking a federal appeals court to stop state funding for Kentucky Baptist Homes for Children, Inc., saying the agency uses the money to promote its religious beliefs to the detriment of employees and children.

07/22/2008 - By Administrator

Plano church seeks to minister behind bars in Bangkok

A Plano church is preparing to launch an effort to support an outreach to prisoners in Thailand after an exploratory visit discovered a vibrant ministry there called House of Blessing.

07/18/2008 - By admin

Texas Hope 2010: Reaching 12 million in 20 months

The iHope Activation Team, a cross-section of Texas Baptist associational directors of missions, ministers and laypeople from across the state, met to start coordinating the Texas Hope 2010 evangelism initiative.

07/18/2008 - By admin

Obama plans full-throttle push for evangelical vote

With the Democratic presidential nomination in his grasp, Sen. Barack Obama is making a full-throttle push for centrist evangelicals and Catholics.

07/18/2008 - By admin

Evangelical heavyweights want McCain to select Huckabee as running mate

More than 90 evangelical leaders met in Denver this month and decided to support Sen. John McCain as the presidential candidate who most shares their values.

07/18/2008 - By admin

Former gang member now ministering, thanks to Christian Men’s Job Corps

Christian Men’s Job Corps in Kerrville helped former gang member D.J. Miller turn his life around. Now he's ministering to men at the Kerr County jail.

07/18/2008 - By admin

Mission youth camp seeks to make impact

Youth from MPACT Mission Camp traveled from as far away as Corpus Christi and Uvalde to work on mission projects in North Central Texas during the day and engage in camp-style worship and activities in the evening.

07/18/2008 - By admin