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  Baptist Briefs: Alliance applauds Cuba policy change

  The Alliance of Baptists applauded President Obama for loosening restrictions on American’s travel to Cuba and called for more reform during the group’s recent convocation in Charlotte, N.C.

  05/01/2009 - By admin

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  Program helps low-income students aim high

  Thanks in large part to a college scholarship program supported by Baptist Child & Family Services, Ariana Hernandez was accepted to enroll at Angelo State University.

  05/01/2009 - By admin

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  Around the State: Buckner teams with Center for Informed Faith

  Buckner International and the Center for Informed Faith have announced an alliance combining efforts to promote the center’s mission of equipping Christians while enabling Buckner to expand its global work on behalf of children and families.

  05/01/2009 - By admin

• BGCT postpones Bible Drill finals due to concerns about swine flu

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas postponed its state Bible Drill finals, which had been scheduled the first weekend in May, due to concerns about swine flu, and missions leaders continue to monitor the developing situation in Mexico.

  04/30/2009 - By Administrator

• SBC may deploy disaster relief for swine flu, leader says

  The Southern Baptist Convention could deploy its nationwide disaster-relief network if the international outbreak of swine flu becomes a pandemic in the United States, said a spokesman for the North American Mission Board.

  04/29/2009 - By Administrator

• TWU students dispense love and care to needy in Brooklyn

  Students from the Baptist Student Ministries at Texas Woman’s University spent their recent spring break serving a church in Brooklyn, N.Y., participating in ministries ranging from organizing a clothing closet to feeding the homeless to ministering at a women’s shelter.

  04/28/2009 - By admin

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  Young evangelicals call for end to nuclear weapons

  Jonathan Merritt

  A group of under-40 evangelicals attending a leadership meeting in Austin announced a new initiative to mobilize American Christians to eliminate nuclear weapons. Jonathan Merritt, national spokesperson for the Southern Baptist Environment and Climate Initiative, spoke in support of the initiative. "Nuclear weapons are not only unacceptable, they are un-Christian," Merritt said. "As followers of Jesus we serve a God that abhors the shedding of innocent blood."

  04/28/2009 - By Administrator

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  Response to hunger shows gospel’s relevance to unbelieving culture

  When Christians help hungry people, they earn the right to share the gospel—not only with people in need, but also with a skeptical society, Jim Denison told a conference on ethics and evangelism.

  04/28/2009 - By Administrator

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  Maya Angelou challenges Baptists to fight racism

  With an African-American population estimated as high as 50 million, the "blight of racism" is "still an epidemic assailing" the United States, writer Maya Angelou said April 24 at the Southeast regional gathering of the New Baptist Covenant April 24 and 25 at Wake Forest University.

  04/26/2009 - By Administrator

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  Student ministries intern touches the world—from Plainview

  A year-long outreach effort with international students at Wayland Baptist University culminated recently in a trip to Austin and San Antonio.

  04/23/2009 - By admin

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  Small-town students make big impact on children’s home campus

  Volunteers from the East Texas town of Garrison traveled to Round Rock to deliver much-needed food items and provide some hard labor at Texas Baptist Children's Home.

  04/23/2009 - By admin

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  Gregory inducted into MLK International College of Preachers

  Morehouse College President Robert Franklin recently inducted Joel Gregory, professor at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary, into the Martin Luther King Jr. International College of Preachers.

  04/23/2009 - By admin