• On the Move

  Bobby Catt to First Church in San Angelo as minister with students and recreation.

  02/19/2009 - By admin

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  Baptist Briefs: Tax Guide

  Ministers can find additional help in preparing their 2008 federal income tax returns from GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention.

  02/19/2009 - By admin

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  Around the State: Lincoln and the Bible

  Houston Baptist University’s Dunham Bible Museum will present a lecture titled “Lincoln and the Bible” by Ronald White Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. White is the author of three books on Lincoln and is a professor of American religious history. The lecture is free.

  02/19/2009 - By admin

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  SBC Executive Committee postpones vote on Broadway

  The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has asked Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth to clarify its views on homosexuality before determining whether its toleration of gay members violates a constitutional ban on churches that "act to affirm, approve or endorse homosexual behavior."

  02/17/2009 - By Administrator

• Baptist, Orthodox leaders hold groundbreaking talks in Europe

  European Baptist and Orthodox scholars convened Feb. 8-11 in talks aimed to promote understanding between two Christian groups often at odds over issues like proselytizing and the separation of church and state.

  02/13/2009 - By Administrator

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  Wayland senior defines future, call with semester in Africa

  Jessica Riemersma recently returned from West Africa as a semester missionary through a partnership involving the IMB and the BGCT's Go Now Missions program.

  02/12/2009 - By admin

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  Kay Warren: Following Christ means being ‘seriously disturbed’

  Becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ means being willing to say “yes” unconditionally to God, knowing he likely will lead his followers into uncomfortable places, Kay Warren told a group at Baylor University.

  02/12/2009 - By admin

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  Contact with global partners gave church expanded vision

  When Lynne Hybels and her husband, Bill, started a church in suburban Chicago 33 years ago, they had two dreams. As a young pastor, he wanted to plant the kind of church where people who were far away from God could be reconciled to him. As a social worker, she wanted to develop a community of faith who wouldn’t be afraid to confront “the messiness of life.”

  02/12/2009 - By admin

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  ‘Next big idea’ an old idea that looks radically different

  The “next big idea” actually is 2,000 years old, said Michael Stroope, associate professor of missions at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary. But it has “moved and morphed” into something quite different than what Americans and Europeans have known.

  02/12/2009 - By admin

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  Service central to becoming an externally focused church

  Chase Oaks Church in Plano and LifeBridge Christian Church in Longmont, Colo., dropped most of their programs in favor of service to their communities. As a result, the congregations have impacted more lives and grown in their faith.

  02/12/2009 - By admin

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  Why serve? Most Christian volunteers say it’s a God thing

  A Baylor researcher has confirmed what many church nominating committees and volunteer coordinators have suspected. Christians age 50 and older volunteer for service because they believe God wants them to do it.

  02/12/2009 - By admin

• Debt retirement feels like “stimulus package” to church leaders

  It wasn’t loaves and fishes, but dollars and cents the congregation of First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls brought together. The result was still astounding—the payment of $8.4 million in debt in seven months.

  02/12/2009 - By Administrator