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Texans on Mission volunteers served two-thirds of 2024

Texans on Mission volunteers spent about two-thirds of last year—235 days—in the field, ministering to survivors of a variety of disasters.

01/13/2025 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Act of kindness leads to long-term partnership

When a 12-step rehabilitation center in West Texas experienced extended power outages in 2021, Primera Iglesia Bautista in Plainview stepped in to help, unexpectedly forging a long-term partnership.

01/13/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

ETBU senior pens original worship song

Hannah Hopkins, a senior at East Texas Baptist University, transferred to the school in spring 2023 with a passion to lead worship.

01/10/2025 - By Jessica King / Texas Baptists Communications

Sudan connection drives Amarillo church to aid refugees

South Sudanese attending All Nations Worship Church, a ministry of Paramount Baptist Church in Amarillo, know the pain of those displaced by the war in Sudan, which has created the greatest humanitarian crisis globally.

01/10/2025 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

Parolee’s baptism tells of redemption outside prison walls

Anansi Flaherty, a backup fullback on Katy High School’s 2000 State Championship team, gave his life to Christ in prison. On Dec. 19, 2024, he was baptized—“raised to walk in new life”—outside those walls.

01/03/2025 - By Calli Keener / Baptist Standard

New church plant cultivates vision for missional community

Since launching a new Texas Baptist church plant in September and holding worship services at a state-of-the-art office and meeting space area, Jamael Graves, lead pastor of Cultivate Church in The Colony, realizes the mission field surrounding his congregation.

01/03/2025 - By Leann Callaway / Special to the Baptist Standard

Report: Texas use of death penalty low but racial bias high

For the 10th consecutive year, death sentences in Texas remained in single digits, a year-end report noted. However, the report points to continued racial bias and wrongful convictions in the state’s administration of capital punishment.

12/20/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Volunteers serve at Christmas in the Rio Grande Valley

Texans on Mission assembled a “dream team” of volunteers to bring Christmas—and its Christ-focused message—to the Rio Grande Valley Dec. 13-19.

12/18/2024 - By Russ Dilday / Texans on Mission

A proposal, a loss and an answered prayer at camp

Abel Kent had one thing on his mind: Asking his girlfriend Katelin “Kat” Weikel to marry him. The pair were both sponsors of youth attending Royal Ambassadors Campout and Missions Mania at Latham Springs Camp and Retreat Center in Aquilla.

12/17/2024 - By Russ Dilday / Texans on Mission

Children still at heart of Texas Baptist Children’s Home

Almost 75 years after a couple donated 112 acres of Round Rock farmland to enable Texas Baptists to build a home for abused and neglected children, Texas Baptist Children’s Home has changed a lot, but one thing has stayed constant.

12/16/2024 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

Collectable cards find funds disaster relief

A man donated $10,000 to Texans on Mission after profiting off rare trading cards he found in a dumpster 25 years ago.

12/13/2024 - By Staff / Texans on Mission

Indigenous leaders sue under Texas religious liberty act

When the city of San Antonio decided to remove trees from the banks of the river bend in Breckenridge Park, Indigenous leaders sued to protect the area on religious grounds.

12/11/2024 - By BeLynn Buckley / Religion News Service