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  Disaster Recovery schedules Galveston family mission trip

  Texas Baptists’ Disaster Recovery ministry will sponsor a family-oriented mission trip to Galveston July 26-31.

  04/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  CLC: Denial of benefits hampers ex-offenders’ re-entry into society

  Texas needs to remove barriers that make it difficult for ex-offenders to re-enter the “free world” and become productive members of society, a public policy expert with the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission insists.

  04/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Millennials want to be the church, not go to church

  When it comes to reaching young adults with the gospel, things are not as bleak as some suggest, a young minister told Dallas Baptist Association pastors.

  04/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas ranks No. 2 nationally in food-insecure population

  More than 4.65 million Texans last year—including nearly 1.9 million children—had limited or uncertain access to enough food for a healthy lifestyle, a study by Feeding America revealed.

  04/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas WMU seeks to ‘fan the flames’

  Speakers at the Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas annual meeting in Waco assured members their prayers and offerings are helping missionaries across the globe share the gospel and persevere through difficult circumstances.

  04/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Same-sex marriage and clergy rights dominate discussion of House bill

  The Texas House State Affairs Committee heard several hours of testimony on a bill to protect clergy from being compelled to participate in same-sex marriage ceremonies.

  04/23/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Vietnamese recall miracle journey 40 years ago

  In 1975, a South Vietnamese pastor led 69 orphans from their Baptist-sponsored orphanage in a daring escape by sea as the country fell to the communists.

  04/20/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  House bills could provide meaningful payday lending reform

  Bills pending in the Texas House Investments and Financial Services Committee could crack down on abuses by payday and auto-title lenders and help protect vulnerable Texans from becoming trapped in a cycle of debt, proponents of the bills insist.

  04/20/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Hands in Service helps alleviate malnutrition in Mexico

  Lee Baggett’s Hands in Service ministry is partnering with Amarillo Baptist Association and the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering to fight malnutrition in Mexico with a daily teaspoon of alfalfa concentrate.

  04/17/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  Diana Garland to step down as dean of Baylor School of Social Work

  Diana Garland, inaugural dean of Baylor University’s School of Social Work, will step down from her administrative post due to health reasons effective June 1.

  04/15/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  TBM begins work on 8,000-square-foot facility for builders

  Fourteen months after the ceremonial groundbreaking, Texas Baptist Men began preparing the ground in earnest for an 8,000-square-foot builders’ ministry headquarters, next to the Dixon Mission Equipping Center in East Dallas.

  04/15/2015 - By John Rutledge

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  CLC Advocacy Day: Racial reconciliation requires ‘relationships of equality’

  Racial injustice abounds in America, and it won’t be resolved until the nation’s clergy demonstrate “relationships of equality,” a trio of African-American pastors told a multiracial crowd gathered by the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission.

  04/13/2015 - By John Rutledge