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  Annual luncheon a big draw for women at Hale Center

  At First Baptist Church in Hale Center, attendance at the annual “ladies’ luncheon” rivals the size of the crowd that gathers most Sunday mornings.

  04/11/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Annual luncheon a big draw for women at Hale Center

  At First Baptist Church in Hale Center, attendance at the annual “ladies’ luncheon” rivals the size of the crowd that gathers most Sunday mornings.

  04/11/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Rural church’s ‘crazy’ revitalization began with high hopes

  After First Baptist Church of Covington moved into a new, larger building, the congregation generated growth by going regional and baptizing 25 youth in the area, according to Pastor Eric Black.

  04/10/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Fort Hood shooting reopens wounds for Killeen residents

  As ministry leaders at First Baptist Church in Killeen prepared for weekly Wednesday evening activities, they heard an all-too-familiar report—a shooter had opened fire on soldiers at Fort Hood.

  04/09/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Secularization linked to sexual revolution, Mary Eberstadt says

  Weakened families that followed the advent of the birth-control pill and the sexual revolution have fueled increased secularization, conservative cultural analyst Mary Eberstadt told a crowd at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  04/09/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Expectations + reality = frustration, Dave Edwards says

  Even people with great faith journey through valleys of frustration, communicator Dave Edwards told participants at a Texas Baptist Single Adult Rally.

  04/08/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Contemplative weekend draws young people to Austin

  An ecumenical monastic community in France sponsored an event at a Texas Baptist church that drew more than 200 young people from throughout the United States.

  04/04/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  ‘Evangelistic atheist’ finds identity and meaning in Christ

  Putti Sok went from ardent atheist to evangelistic Christian after coming to Christ through the Baptist Student Ministries at the University of Texas at Arlington.

  04/04/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Revisionists get church & state wrong, law professor says

  Contemporary Americans who cite isolated quotes by the nation’s founders to buttress arguments in favor of a Christian nation or a secular society without religious influences misinterpret history, according to a church-state specialist.

  04/04/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Gloer: ‘What’s mine is yours’ defines kingdom economics

  Jesus’ perspective on economics can be summed in four words—“What’s mine is yours,” New Testament scholar Hulitt Gloer stressed during the annual T.B. Maston Lectures in Christian Ethics.

  04/03/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Students serve during spring break

  From the beaches of South Padre Island, to a community in Oklahoma still recovering from disaster, to points east and north, Texas Baptist students spent spring break serving others.

  04/03/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Government should leave religion alone, Baptist leader insists

  Government should let religion “flourish or flounder on its own,” not promote it or prohibit liberty of conscience, a religious freedom advocate told a chapel assembly at Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary.

  04/02/2014 - By John Rutledge