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  Court overturns Texas ban on gay marriage

  A federal judge in San Antonio overturned Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage, saying it denies gay couples equal protection under the law.

  02/27/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Educator wants students to learn Spanish with a mission

  Deborah Balyeat does not want English-speaking students to learn Spanish just for the sake of mastering a second language. She wants Christians to learn Spanish with a mission in mind.

  02/27/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Major changes needed, Hardage tells BGCT Executive Board

  Executive Director David Hardage told the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board he is considering recommending major changes in the BGCT—for the sake of Texas.

  02/27/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Family Place graduate fulfills her calling at Parkway Place

  Working with a patient at Parkway Place in Houston, a ministry of Buckner Retirement Services, Melody Costello infuses confidence. She’s a graduate of another of Buckner’s ministries – Family Place in Lufkin

  02/27/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  TBM plan builders headquarters, prepare for missions in Africa

  Texas Baptist Men broke ground for a headquarters for its construction ministries during a February executive board meeting and accepted invitations for missions projects in Kenya, Nigeria and Malawi.

  02/27/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  San Marcos pastor named Baylor director of church engagement

  Baylor University appointed Mark Newton, senior pastor at First Baptist Church in San Marcos, as the university’s director for church engagement.

  02/27/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  BGCT to study annual meeting, promote evangelistic effort

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas approved a committee to study the convention’s annual meeting, endorsed a one-day evangelistic emphasis and authorized the Valley Baptist Missions Education Center to add a residence hall to expand involvement in a program that relocates young refugees from Latin America.

  02/27/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: BGCT to rebuild Filipino pastors’ homes

  Texas Baptists have committed to rebuild 15 pastors’ homes in the Philippines that were destroyed by a typhoon.

  02/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Church helps couples ‘navigate the waters of a second marriage’

  Pitfalls into which many married couples stumble multiply in second marriages. So, Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler offers help for people who want to make sure a past divorce is their last divorce.

  02/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Record numbers of students apply for missions assignments

  For the past year, Go Now Missions representatives have asked college students, “Who will go?” A record number responded, “Send me.”

  02/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Girgis: Traditional marriage promotes stable society

  Opposition to same-sex marriages does not rest exclusively on religious arguments against homosexual behavior, a speaker with a background in law and philosophy told a Baylor University crowd.

  02/19/2014 - By John Rutledge

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  Faith was ‘right stuff’ for Baylor grad test pilots

  Baylor University graduates who completed the Air Force’s elite Test Pilot School say their Baptist roots provided the foundation for facing challenging situations in the air and in Afghanistan.

  02/19/2014 - By John Rutledge