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Texas team delivers supplies, assesses disaster in Philippines

Representatives from Texas Baptist Men and the Baptist General Convention of Texas disaster recovery office visited three coastal towns in the Philippines ravaged by Typhoon Haiyan to deliver supplies and assess damage.

12/18/2013 - By John Rutledge

Texas Tidbits: Disaster relief grants awarded

Baptist Health Foundation of San Antonio awarded 81 grants in 2013 totaling $6,045,206. They included $20,000 each to Texas Baptist Men and the Baptist General Convention of Texas for disaster relief.

12/12/2013 - By John Rutledge

Mesquite church shows passion for Operation Christmas Child

The congregation at Oates Drive Baptist Church in Mesquite gladly transform their church each year into a collection center for shoeboxes destined for Operation Christmas Child.

12/11/2013 - By John Rutledge

HSU volunteers brighten Christmas for Abilene students

Fifty volunteers from Hardin-Simmons University made Christmas brighter for students at two Abilene elementary schools.

12/11/2013 - By John Rutledge

Houston-area churches take recovery program to Bulgaria

Two Houston-area Baptist churches helped a drug and alcohol recovery program take root in Bulgaria.

12/11/2013 - By John Rutledge

Grant helps Truett students in financial planning

A grant from the Lilly Endowment will enable Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary to establish a financial wellness program to benefit students and alumni.

12/09/2013 - By John Rutledge

Baptist Standard Publishing celebrates its 125th anniversary

Our founders launched the Baptist News, predecessor to the Baptist Standard, on December 6, 1888. They intended to unify Baptists across Texas so they could accomplish far more together than they ever could do as individual churches.

12/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

Port Arthur churches with shared history soon will share a facility

Two Port Arthur churches that split 75 years ago soon will share a common facility.

12/05/2013 - By John Rutledge

Five ways to celebrate 125 years of the Baptist Standard

This month, we are celebrating the Baptist Standard’s 125th anniversary, and you are invited to celebrate with us. Here are five ways you can help us celebrate.

12/05/2013 - By Staff

Texas Tidbits: Baylor alumni win Battle Royale

In an alumni-giving competition between Baylor University and Texas Christian University, 1,315 Baylor young alumni prevailed, giving more than $164,500 to their alma mater.

12/04/2013 - By John Rutledge

Church “kids” reunite in Lubbock after five decades

A chance remark led to a 50-year reunion of the youth group from First Baptist Church in Clovis, N.M.

12/04/2013 - By John Rutledge

CommonCall: Champions of Hope

Carly Pickens of Champions of Hope in Dallas finds joy in seeing at-risk children and teenagers in her low-income neighborhood respond to loving Christian mentors.

12/03/2013 - By John Rutledge