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  Baylor students help children along Rio Grande connect to books

  Baylor University students gave children in the Pueblo Nuevo colonia near Eagle Pass a week to remember over spring break.

  03/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Woman determined to be baptized in spite of medical obstacles

  After Pam Stout made a faith commitment to Christ, she wanted to be baptized. But with a medical port in her abdomen, immersion demanded creativity.

  03/22/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Hunger Initiative receives $3.5 million state contract

  A $3.5 million annual contract from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission will enable the Texas Hunger Initiative to develop a public-private partnership to expand low-income families’ access to food and health care.

  03/21/2013 - By Ken Camp

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  ETBU students join effort to restore historic African-American cemetery

  Students from East Texas Baptist University and Wiley College have joined to help clean up a long-neglected historic African-American cemetery.

  03/18/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Trained Hispanic youth leader passes along his passion for Christ

  Luis Guevara feels called by God to minister to youth in Decatur. He views life as a Christian as an exciting adventure, and he wants young people to know it.

  03/15/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Ethiopian-Texans follow pastor’s path to education

  Education provides a key for fulfilling Jesus’ Great Commission, Pastor Bedilu Yirga believes. That’s why 47 members of Ethiopian Evangelical Baptist Church in Garland have completed ministry training in just two years.

  03/13/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Texas Tidbits: Baylor medical scholarships

  The DeBakey Medical Foundation gave Baylor University $500,000 to expand an endowed scholarship in medical humanities.

  03/08/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Ministries help ex-offenders re-enter society beyond prison

  Faith-based re-entry programs like Welcome Back/Tarrant County are committed to keeping ex-offenders from returning to prison and seeing lives transformed by the gospel. In the process, they bridge two different worlds.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Grand Prairie church shows serious missions commitment

  Inglewood Baptist Church in Grand Prairie, which averages less than 300 people most Sundays, dedicated more than $200,000 in 2012 to missions—more than 23 percent of its total receipts. Why?

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Women in ministry encouraged to serve in courage

  Women in ministry need both courage and encouragement, speakers told participants at Texas Baptists’ recent Women in Ministry conference at Logsdon Seminary.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  HSU students learn to know & love neighbors near campus

  Sociology students at Hardin-Simmons University are learning to love their neighbors and learn about their community’s history.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge

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  Buckner, volunteers make dream home a reality for Valley family

  The DeLeon family in Penitas celebrated Christmas in a new home, thanks to volunteers from Buckner International and Stonegate Fellowship in Midland.

  03/07/2013 - By John Rutledge