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  TBM honors leader, notes God’s activity

  Texas Baptist Men honored Leo Smith for his years of service as the mission organization’s executive director, heard reports on “the activity of God” through TBM and conducted business at their Feb. 18 meeting.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  DBU inaugurates first endowed professorship

  Dallas Baptist University marked a milestone in missions education Feb. 17, when it inaugurated the Piper Chair of Missions—the first endowed professorship in the school’s history.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  Cowboy churches follow the hoofprints, going where cowboys gather

  At the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo exhibit hall, where a “howdy” is more common than a “hello,” throngs of people in cowboy hats and boots move from one display to another, looking at clothes, candies, toffees and western paraphernalia. But one booth offers an opportunity none of the others do—a chance to engage in a relationship with Christ.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

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  Texas legislature may cut all funds for professional prison chaplains

  In the wake of a significant budget deficit, Texas lawmakers are considering eliminating all professional prison chaplains, a move that could significantly affect the way volunteers from churches minister in that arena.

  02/24/2011 - By admin

• Texas Baptists make views known to lawmakers about payday lending

  Some Texas Baptists continued their legislative fight against what they call the “predatory” lending practices of payday and auto-title lenders, testifying before the state Senate Committee on Business and Commerce.

  02/24/2011 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Larry Dodd to First Church in Nash as interim music minister.

  02/23/2011 - By admin

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  Around the State

  The 90th Annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors’ and Laymen’s Conference will be held at Wayland Baptist University Feb. 28-March 1. The theme is “Great is Thy Faithfulness.”

  02/23/2011 - By admin

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  Institutional relations dominate BGCT Executive Board meeting

  Relationships to Baptist institutions—including one university that opened its governing board to include non-Baptists, another university that is increasing its capital debt by $40 million and a financially troubled health care system whose hospitals have entered a joint venture with a for-profit hospital—dominated discussion at the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board’s Feb. 21-22 meeting.

  02/23/2011 - By admin

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  Piece of Hardin-Simmons history uncovered on eBay

  When an artifact from Hardin-Simmons University’s history showed up on the popular Internet selling site eBay, Abilene High School history teacher Jay Moore suspected there would be some keen interest in the rather quirky piece.

  02/18/2011 - By admin

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  Dolls enable Christians inside, outside of prison to join in missions

  Handmade dolls provided a means for Baptist women in South Texas and incarcerated women in Central Texas to share the gospel and bring joy to children in Mexico and a low-income Hispanic neighborhood in West Dallas.

  02/18/2011 - By admin

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  Baptist disaster relief pioneer reflects on lessons learned

  As far back as the late 1980s, friends told John LaNoue he should write a book about his experiences ministering in farflung places from North Korea to Iran. He retired from the Texas Baptist Men staff in 1999, fully intending to write. But he didn’t publish Walking with God in Broken Places until a few months ago.

  02/18/2011 - By admin

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  Texas-based sports movie retells story of the Prodigal Son

  Writer/producer/director Andrew Stevens found the inspiration for his latest film Breaking the Press during a Sunday morning church service.

  02/17/2011 - By admin