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  Shifting trends have big implications for Texas Baptists

  Projected trends for population growth and demographic change have important implications for Texas Baptist churches, workshop participants at Texas Baptists’ Family Gathering learned.

  07/19/2023 - By George Schroeder / Texas Baptists Communications

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  Texas Baptists avoid vote on ‘pastoral roles’ for women

  When asked to approve a motion calling on the BGCT to help churches “interested in calling and employing women in ministerial and pastoral roles,” messengers to the BGCT annual meeting instead adopted an amended motion referring to “women in ministry and leadership roles.”

  07/18/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Motions on women in ministry introduced at BGCT meeting

  Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting in McAllen introduced two motions related to women in ministry during the July 17 business session.

  07/17/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Orozco: Devotion and generosity should mark God’s family

  In its earliest days, devotion and generosity characterized Christ’s church—the household of God, Ellis Orozco told the opening session of Texas Baptists’ Family Gathering in McAllen.

  07/16/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  TBM helps church rebuild deteriorated home

  After a lifetime of serving others, an elderly couple living in Seagoville had their well-worn home blessed by the service of their community and Texas Baptist Men volunteers.

  07/13/2023 - By Faith Dawood / Texas Baptist Men

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  Wayland mission team ministers in rural Honduran villages

  Seven Wayland Baptist University students and two faculty members traveled to rural Honduras this summer, where they conducted door-to-door medical visits and participated in children’s ministry activities.

  07/10/2023 - By Phillip Hamilton / Wayland Baptist University

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  Italy pastor pitches in when he can with disaster relief

  Joseph Barrett took time away from his pastoral duties recently to lend a hand when the Ellis County disaster relief chainsaw team responded after a storm toppled trees across a broad swath north of Corsicana.

  07/10/2023 - By Ferrell Foster / Texas Baptist Men

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  UMHB students of yesteryear had to follow curious rules

  During the early years of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, the school had its fair share of unusual rules.

  06/30/2023 - By Christi Mays / University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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  Volunteers help North Texas family recover from house fire

  Soot-covered Texas Baptist Men volunteers swirled around Mark Korenek , some with wheelbarrows, moving charred personal items from the fire that burned his Grand Prairie home in January.

  06/28/2023 - By Russ Dilday / Texas Baptist Men

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  Neighbors help each other after tornado hits Matador

  At 8 p.m. on June 21, an EF-3 tornado hit the western part of Matador, claiming four lives and injuring 15 people. First Baptist Church quickly became a hub of relief ministry to the community.

  06/27/2023 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Katie McCoy addresses female gender dysphoria

  It’s not about pink dresses, blue button-downs, 18-wheelers or Barbies. For theologian Katie McCoy, dispelling gender dysphoria rests on Scripture undiluted by cultural stereotypes society assigns.

  06/26/2023 - By Diana Chandler / Baptist Press

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  BGCT Family Gathering celebrates ‘Household of God’

  The Baptist General Convention of Texas will gather for the 138th Annual Meeting on July 16-18 at the McAllen Convention Center.

  06/26/2023 - By Texas Baptists Communications