• Former church planter in Valley files libel suit

  A former church planter alleged in 2006 to be involved in Baptist General Convention of Texas financial improprieties has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BGCT, the Baptist Standard and several other Texas Baptist entities and individuals.

  08/26/2008 - By Administrator

• On the Move

  Dave Atwood to Tanglewood Church in Lexington as pastor.

  08/26/2008 - By Administrator

• Texas may offer best hope for preserving distinctive Baptist ‘recipe’

  Texas Baptists represent the nation’s best hope for maintaining the distinctive blend of beliefs and practices that have characterized Baptists historically, a pastor from the Rio Grande Valley told the Texas Baptists Committed annual convocation.

  08/25/2008 - By Administrator

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  Wayland prepares to celebrate centennial

  After years of planning and preparation, Wayland Baptist University has kicked off its celebration of the century.

  08/21/2008 - By Administrator

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  Garland named interim president at Baylor

  David Garland, dean of Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary, has been appointed interim president of the university.

  08/20/2008 - By Administrator

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  BUA names provost, vice president

  Javier Elizondo has been named executive vice president and provost of Baptist University of the Americas, and Craig Bird has been named vice president for university relations.

  08/20/2008 - By Administrator

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  CERI gives relief from Moldovan flood with the help of Kerrville volunteers

  Volunteers from Trinity Baptist Church in Kerrville worked with Children’s Emergency Relief International to provide relief for families displaced by flooding in Moldova.

  08/20/2008 - By Administrator

• Missions leader Ophelia Humphrey dies at age 85

  Ophelia Humphrey, president of Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas from 1964 until 1968, died Aug. 16 at age 85.

  08/20/2008 - By Administrator

• BGCT still offers psychological services

  In spite of staff cutbacks, the Baptist General Convention of Texas continues to offer counseling and psychological services to ministers and their families through a network of counselors across the state.

  08/14/2008 - By admin

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  What would Jesus do? In Brownsville, he’d serve spaghetti

  Baptist Child & Family Services and Texas Baptist Men were set up for mass feedings after Hurricane Dolly. But they were also quick to meet small, personal needs.

  08/14/2008 - By admin

• Church gives away more than $1 million in food, continues meeting needs after Dolly

  After Hurricane Dolly hit the Rio Grand Valley, Primera Iglesia Bautista in Santa Maria distributed more than $1 million in food donated from groups such Texas Baptist Men, the Baptist General Convention of Texas and the Red Cross.

  08/14/2008 - By admin

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  C.W. Brister, longtime Southwestern pastoral-care professor, dies at 82

  C.W. Brister Jr., who taught pastoral counseling and theology to generations of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students, died Aug. 9, reportedly of complications from Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 82. 

  08/14/2008 - By Administrator