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  Routine business marks BGCT annual meeting

  Texas Baptists re-elected pastors from Corsicana, Lewisville and Bryan to office by acclamation and approved a $37 million budget during an extraordinarily routine business session at the Nov. 12-14 meeting in Waco.

  11/13/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Rebuild marks new disaster ministry for Texas Baptist Men

  When volunteers began to install insulation and drywall in a storm-damaged Katy home, it represented a new phase of disaster response after Hurricane Harvey and a new era of ministry for Texas Baptist Men.

  11/12/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Voices: Do you hug the church or squeeze its life out?

  What may feel like loving the church may actually be part of the cause for why our church is declining, reaching fewer and fewer people and, perhaps, be close to dying.

  11/08/2017 - By Ross Shelton

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  Tom Billings: ‘No one church can reach a city by itself’

  Tom Billings, executive director of Union Baptist Association, discusses his calling and mobilizing Houston-area congregations to “take on lostness.”

  11/08/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Churches look to tighten security after Sutherland Springs shooting

  Across the country, many churches and other places of worship are considering security measures as mass shootings have become a tragically familiar narrative in the United States.

  11/08/2017 - By Emily McFarlan Miller / Religion News Service

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  Faith community surrounds grieving town with love

  After a day’s work, Jennifer Garcia drove from San Antonio to an intersection near First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, where she propped a homemade poster she and her 6-year-old son drew.

  11/08/2017 - By Yonat Shimron / Religion News Service

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  Fields nominee for second term as BGCT 1st VP

  Joseph Fields, founding pastor of New Beginnings Baptist Church in Lewisville, will be nominated for a second term as first vice president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas at its annual meeting, Nov. 12-14 in Waco.

  11/08/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  Commentary: What do we do in the aftermath of another mass shooting?

  In the aftermath of the worst shooting in Texas history at First Baptist Sutherland Springs, Ferrell Foster argues that all churches should hire professional security.

  11/06/2017 - By Ferrell Foster / Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission

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  Voices: The power of ordinary faithfulness

  Lives that truly change the world love God and love neighbor in the everyday tasks of washing dishes, dropping kids off at school, meeting for coffee, checking cows and buying groceries.

  11/01/2017 - By Zac Harrel

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  Alan Lefever: Christian history is ‘exciting, poignant and humorous’

  Alan Lefever, director of the Texas Baptist Historical Collection and an adjunct professor at Truett Seminary, shares his thoughts on preserving Texas Baptist history.

  11/01/2017 - By Staff / Baptist Standard

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  Charity becomes toxic when it robs people of dignity, psychologist asserts

  Compassionate acts become toxic when they strip people of dignity and foster unhealthy dependency rather than empowerment, psychologist Bob Lupton told a conference focused on meeting needs.

  10/31/2017 - By Ken Camp / Managing Editor

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  McAllen church seeks to build bridges to its neighbors

  Calvary Baptist Church in McAllen understands that to minister to people, Christians need to build bridges to them.

  10/31/2017 - By Isa Torres / Hispanic Beat Reporter