BGCT board approves NAMB agreement, insurance program
DALLAS – The Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) Executive Board adopted a new agreement with the Southern Baptist Convention’s North American Mission Board regarding church-starting in Texas and approved the initial reserve investment, officers and board for the Texas Baptist Insurance Program.
Convicted killer of Texas pastor executed
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – Texas executed Steven Nelson Feb. 5 for the 2011 murder of Clint Dobson, pastor of NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington.
11 killed in airstrike on Baptist church in Sudan
KHARTOUM NORTH, Sudan – An airstrike on a Baptist church in Sudan less than a week before Christmas killed at least 11 people, including eight children, an organization focused on international religious freedom reported.
Texas couple’s ministry to kindergarteners spans decades
TYLER, Texas (BP) – Generations of kindergarteners have memorized Bible verses and learned about Jesus’ love for them in Pat and Charles White’s Sunday school class at First Baptist Church in Tyler.
Ukrainian journalists paint dire image of homeland
Religious freedom no longer exists in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, where religious leaders have been abducted and sometimes tortured, several Ukrainian journalists said during a recent visit to the United States.
Mayflower Church experiences a life greater than they dreamed
FORT WORTH (BP) -- Pastor Pan Yongguang prayed for his flock throughout their more than three-year ordeal, when he and members of his persecuted church feared deportation back to China.
Air Force taps Texas Baptist as deputy chief of chaplains
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (BP)--A Texas Baptist chaplain has been named deputy chief of the United States Air Force Chaplain Service.
Texas Baptists counter SBC on marriage; approve 2 SBC-related study committ
EL PASO, Texas (BP)–Messengers to the 114th annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas rejected a move to affirm the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention statement on marriage and family, which includes wives submitting to their husbands in tandem with husbands loving their wives. Meeting in El Paso, Nov. 8-9, about 2,300 messengers affirmed […]
New president outlines vision for Hispanic Baptist Theological School
SAN ANTONIO (BP)–In his inaugural address as president of Hispanic Baptist Theological School, Albert Reyes said he envisions the school emerging as a “Bible College for the Americas” training cross-cultural ministry leaders for the new millennium. Reyes presented his vision for Hispanic Baptist Theological School at his formal investiture as the school’s sixth president, Oct. […]
Town finding common ground in ‘Experiencing God’ studies
MC CAMEY, Texas (BP)–When it comes to discipleship, Christians in one town all are on the same page –literally. Following a community-wide “Experiencing God Weekend” in McCamey, Texas, in August, 20 small groups representing believers from several denominations now are conducting a simultaneous study of the “Experiencing God” discipleship workbook by Henry Blackaby and Claude […]
