Daniel Nieto declared himself a devout atheist at age 15, and he often sought to affirm his beliefs watching atheist debaters dismantle weak gospel arguments. But things changed when he discovered to apologetics work of Eric Hernandez.
While the state of Texas continues to be a missions field, it is also a missions base from which individuals are sent to go and make disciples. The Center for Missional Engagement is helping Texas Baptists churches explore opportunities…
“I was getting the word out there, but it wasn’t until the Minister Connection that it really came through. I view it all in God’s timing,” Scott Patz said. “I appreciate the program very much, and I’ve been very blessed through it.”
Baylor University conveyed to Texas Baptists the deed for a parcel of land set to house the new 12,000-square-foot Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) building in a ceremony held Thursday, April 18, in Waco, Texas.
Eleven construction projects were completed by 199 participants from 10 churches this past spring break through BOUNCE student disaster recovery, a ministry of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
More than 1,500 students and leaders from across the state and beyond attended the three-day conference organized by the BGCT evangelism team and held at Waco’s Extraco Events Center.
Pastor Felix Treviño knew the metric stating a healthy church should have one baptism for every 15 people in average worship attendance per year, but First Baptist Church Mathis simply was not seeing God move in that way. And then …
Josue Valerio emphasized the importance of training being contextualized to Hispanic culture. “It’s more than just speaking the language or having a translator,” he said.
“I think we did what we were supposed to do, nothing spectacular, but what I think Jesus would have done. I have spoken to pastors and told them ministry is dirty. If you’re doing it right, it’s dirty,” said the church pastor.
“Here’s the hope that we have…our God is faithful, and he is good, even when life is not,” Steven Curtis Chapman said.
