BWA celebrates calling as people sent, empowered by God
July 4, 2023
Baptists from more than 40 nations began the Baptist World Alliance annual gathering with a celebration of their common mission as a people called, sent
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3 out of 10 Baptists live in highly vulnerable areas, BWA reports
July 3, 2023
Globally, three Baptists in 10 face the highest levels of vulnerability to hunger, poverty, violent conflict and religious persecution, the 2023 edition of a vulnerability
Neighbors help each other after tornado hits Matador
June 29, 2023
Members of First Baptist Church Matador, Texas, were gathered for their regularly scheduled mid-week prayer meeting June 21 when the worship service suddenly was disrupted.
Thousands of TX families reached through diaper drive
June 21, 2023
Texas Baptist Men distributed more than 175,000 diapers to 24 ministries around the state as a result of donations made during a Mother’s Day emphasis.
Ukrainian Baptists convert missile into pulpit, proclaim gospel
June 9, 2023
Ukrainian Baptists may not be beating swords into plowshares yet, but some have started by converting a weapon of war into a pulpit to proclaim
Sixteen members of Nigerian church released after being kidnapped
June 8, 2023
Sixteen members of Bege Baptist Church of Masala in central Nigeria were released June 4 after being kidnapped nearly a month earlier. Gunmen abducted 43
SWBTS finances ‘progressively deteriorated’ over 2 decades, trustees report
June 7, 2023
From 2002 to 2022, annual operating expenses at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary rose 35% while full-time-enrollment figures dropped 67%, resulting in a cumulative $140 million
SWBTS board accuses trustee of violating confidentiality, withholding facts
June 5, 2023
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s board of trustees accused trustee Aaron Sligar of violating the confidentiality of an executive session of the board and withholding from
Texas Baptist Men ministering to psychological needs of Ukrainian families
June 4, 2023
As the war in Ukraine continues, those who once called the country home think about it daily, living apart from family, anxious about the future.
BGCT executive board approves sexual abuse task force
May 27, 2023
The Baptist General Convention of Texas voted to create a task force to study and recommend responses to sexual abuse issues in Texas Baptist churches.
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