Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting soundly defeated a motion affirming the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message, the Southern Baptist Convention statement of faith that limits the role of pastor to men.
A group of eighty-two church planters and spouses from Texas, Michigan, Indiana and New York converged on the convention center along Seawall Boulevard in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 for a conference for church planters …
In a culture where women often are marginalized and women’s sports are not recognized, a Baylor University group found ways to empower women by using sports to teach leadership skills.
“This is the body of Christ in action,” said Rupert Robbins, Texans on Mission disaster relief associate director. “Our connection to Christ connects us to fellow believers and God’s call to minister to the hurting.”
Exactly where Southern Baptists of Texas Disaster Relief teams would deploy in the wake of Hurricane Helene was a mystery on Oct. 3, until a call for assistance in mass feeding surfaced.
As a bivocational pastor, Tedrick Woods demonstrates versatility in service. But his church’s hybrid worship model takes that versatility to a different level.
Former seminary professor Matt Queen has pled guilty to making false statements to federal investigators during their investigation of sexual abuse involving the Southern Baptist Convention and its entities.
Scholars from around the globe met virtually to discuss their research of evangelicalism and missions. The virtual conference on evangelicalism — held Oct. 2-4 this year — is an annual event hosted by Baylor University.
When the sexual abuse task force, formed in May of 2023, gave its final report at the BGCT Executive Board meeting Sept. 24, the task force chair noted resources need to be accessible on a user-friendly website…
The man who gave Christian recording artist Chris Tomlin his first opportunity to lead worship at a concert has been called to pastor his first church at age 70. In fact, it’s the church both he and Tomlin grew up in, years apart.
