
Former SWBTS missions professor Earl R. Martin dies
After a 14-month battle with cancer, Earl R. Martin — who taught missiology and world religions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary — died Aug. 23

After a 14-month battle with cancer, Earl R. Martin — who taught missiology and world religions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary — died Aug. 23

This year, MedAdvance was held in Houston, Texas, Sept. 12-14, at Houston’s First Baptist Church. More than 250 people attended the conference and connected with IMB personnel, including 42 missionaries.

“I don’t think we always realize that alleviating hunger is an essential element of our faith expression as Christians,” said said Jeremy Everett, founding executive director of the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty.

West Texas A&M Baptist Student Ministry in Canyon celebrated 104 years of reaching, equipping and mobilizing students for the sake of the gospel on West Texas A&M University’s campus.

In 2020, Emmanuel Baptist Church in Waco, Texas, temporarily closed its doors for the safety of its congregation, but had considered the possibility of permanent closure because of its dwindling numbers and lack of a lead pastor.

A squirrel was loose in the building at First Baptist Church Timpson, Texas, so the pastor sent out a notice that he needed a trap to catch it. By the end of the day, a squirrel trap was set and a man he had been praying for was …

Among the highlights of the annual meeting will be a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program — the primary giving model used by Southern Baptists to advance missions in the U.S. and beyond.

When Community Missionary Baptist Church issued an open invitation for high school and college students to be baptized, senior pastor Oscar Epps and other leaders at the Texas church’s Cedar Hill campus didn’t know what to expect.

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, Texas.

CWJC — a ministry of Woman’s Missionary Union — teaches job skills and life skills to low-income women. Hagar’s Heart is an Arlington-based organization dedicated to supporting, educating and empowering domestic violence survivors …
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