Texas WMU and the ministry partners responded to the need in Brownsville, where the poverty rate of 24.9 percent is more than double the national average.
A public letter focused on academic freedom marked the latest development in an ongoing controversy surrounding Baylor University’s decision to accept and later rescind a research grant.
In its 15th year, Camp Fusion, a Texas Baptists camp, gives Asian and African teenagers from 6th through 12th grade a chance to embrace their unique cultural experience and the truth about what God has to say about them.
Sometimes, people just need a little reminder to go. For Danielle Cisco of Fort Worth, that reminder came when her grandparents stopped by unexpectedly with a graduation gift.
Following weeks of logging long hours, Baptist volunteer teams are continuing flood recovery efforts in central Texas following the devastating Fourth of July floods that left more than 130 dead.
“Our prayer would be that God would give them comfort and assurance and they would feel the love and the covering of Jesus as we do this for them,” Jeannie Stover said. “It comes from the bottom of our hearts.”
The Center for Global Religious Freedom at Dallas Baptist University, Texas Baptists’ Christian Life Commission and the Baptist World Alliance have issued a call to prayer for victims of religious persecution in Nigeria.
After losing his wife of 67 years a year and a half ago, Peña said, “They’ve dragged me back into enjoying living again.”
“This, … all of these volunteers, it means everything to us,” John Vlasek said. “I can’t believe they’re here and helping us.”
Baptist relief teams hit the ground running Monday (July 14) after a rough weekend of heavy rains and flash flood warnings in Central Texas that
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