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••• July 17, 2014 •••
A current article in Relevant suggests that Christians are skeptical of modern treatments of the Bible by Hollywood because we fear art. This is in the context of new projects that [...]
••• June 30, 2014 •••
Hobby Lobby has won its long-awaited case at the Supreme Court, striking a blow to Obamacare’s controversial contraceptive/abortifacient mandate and establishing precedent fo [...]
••• June 10, 2014 •••
A few snippets from the first day of the SBC annual meeting in Baltimore: —Ronnie Floyd won the SBC presidency in a three-man race, but narrowly avoided a second ballo [...]
••• May 16, 2014 •••
A Palestinian Muslim who has been of “great help” to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Gezer archaeological work was admitted to the school’s Ph.D [...]
'Praying Across Texas' to spread from State Capitol Aug. 2
By: Joni Hannigan | July 31st, 2014
AUSTIN—Texans will pray with "one voice" and "one mind" Saturday, Aug. 2 from 9 a.m. until noon at the Texas State Capitol and throughout their own towns and communities, for rain, revival and restoration. Texas Gov. Rick Perry sent greetings to event organizers of "Praying Across Texas" July 30, welcoming everyone to participate. "Throughout our history, Americans have turned to prayer an [...]
Keith Collier elected editor of Southern Baptist TEXAN
By: Texan Staff | July 29th, 2014
GRAPEVINE--The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s Executive Board elected Keith Collier to serve as the new communications associate and editor, while meeting July 29 in Grapevine. Collier has served as director of news and information at Southwestern Seminary since 2007. In his role, he has managed the writing team in Southwestern's communications office and has served as editor of So [...]
Church revitalization growing focus of state conventions
By: Karen Cole | July 25th, 2014
Most Southern Baptists meet the denominational declines reported in the Annual Church Profile with a grimace and the thought that perhaps they, or surely their churches, and absolutely their pastors and church staff, should be doing a better job of sharing Christ.But for the 15 church health and revitalization specialists from 10 state conventions and the North American Mission Board who met in Gr [...]
Former Cowboys QB Kitna to speak at SBTC men’s event
By: Paul F. South | July 22nd, 2014
Theme calls for men to be wholly committed to Christ in pursuit of holiness.By Paul F. SouthFORT WORTH—Inside the church walls and beyond, sin’s hold on men is epidemic.But against the cultural currents, an August men’s rally in the Dallas-Fort Worth area aims to help men pursue holiness in Christ by being wholly committed to Christ.The Real Men of Impact rally at 7 p.m. Friday, [...]
'Lord, give us Austin'
By: Texan Staff | July 21st, 2014
The Barna Group, the well-known Christian researchers, asked professing Christians in 2013 if they believed they had a personal responsibility to share their faith with others. Seventy-three percent of born-again Christians said yes. But only 52 percent of Christians polled reported sharing the gospel even once the previous year. Fred and Melissa Campbell of Austin would have been the outliers in [...]
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Barry Creamer elected Criswell College president
July 7th, 2014 By: Jerry Pierce | Editor
DALLAS—Barry Creamer, vice president of academic affairs and professor of humanities at Criswell [...]
Petition to reverse Houston ordinance garners thousands of signatures
July 5th, 2014 By: Bonnie Pritchett
HOUSTON—A coalition of pastors delivered a petition with 31,000 validated signatures to Houston& [...]
Supreme Court finds in favor of Hobby Lobby; Baptists rejoice
July 1st, 2014 By: Greg Tomlin
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Monday (June 30) struck down a key mandate of the Affordable Car [...]
SBTC DR efforts continue from Borderlands flooding
June 30th, 2014 By: Jane Rodgers
EAGLE PASS—Disaster relief volunteers quickly mobilized after torrential rains along the Texas-M [...]
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First Baptist Rio Vista experiences growth through outreach
July 25th, 2014 / By: Jane Rodgers
RIO VISTA—First Baptist Church of Rio Vista has become what Pastor Neale Oliver calls a “Great Commission church,” but the church’s overnight transformation has actually taken four years.Rio Vista is a rural community of 1,000 in Johnson County, south of Fort Worth, with a Class 2A high school and many low-income families.Oliver came to Rio Vista in 2010 following the resig [...]
Once a fearful witness, now an overcomer
July 21st, 2014 / By: Joni Hannigan
Fear gripped Melissa Campbell’s heart as she stood at the door. Across the threshold stood a self-professed atheist who just the week before said there had to be a “catch” to the evangelistic team’s visit to her Austin home. The fear had begun several hours before with unbidden thoughts: “No one’s receptive. They don’t want to hear. I am just going t [...]
SBTC DR helps in flooding along border
July 21st, 2014 / By: Jane Rodgers
EAGLE PASS—Disaster relief volunteers quickly mobilized after torrential rains along the Texas-Mexico border produced a meteorological encore to last year’s devastating floods.Rainfall of up to 16 inches on June 19-20 flooded homes and forced state and federal highways closed.DR volunteers from the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention were concentrating on two of the areas hardest hit [...]
Pastors must pursue conflict resolution and peace-making
June 6th, 2014 / By: Dave Earley
LAS VEGAS—A few years ago, I surveyed a group of 25 successful, veteran pastors who were leading a variety of healthy churches. I asked a few simple questions. One of the questions was, “Please list the three things you did not learn in seminary, but wish you had.” I was surprised that there was one response given by all of them: Learning to resolve conflict effectively.Most past [...]
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