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••• March 28, 2014 •••
In a case likely headed to the Supreme Court, the embattled Texas abortion law passed last summer in special session cleared another hurdle on Thursday (March 27) as the federal 5t [...]
••• January 24, 2014 •••
A New Mexico judge has ruled that terminally ill patients have a right to “aid in dying” under the state’s constitution but that such actions are not assisted sui [...]
••• December 18, 2013 •••
“I only play to an audience of one.” I recently read this Christian version of “I don’t listen to my critics” in an interview with a pretty flamboyant [...]
••• December 10, 2013 •••
"Would you like to donate two dollars to the local Rehab Center?" "Can I add a children's book to your order to be donated to the hospital?" "Would you be interested in donat [...]
Vazquez honored for planting 18 Spanish-language churches
By: Bonnie Pritchett | April 16th, 2014
CONROE—To many outside the state, Texas is still the land of cowboys, oil rig, and country folk—a rather homogeneous landscape in the Lone Star state. But the cultures and languages represented at the annual SBTC Church Planters Retreat March 27-28 painted a different picture. Pastors whose racial and ethnic roots are Anglo, Hispanic, African American, Asian Indian, Korean, Chinese, Ne [...]
The GamePlan aims to turn personal evangelism ‘moments’ into a movement
By: Jerry Pierce, Editor | April 15th, 2014
Chan Gailey, former college and NFL head coach, Dallas Cowboys, Nathan Lorick, the GamePlan, Evangelism tract, God would take a moment and turn it into a movement, [...]
Killeen church bends knees in prayer for Fort Hood
By: Jerry Pierce, Editor | April 3rd, 2014
KILLEEN—The congregation of Skyline Baptist Church in Killeen, near the sprawling Fort Hood Army post, has seen tragedy before. On Wednesday night, after a lone gunman at Fort Hood killed three people and injured 16 others before turning the gun on himself, the church gathered like they always do midweek—albeit with a few members missing from a base-wide security lockdown—and be [...]
The Language of Love
By: Texan Staff | March 31st, 2014
AMARILLO—For many, fulfilling Christ’s Great Commission means global travel.But for some, like Ann and Nolan Clark of Amarillo’s Paramount Baptist Church, Judea, Samaria and the uttermost parts of the earth can be across the back fence or in a classroom next door.For almost two decades, the Clarks have spearheaded the church’s ministry efforts aimed at those for whom Englis [...]
12 counter-cultural affirmations for women
By: Melissa Deming | March 28th, 2014
FORT WORTH—During a week of heated debate over the issues of gender and marriage, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on March 27 released a “Biblical Womanhood Statement” covering 12 “counter-cultural” convictions concerning women ranging from an affirmation of a woman’s personal worth to her role in ministry. Terri Stovall, SWBTS dean of women’s p [...]
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What’s at stake with SCOTUS and Hobby Lobby
March 25th, 2014 By: Texan Staff
The Supreme Court of the United States is now deliberating on something far more important than exempt [...]
Former Prestonwood star takes 'solid' faith into Final Four
March 24th, 2014 By: Tim Ellsworth | Baptist Press
ARLINGTON—When he takes the court Saturday in a Final Four matchup with Wisconsin, Kentucky forw [...]
Worship pastor: Music has impactful ministry
March 19th, 2014 By: Sharayah Colter | Staff Writer
Trouble is ordinary. Pain is common. Trials nip relentlessly at the heels of the trials in front of th [...]
Q&A: Discerning divide between spiritual and physical realms poses challenges
March 19th, 2014 By: Jerry Pierce | Editor
Editor’s Note: David L. Henderson is a medical doctor who is board certified in psychiatry and a [...]
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Counseling prof: ‘Careful, compassionate’ must characterize response to mental illness
March 19th, 2014 / By: Rob Collingsworth
Ronnie Floyd, pastor of Cross Church in Springdale, Ark., and nominee for 2014 Southern Baptist Convention president, brought national attention to the issue of mental health in a motion he presented to convention messengers at last year’s annual meeting of the SBC in Houston.The motion itself requested that each SBC entity include in its annual report to the convention an update on “w [...]
Special Report: Mental health motion addressed by EC
March 19th, 2014 / By: Baptist Press
NASHVILLE—The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee has concurred with the spirit of a motion referred from the 2013 SBC annual meeting regarding mental health ministry.In its Feb. 17-18 meeting in Nashville, the Executive Committee voted to amend an annual ministry report form it solicits from the SBC’s entities to include questions asking appropriate entities what they are [...]
Annual ministry wife award nomination deadline March 15
March 3rd, 2014 / By: Sharayah Colter | Staff Writer
Less than two weeks remain to submit nominations for the 2014 Willie Turner Dawson Award presented each year at the Ministers’ Wives Luncheon during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. Nominations may include ministry wives such as the wife of a pastor or the wife of any ministry staff member, women in other areas of ministry or women whose husbands have retired or are deceased. [...]
IMB President Tom Elliff announces plans to step down
February 27th, 2014 / By: Joni Hannigan
AUSTIN, Texas (FBW)—In describing his request to the trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board to convene a search team to name his successor, President Tom Elliff said he neither “resigned” nor “retired,” but heeded God’s plan for the next step in his life.Elliff, who turned 70 just last week, was unanimously elected to the [...]
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