The “Buckets of Hope” ministry is one means Southern Baptists are using to meet immediate human needs amid the deadly earthquake in Haiti.
WHAT IS IT?
A “Bucket of Hope” consists of a white, plastic, five-gallon bucket packed with selected food. For approximately $30, any person or church group can purchase the materials and assemble a Bucket of Hope. The food contained in a single bucket will feed a Haitian family for a week. Participants are requested to include a $10 cash contribution, placed in an envelope and attached securely to the lid of the bucket, to offset the cos...
In letter, Baptists ask Obama to aid 10 held by Haiti
Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--An appeal to President Obama has been made by three Southern Baptist Convention leaders in behalf of the 10 Baptist volunteers currently being held in Haiti on kidnapping and criminal association charges.The Feb. 5 letter asks the president "that you do everything within the...
AMARILLO—With a church member sitting in a Haitian prison accused of kidnapping and child trafficking, Paramount Baptist Church Pastor Gil Lain turned to prayer as he sought to minister in a desperate situation. Lain said in a Feb. 5 interview with the Southern Baptist TEXAN he has confidence...
Criswell College trustees ratify separation from church
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
DALLAS—The church that birthed W.A. Criswell's vision of a school where ministers and lay leaders could study the Bible has relinquished control of the Dallas-based college, pending FCC and IRS approval of a new ownership agreement. The long and complex process of legally separating Criswell College...
As Southern Baptists lament their denomination’s declining baptism numbers and lackluster spiritual growth, many leaders want to know what causes revival.
According to two experts, the answer involves both prayer by Christians and a sovereign work by God.
“The obvious...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Southern Baptist ethicist Richard Land added his voice Friday to those calling for the release of 10 Baptist volunteers in Haiti, and in a letter to President Obama called the Haitian government's behavior "outrageous" and asked that the president "do everything in your considerabl...
Lecture series marks 40th anniversary of W.A. Criswell’s legacy institution
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
DALLAS—Marking the 40th anniversary of the founding of Criswell College, 10 denominational leaders, ministers, and Southern Baptist seminary and college personnel paid tribute to the legacy of the school’s founder, W.A. Criswell, in a lecture series Jan. 19-21 on the college campus.
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Writing an article about witnessing is always convicting. Sharing Jesus with others is like praying. We talk a lot about the need but don’t do enough of it. I always feel woefully inadequate to urge others to be a witness. I am going to do it anyway.
My last full-blown presentation of the gospel wa...
Having graduated from two seminaries and a Bible college, I’ve attended a lot of chapels. One particular day sticks out in my mind. A well-known pastor of that era stood before us, opened his Bible and began a message punctuated with non-sequitur ridicule of various political figures. He commented o...
Some Texas congregations seeing revival, repentance
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
Several Texas churches have felt the stirrings of revival recently, and in at least one instance it spread into a movement that awakened congregations across an entire community. Such reports provide encouraging signs of spiritual awakening.
Such stirrings—quite apart from whether or not th...
The current stage production of C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters” offers a visually engaging way to consider the ways that we are tempted while maintaining the wit and essence of Lewis’ classic book. The 90-minute production is fast moving and will leave you with a lot to discuss on ...
THE WOODLANDS—Darrell Robinson has never forgotten that God’s plan for reaching the world grows out of the local church. In his newly released book, “Synergistic Evangelism,” he explains that the spiritual awakening for which so many Southern Baptists are praying will unify local church members to p...
Until recently, this writer’s knowledge of the late Leonard Ravenhill was merely anecdotal. A pastor told of he and a buddy visiting Ravenhill’s home outside of Tyler in the late 1970s, hoping to glean some wisdom from the man with the pen of fire. They arrived and were invited in, onl...
CONROE—“God showed up big time” as did 450 women from 79 churches across the state for a SBTC Regional Women’s Ministry Forum at Mims Baptist Church Jan. 29-30. That was the appraisal of Shirley Moses, event coordinator and SBTC Women’s Ministry consultant.
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