Texas Baptists engage in ‘GPS’ outreach
LUBBOCK, Texas (BP)--Excitement mounted as Baptists, young and old, sought to invite fellow residents to Easter services in Lubbock, Texas, to hear the Gospel. Their invitations were part of a Southern Baptist vision for sharing the Gospel with everyone in North America by the year 2020 ...
‘Largest abortion clinic in world’ protested
HOUSTON (BP)--A diverse group of pastors gathered on the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision to condemn renovation of a six-story Houston building into what they described as "the largest abortion clinic in the world."
Half-million meals prepared in Galveston
GALVESTON, Texas (BP)–A Southern Baptist disaster relief feeding unit stationed in Galveston, Texas, has passed the half-million mark for meals prepared for residents and workers in a region heavily damaged by Hurricane Ike. The milestone, reached Oct. 10, was significant for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, which owns the unit, and disaster relief workers […]
Houston univ. adjusts to Ike’s disruption
HOUSTON (BP)--It has been good to get back into the routine of campus life at Houston Baptist University, said Martha Morrow, HBU assistant vice president for communications.
Galveston Baptists share reports, plan
TEXAS CITY, Texas (BP)–In Galveston, leaders from local churches and the Baptist association, Southern Baptist disaster relief and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention met Sept. 25 at the Galveston Baptist Association (GBA) offices to plan for recovery after Hurricane Ike. About 20 pastors representing some of the association’s 60 churches attended the meeting, the […]
Pastor promotes foster care
GARLAND, Texas (BP)--Russell Rogers is a pastor with a passion for encouraging church families to adopt or provide foster care ...
Scholars: Hell place of conscious suffering
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP)–What awaits penitent and impenitent souls upon arrival in eternity? For Christians, being in the presence of their Lord, Jesus Christ, and being reunited with loved ones who have gone on before them would seem reward enough. But what is in store for those who die without confessing Christ? Scripture says there are […]
Faith abounds at NASA worker’s funeral
LEAGUE CITY, Texas (BP)--"Just tell them about David and tell them about Jesus."
Family, separated at Superdome, reunited by new friends
HOUSTON (BP)--As if being forced from their home by powers beyond their control and living in squalor in the New Orleans Superdome weren’t enough, the six-member Hall family was separated in the process of being transported to a safer location.
Southern Baptists, Red Cross join in effort to move evacuees
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| Mother, son reunited Samantha Hall and her 15-year-old son, who were separated from each other and from other family members during their evacuation from the Superdome, were reunited with help from Texans who saw divine encounters prompting their aid to the New Orleans family. Photo by Bonnie Pritchett |
What began as an effort by individual Texans either to get evacuees from overflowing shelters to permanent housing or to reunite them with families separated by the storm soon swelled to a national movement coordinated by the Red Cross that can be implemented by individual Southern Baptist churches utilizing existing busses or vans.
