Openness to God’s opportunities underscored at Pastors’ Conference
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--If thousands of Southern Baptist pastors from across the United States came to the 2006 Pastors’ Conference to get inspiration for “Reaching Today’s World for Jesus Christ” -- the theme of this year’s gathering -- they got what they came for in the Greensboro Coliseum June 11.
SWBTS community pulls together to help sick graduate’s family
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--If the measure of a community is found in how it cares for its weakest members, then Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary staff, students and their children excelled in helping one of their own move back home May 19.
Ministers’ Wives’ Luncheon slates acclaimed interior designer
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--Registration is underway for the 2006 Ministers’ Wives’ Conference and Luncheon, Dorothy Patterson, president of this year’s gathering, has announced.
Black & White kick off photojournalism conference
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--People magazine on March 6 carried a story about a man who suffered from amnesia, disappeared from his home in New Rochelle, N.Y., and was eventually located by his family six months later in a Chicago church’s homeless shelter.
Sacred music gala sings glory to God
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Spirits were inspired as voices and instruments lifted praise to God during Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s third annual gala concert of sacred music Feb. 2.
4,500 guests, 700 volunteers give life to Mission Colleyville
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| Call to faith Pastor Frank Harber encourages a young woman not be ashamed of Jesus Christ as hundreds of people responded to his call to faith during a Gospel presentation at Mission Colleyville Dec. 3. Four Hispanic churches have been birthed as a result of previous Mission Colleyville outreaches. Photo by Brent Thompson |
What happened Dec. 3 at First Baptist Church in Colleyville, Texas, during their fourth annual Mission Colleyville was not a figment of the imagination.
New archaeological finds stir Baptist scholars’ interest
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| Holy Land discoveries A prisoner at a facility at Megiddo, near Jerusalem, cleans the remains of a mosaic floor of what might be the world’s oldest Christian church -– one of several archaeological finds reported from the Holy Land in early November. Photo by Avi Ohayon/Flash 90 |
-- The New York Times reported Nov. 7 that prisoners digging foundations for the expansion of Megiddo Prison north of Jerusalem in the Valley of Armageddon uncovered ruins of what might be the earliest Christian church discovered in the Holy Land. Intricate mosaics dating to the third century A.D. bear inscriptions in Greek. The Israel Antiquities Authority has preliminarily rendered the translation of one inscription as reading, “The God-loving Aketous has offered this table to the God Jesus Christ, as a memorial.”
BGCT adopts new structure, expands officers’ powers
AUSTIN, Texas (BP)--A new constitution and bylaws were approved by messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ Nov. 14-15 annual meeting in Austin.
African American pastor elected as BGCT president
AUSTIN, Texas (BP)-Fort Worth pastor Michael A. Bell was elected president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Nov. 14, the first African American to hold the office.
FIRST-PERSON: An open letter to President Bush
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Negative conservative reaction to Harriet Miers' nomination was never about her gender, education or other known qualities. It has always been about what was not known.
