Texas church stands firm in its above-and-beyond commitment to CP
ROCKWALL, Texas — At a time when average giving through the Cooperative Program has declined to below 5%, First Baptist Church in Rockwall continues to forward 18% of its undesignated receipts for national and international missions and ministries. “Automatically in our budget, we’ve committed that 20% is going to go out the door,” Senior Pastor […]
Ministers’ Wives urged to press on ‘In His Presence’
DALLAS (BP) – It is possible to be well-known and desperately lonely, Sheila Walsh told a group of 2,000 women at the sold-out Ministers’ Wives Luncheon June 10 at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Dallas.
Call to ‘preach the truth’ culminates Pastors’ Conf.
DALLAS (BP) – Honoring Christ in the pastorate requires faithful preaching and holy living, attendees were told during the final sessions of the SBC Pastors’ Conference in Dallas June 9.
Counseling for ministers’ wives offered at annual meeting
DALLAS (BP) – Counseling for ministers’ wives will be offered for the first time this year at the SBC Annual Meeting in Dallas to address trials often experienced in isolation given the unique roles of such women.
One year later, teen’s near-fatal heart attack becomes tool to point others to Jesus
MAGNOLIA, Texas – Joshua Nostrand remembers lying on a gurney just minutes after playing basketball at student camp, telling God at 14 years old that he trusted Him to decide whether he lived or died.
Hundreds of thousands in ‘Space Belt’ within reach of the Gospel thanks to CP giving
DICKINSON, Texas – The church plant Kade Pierce is leading is in its infancy, but already he knows the value of the collective support behind him – and it’s something Southern Baptists across the generations also have realized.
Texas church has left the building
GREENVILLE, Texas – Pastor Paul Faseler was driving to a staff meeting when he noticed workers setting up for a county fair. He knew they travel and work every Sunday in a new location, so he thought, “I bet they don’t ever get to worship.”
For Austin church with strong ties to seminary, giving to CP is receiving
AUSTIN, Texas -- More than three dozen people from Acts Fellowship Church in Austin have gone to seminary, including 20 who have trained at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary—a testament to the vitality of a Cooperative Program partnership.
Anita Bryant, who ‘foretold the battle’ against the LGBTQ agenda, dies
EDMOND, Okla. (BP) – Anita Bryant, an entertainer who was commended by the Southern Baptist Convention for standing up to the gay rights movement in the 1970s, died Dec. 16 at age 84.
Former President Jimmy Carter dies at 100
PLAINS, Ga. (BP)--Former United States President Jimmy Carter, who spoke of his faith more openly than other modern leaders, taught a Baptist Sunday School class for decades and became the nation’s longest-lived president, died Sunday, December 29, at age 100.
