Thousands coming to Christ through church’s migrant ministry
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (BP) – Pastor Carlos Navarro and Golan Ministries of West Brownsville Baptist Church have long engaged in ministry to migrants seeking entry into the United States from Matamoros, just across the Texas-Mexico border. By April 2019, the church eagerly opened its renovated respite center, a stopover for migrants entering the U.S. legally, cleared by ICE and border patrol and awaiting transport to destinations within the U.S.
Hurricane Ida response continues, partner churches needed
JEAN LAFITTE, La. (BP) – Southern Baptists of Texas Disaster Relief volunteers have joined Southern Baptist DR teams from across the nation to serve the survivors of Hurricane Ida, which made landfall in Louisiana on Aug. 29. The first SBTC DR team deployed on the day of the storm’s landfall, heading to the Alexandria area to assist in coordinating Baptist relief for the entire state.
‘Vindication’ season 2 to premiere in September on Pure Flix
BURLESON, Texas (BP) – Good news is here for fans of “Vindication,” the police procedural drama with a Christian twist produced by Retta Vision, the media ministry of Retta Baptist Church of Burleson.
“Cada día vienen más y más” mientras los bautistas del sur ministran en la frontera de Texas
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (BP) - Con la actual crisis migratoria a lo largo de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México empeorando día a día, las iglesias de la Convención de los Bautistas del Sur de Texas (SBTC) y los voluntarios de ayuda en casos de desastre comparten el amor de Cristo al ministrar a los desplazados. Dejando de lado la política y los puntos de vista sobre la inmigración, para quienes sirven a lo largo de la frontera, los problemas que enfrentan son la humanidad y la eternidad.
‘Every day more and more come’ as Southern Baptists minister at Texas border
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (BP) – With the current migrant crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border worsening by the day, Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) churches and disaster relief volunteers are sharing the love of Christ by ministering to the displaced.
Lorick elected to succeed Richards as SBTC executive director
GRAPEVINE, Texas (BP) – The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Executive Board voted unanimously to confirm Nathan Lorick as the SBTC’s second executive director in a special meeting at the convention’s offices Sunday (Feb. 21).
Church’s faith-based crime series ‘Vindication’ films second season
BURLESON, Texas (BP) – If not for the COVID-19 pandemic, a second season of “Vindication” might never have been made.
SBTC crews help Hurricane Hanna survivors in Rio Grande Valley
PHARR, Texas (BP) -- On Aug. 6, Pharr native Patty Reynolds, 90, said goodbye to her only remaining sibling -- her sister Sally Mullins, 87, as Mullins succumbed to Parkinson’s disease. Reynolds, known by her nickname Petie, and her nephew were allowed inside the quiet room at a residential healthcare facility to spend the last 15 minutes of Sally’s life with her.
Texas adopta lenguaje ‘de común acuerdo’ para hablar de la evolución
AUSTIN, Texas (BP) -- La Junta Estatal de Educación (SBOE, por sus siglas en inglés) de Texas ha aprobado los estándares simplificados de ciencia desde Kindergarten hasta el 12 grado en un movimiento que sosiega a los electores, tanto a los conservadores como a los progresivos, que estaban preocupados porque se estaba enseñando la teoría de la evolución en las escuelas públicas de Texas. "Es bastante interesante que la gente en ambos lados del asunto estaba contenta con los estándares revisados," dijo al Southern Baptist TEXAN Barbara Cargill de The Woodlands, miembro de la JEET por el 8 Distrito y ex presidenta de la junta.
