Jane Rodgers /Southern Baptist TEXAN

WICHITA, Kan. (BP) – Lottie Elizabeth Sandusky charmed everyone she met in her mere 13 months of earthly life. After her unexpected death Feb. 5, she continues to touch lives through a memorial fund established by her parents, Ethan and Maggie, with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

LEWISVILLE—Roxana Bravo, una madre y esposa ocupada, oriunda de Perú y residente en Estados Unidos desde hace 19 años, trabajó en las industrias del turismo y el cuidado infantil antes de encontrar una inesperada vocación como locutora cristiana.

ARLINGTON, Texas (BP) – A dollar doesn’t buy what it used to. Even the venerable Dollar Tree stores, which held the price line for decades, now offer most items for $1.25.

WEATHERFORD, Texas (BP) – U.K. resident Samantha (Sammy) Scott has Texas-themed décor throughout her home in Southampton, about 80 miles southwest of London. Now she has Texas-sized memories of her baptism at Greenwood Baptist Church – the culmination of a spiritual journey that started at a Hill Country dude ranch and found purchase in an online church service during the pandemic.

DAMON, Texas (BP) – The Sunday before Thanksgiving, Darrin George preached on Psalm 100:4 at Hilltop Fellowship Church, emphasizing gratitude. He added an illustration from James 1: “Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters, when you encounter various trials” (1:2).

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (BP) – El pastor Carlos Navarro y los Ministerios Golán de la West Brownsville Baptist Church llevan mucho tiempo dedicados al ministerio de los migrantes que buscan entrar a Estados Unidos a través de Matamoros, justo al otro lado de la frontera entre Texas y México. En abril de 2019, la iglesia abrió con entusiasmo su renovado centro de descanso, una parada para los migrantes que entran legalmente a Estados Unidos, autorizados por ICE y la patrulla fronteriza y que esperan ser transportados a destinos dentro de Estados Unidos.

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.

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.

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.

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.