New York partnership sets stage for VBS training
MORRISTOWN, New Jersey ? Ten churches affiliated with the New York Baptist Association gathered at Madison Baptist Church in Morristown, New Jersey for a Vacation Bible School training clinic hosted by the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, May 2. As a part of its partnership with New Hope, New York, [...]
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Pastors' Conference to offer free counseling
PHOENIX (BP)--Too often, Christian leaders have personal problems but feel they have no place to turn, Mac Brunson says. But the pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas has helped put together a ministry to some of those hurting leaders. This year's Pastors' Conference, headed by Brunson, will join with Focus [...]
Continue ReadingRecovery is at hand for Texas evangelist
It was January, 2003 when a Colonoscopy procedure revealed that I had Colon Cancer. On February 14 a cancerous tumor and 12 lymph nodes of which four were malignant were removed at the Texas Cancer Center of Arlington, Texas where I spent over two weeks. A serious infection made a [...]
Continue ReadingSBTC hits $1 million mark for CP giving in April
IRVING, Texas - For the first time in its five-year history, the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention exceeded $1 million in Cooperative Program gifts. In April the new Texas convention received $1,784,740.54 in undesignated funds, of which 52 percent was forwarded to the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention. [...]
Continue ReadingShould Christians speak in public
Do we really want leaders who have no values? Perhaps it is only particular values that cause panic when expressed in a public forum. It seems that way from here. When Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum suggested that consensual homosexual behavior was like other proscribed sexual conduct (incest, bigamy, etc.)?of public interest, [...]
Continue ReadingSummer is annual convention season
Summer is upon us once again. It seems Christmas was last month. How does this happen? Someone has said that the older you get, the longer the days and the shorter the years. Summer conjures up many images. There is baseball, hot days, swimming pools, and the Southern Baptist Convention [...]
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