9/10/2010
Current Articles
Wisdom for technology gift giving
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
8/24/2010
‘Infinite Playlists’ offers parents guidance in discussing music choices of children
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
8/23/2010
Communications technology kids crave: pros and cons
Staff
8/23/2010
Teaching good Web habits
Staff
8/23/2010
Who’s minding the cyber-kids?
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
8/23/2010
With TV obscenity on the rise, parents find help
Michael Foust | Baptist Press
8/23/2010
Brunson: Focus on Jesus Christ's pre-eminence
Joni B. Hannigan | Florida Baptist Witness
6/23/2010
Charles, Andy Stanley address Pastors' Conference
Norm Miller | Baptist Press
6/23/2010
From conversation to prayer, Crossover 2010 reaches out to Orlando residents
James Dotson & Mickey Noah | Baptist Press
6/23/2010
GCR, retiring leaders among SBC highlights
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
6/23/2010
Pastors Conf. focuses on mission, adoption
Baptist Press and TEXAN Staff
6/23/2010
Resolutions: Baptist divorce to Gulf disaster
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
6/23/2010
Unity, missions priorities for new EC head
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
6/23/2010
GCR report overwhelmingly passes after lengthy debate
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
6/23/2010
Georgia pastor elected in runoff for SBC president
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
6/23/2010
Website helps readers see how biblical storyline fits together
By Stephanie Heading | TEXAN Correspondent
6/7/2010
That Bible you carry
Gary Ledbetter | Editor
6/7/2010
Bible societies exploiting technology to spread Word
Stephanie Heading | TEXAN Correspondent
6/7/2010
Bible teacher offers suggested tools
TEXAN staff
6/7/2010
Bible tools for families offered
Stephanie Heading & Merri Brown | TEXAN Correspondents
6/7/2010
Choosing a Bible no simple task
Mark Overstreet | TEXAN Correspondent
6/7/2010
NIV losing ground as new translations gain popularity among Southern Baptists
David Roach and Tammi Ledbetter | Southern Baptist TEXAN
6/7/2010
Southwestern journal promotes reading in an electronic age
Benjamin Hawkins | Southwestern Seminary
6/7/2010
Faith at home philosophy brings growth to Austin church
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
4/13/2010
How do we get there?
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
4/13/2010
Pushing discipleship at home challenging
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
4/13/2010
View church ministry through ‘family lens,’ conference speakers urge
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
4/13/2010
Author offers biblical case for Molinism as middle way between Calvinism, Arminianism
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
3/26/2010
New essay book critiques Calvinism
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
3/26/2010
A rich legacy: So. Baptists not new to mercy ministry
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
3/8/2010
Baptists contemplate right mix of proclamation, works
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
3/8/2010
From $6 million in debt to a surplus, First Euless turned its dollars outward
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
3/8/2010
Pastor: Gospel plow has two handles, not one
Stephanie Heading | TEXAN Correspondent
3/8/2010
Tension between Good News, good works? Baptist authors offer modes of biblical orthopraxy
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
3/8/2010
Prayer, repentance key to awakening, experts say
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
2/8/2010
Pursuing God’s agenda in local church
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
2/8/2010
Ravenhill book still hot 50 years later
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
2/8/2010
Some Texas congregations seeing revival, repentance
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
2/8/2010
Adoption culture can and should flourish in churches, profs argue
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
1/12/2010
Adoption process brought perspective for couple
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
1/12/2010
Are you called to adopt?
Jessica Page | Texas Baptist Home for Children
1/12/2010
Church grants for adoption novel idea
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
1/12/2010
For Wolfe City couple, God’s agenda became their own
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
1/12/2010
June Richards felt sense of belonging with father, adoptive mother
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
1/12/2010
AM '09: From bout with clinical depression came victory, women’s speaker Sheila Walsh says
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
11/3/2009
AM '09: Move of God requires passionate prayer, Odessa pastor says
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
11/3/2009
AM '09: Re-engage the culture, LaHaye urges ministers
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
11/3/2009
AM '09: SBTC meeting ends with evangelistic success; West Texans elected officers
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
10/30/2009
AM '09: Team Impact leaves spiritual mark in Lubbock
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
10/30/2009
AM '09: Bible Conference speakers urge refreshment, renewal, elect officers
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
10/27/2009
AM '09: Good preaching, doable by every preacher, requires foundations, preaching prof says
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
10/27/2009
AM '09: SBTC president offers remedy for decline by standing firm and faithful to Baptist distinctives
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
10/27/2009
Past Articles
Author offers primer on ‘The Diversity Culture’
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
9/11/2009
Houston Missionary: ‘We are living on a mission field’
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
9/11/2009
Port Arthur couple says missionary thinking needed as world settles in Lone Star state
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
9/11/2009
HMB-NAMB Historical Timeline
Staff
8/31/2009
Leaders skeptical about IMB-NAMB merger idea
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
8/31/2009
Mission board no stranger to change
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
8/31/2009
NAMB VITALS 2009
Staff
8/31/2009
Hammond found joy in serving SBC; says it will take ‘missionary thinking’ to reach continent
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
8/19/2009
Hunt expresses urgency about Great Commission
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
7/6/2009
Many motions made, few are chosen at SBC
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
7/6/2009
Messengers cease relationship with Ft. Worth church over homosexuality
TEXAN Staff reports & Baptist Press
7/6/2009
Resolutions: Obama, adoption, biblical sexuality
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
7/6/2009
SBC approves task force to bring recommendations for improving gospel work
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
7/6/2009
SBC Pastors' Conference looks toward unity
Baptist Press
7/6/2009
Southern Baptists rally to president's call for Great Commission Resurgence
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
7/6/2009
TEXAN editor honored at Southwestern luncheon
Keith Collier | Southwestern Seminary
7/6/2009
Churches minister through Mission:Dignity to widows, widowers beyond local church
John Ambra | GuideStone Financial Resources
6/12/2009
Eagle’s View Church soars with the down and out
Norm Miller | Texan Correspondent
6/12/2009
Got Pure Religion? A challenge to show love
Diana Davis
6/12/2009
Joyce Rogers: God 'isn't finished with me'
Lonnie Wilkey | Baptist Press
6/12/2009
Widows cope amid pain, grief from loss
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
6/9/2009
Book: Life’s storms give opportunity to recognize God’s direction, God’s ways
Lisa Cooper | TEXAN Correspondent
5/7/2009
Career counseling ministries pool resources to help churches minister to job seekers
Keith Collier | TEXAN Correspondent
5/7/2009
Economic downturn spawns career help ministries
Norm Miller | Baptist Press
5/7/2009
REVIEW: “Finding a Job God’s Way: Moving into the HOV Lane of Your Career”
Norm Miller | TEXAN Correspondent
5/7/2009
REVIEW: “The Christian’s Career Journey: Finding the Job God Designed for You”
Norm Miller | TEXAN Correspondent
5/7/2009
Book outlines major millennial views
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
4/9/2009
Experts: Eschatological views varied within bounds of orthodoxy
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
4/9/2009
Generations view eschatological doctrines through different lenses, observers claim
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
4/9/2009
Humility accompanies profs’ eschatology views
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
4/9/2009
Q&A: OT scholar responds to questions on premillennial dispensationalism
Norm Miller | TEXAN Correspondent
4/9/2009
Authority to define marriage rests with church, prof says
MELISSA DEMING | TEXAN Correspondent
3/16/2009
Baucham challenges fathers to recover role in preparing children for marriage
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
3/16/2009
First Person: How understanding covenant restored our marriage commitment
NORM MILLER | TEXAN Correspondent
3/16/2009
In Austin, 230 renew vows at Baptist church
MELISSA DEMING | TEXAN Correspondent
3/16/2009
Texas follows national trend among states attempting to strengthen marriages through public policy
MELISSA DEMING | TEXAN Correspondent
3/16/2009
Coffee shop prayer yields fruit in London
Erich Bridges | Baptist Press
1/21/2009
France: From Cross to Crescent
Don Graham | Baptist Press
1/21/2009
Multicultural London: 'capital of the world,' faith in flux
Erich Bridges | Baptist Press
1/21/2009
Northern Lights pierce Islam's iron curtain
Don Graham | Baptist Press
1/21/2009
Panel says Muslims must be engaged with Christian truth claims
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
1/21/2009
U.S.-Muslim engagement seen as key to security, prosperity
Elizabeth Wood | Baptist Press
1/21/2009
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP: ‘Barbie and Ken are broke’ is message that resonates with listeners to popular broadcast
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
9/24/2008
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP: Debt-free living biblical, less painful, longtime pastor says
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
9/24/2008
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP: Minister learned joys of downsizing after owning successful business
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
9/24/2008
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP: SBC leader: Preach and teach stewardship
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
9/24/2008
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP: SBTC consultant helps congregations through financial stewardship studies
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
9/24/2008
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP: Stewardship chair at SWBTS first of its kind
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
9/24/2008
FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP: Testimony from a pastor
Dave Saffle | pastor
9/24/2008
Texas churches advocate convictional participation in local, national politics
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
8/29/2008
CHURCH CIVILITY: Christian civility guards churches and denomination, leaders say
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
5/27/2008
CHURCH CIVILITY: Course correction urged about how we disagree
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
5/27/2008
CHURCH CIVILITY: Gossip can kill a church
Staff
5/27/2008
CHURCH CIVILITY: SBC consensus, renewal proposed
David Dockery | Special to the TEXAN
5/27/2008
Assimilation still key to lowering membership gap for Waco church
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
5/9/2008
Struggle with regenerate church membership has long history, experts say
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
5/9/2008
Pastors offer regenerate membership resolutions for SBC
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
4/30/2008
Author debunks myth of ‘prosperity gospel’
Erin Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
4/14/2008
Beware of false teachers, pastors & apologists warn
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
4/14/2008
Book challenges believers in pluralistic culture to discern with grace, purity
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
4/14/2008
Library of cult materials available at Southwestern
Keith Collier | Southwestern Seminary
4/14/2008
Resources available for rooting believers in biblical truth
Staff
4/14/2008
Southwestern prof: Divide truth from error
Norm Miller | TEXAN Correspondent
4/14/2008
CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE: Intl group disavows U.N.’s climate claims
Gregory Tomlin | Baptist Press
3/28/2008
SBC ethics agency opposes
Tom Strode | Baptist Press
3/28/2008
SBC leaders: Earth care commanded
Michael Foust | Baptist Press
3/28/2008
Spirited, Christ-like climate debate
Frank Page | Baptist Press
3/28/2008
U.N.: Manmade global warming certain
Baptist Press
3/28/2008
Experts: remedies for volunteer burnout
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
2/25/2008
Match members with gifts, ministries urge
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
2/25/2008
Texas churches walking newcomers through steps
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
2/25/2008
HEAVEN & HELL Popular notions, Scripture clash on question of afterlife
Norm Miller | TEXAN Correspondent
1/28/2008
Heaven doesn’t fit stereotypes
Jerry Pierce | Managing Editor
1/28/2008
Music leaders: Teach eternity with songs
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
1/28/2008
Scholars: Hell place of conscious suffering
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
1/28/2008
‘When Time is No More’ to be focus of Empower Evangelism Conference
TEXAN Staff
1/14/2008
Iniciativa Hispana y Ministerios étnicos
Staff
1/14/2008
Spanish-language portion of conference features Garland rally, Euless workshops
Staff
1/14/2008
Women’s Session to hear from radio ministry host, longtime retreat leader, among others
TEXAN Staff
1/14/2008
THE FAMILY: Christian families troubled on several fronts, observers say
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
10/15/2007
THE FAMILY: Family-integrated churches a visible but uncommon approach to doing church
Bonnie Pritchett | TEXAN Correspondent
10/15/2007
THE FAMILY: Leaders advocate forgotten discipline of family worship
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
10/15/2007
THE FAMILY: Theology dean: Family breakdown due to inadequate gospel understanding
Jerry B. Pierce | Managing Editor
10/15/2007
Bluebonnet Association church plants reaching out to new Texas populations
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
9/10/2007
Ethnic church plants, like most, thrive on relationships, community building
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
9/10/2007
Look past urban myths to love your city, urban minister says in book
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
9/10/2007
Ministry varies from urban to rural setting
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
9/10/2007
Suburbanite author offers plan for recovering neighborly lifestyle
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
9/10/2007
Texas population shifting to major urban centers
Melissa Deming | TEXAN Correspondent
9/10/2007
Transition to rural church good move, Ackerly pastor says
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
9/10/2007
Churches utilize RAs to teach missions and raise boys to live godly lives
Tammi Reed Ledbetter | News Editor
8/13/2007
MEN AND THE CHURCH: Texas churches strive to help men belong
David Roach | TEXAN Correspondent
8/13/2007
Men’s Fraternity now used at 6,000 sites
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
8/13/2007
Real Men of Impact Conference impresses
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
8/13/2007
Tapping men’s interests, drawing disciples
Kay Adkins | TEXAN Correspondent
8/13/2007
Common doctrines unify diverse Baptist churches
Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor
6/1/2007
Limiting SBC policies to BF&M parameters bad idea, BF&M committee members say
David Roach, TEXAN Correspondent
6/1/2007
Q&A: Can the doctrines be layered?
Staff
6/1/2007
Southern Baptists: more than just evangelicals
Bart Barber, Special to the TEXAN
6/1/2007
The indispensable Book
Mark M. Overstreet, Special to the TEXAN
6/1/2007
MEET THE NEIGHBORS: Houston model of new diversity, study says
Bonnie Pritchett, TEXAN Correspondent
5/21/2007
Muslim growth adds to Texas diversity
Tim McKeown, TEXAN Correspondent
5/21/2007
Q & A: Mike Gonzales, SBTC Hispanic Initiative director
Staff
5/21/2007
SBTC pilot project aims to inspire churches to reach people groups
Kay Adkins, TEXAN Correspondent
5/21/2007
SPECIAL REPORT: Face of Texas is changing
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
5/21/2007
Child porn ruling gets court review
Baptist Press
4/2/2007
Dallas-based company a first step out for pornography and sexual addiction
Bonnie Pritchett, TEXAN Correspondent
4/2/2007
FIRST-PERSON: The culture of pornography
R. Albert Mohler Jr., Baptist Press
4/2/2007
Mobile porn poses an increasing threat
Dwayne Hastings, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
4/2/2007
Pornography: What’s a wife to do?
Erin Roach, Baptist Press
4/2/2007
Sex addiction left scars in life of former minister
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
4/2/2007
SPECIAL REPORT: Flood of pornography breaching the church door
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
4/2/2007
Study in journal Pediatrics finds children plagued by unwanted exposure to porn
Erin Roach, Baptist Press
4/2/2007
A BOOMER TSUNAMI?
Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor
3/12/2007
Halftimers: Pastors tapping new resource in Boomers
Melissa Deming, TEXAN Correspondent
3/12/2007
Longtime Texas layman, pastors share lessons learned in senior adult ministry
Melissa Deming, TEXAN Correspondent
3/12/2007
Needs of seniors vary by congregation
Bonnie Pritchett and Tammi Ledbetter, TEXAN Writers
3/12/2007
Survey: Including senior adults in process of changes at church crucial
Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor
3/12/2007
Better equipped than ever but less effective
Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor
1/29/2007
How vital is theological training for youth pastors?
Melissa Deming, TEXAN Correspondent
1/29/2007
Products with substance must trump flash or simplicity, youth panelists say
Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor
1/29/2007
Youth dropout rates, religious views of young adults examined in studies
Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor
1/25/2007
Absence of corrective discipline glaring omission in churches, professor writes
Jon Robi, TEXAN Correspondent
12/11/2006
Baptist writer: Unregenerate church members might spell R.I.P. for SBC
Melissa Deming, TEXAN Correspondent
12/11/2006
SPECIAL REPORT: Born-Again Baptists?
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
12/11/2006
Theologian suggests three things for more meaningful membership
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
12/11/2006
Two Texas churches tackle membership gap at front end
Melissa Deming, TEXAN Correspondent
12/11/2006
‘Crossover Austin’ effort yields souls
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
11/26/2006
Mind the pressure points, Bisagno tells pastors
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
11/26/2006
Be biblically faithful, culturally appropriate, NAMB missions researcher tells meeting
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
11/24/2006
SBTC board fills staff vacancies, re-elects slate of board officers
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
11/24/2006
Convention preacher: preach the cross
Bonnie Pritchett, TEXAN correspondent
11/22/2006
Peace begins the battlefield of the mind, LifeWay author tells women's luncheon
Bonnie Pritchett, TEXAN correspondent
11/22/2006
SBTC president: Press on regardless
Melissa Deming, TEXAN correspondent
11/22/2006
GRACE GIVING: Gov. Perry urges Baptists to speak truth in public square
Melissa Deming, TEXAN Correspondent
11/16/2006
PASTOR'S CONFERENCE: Elliff tells pastors: highest calling is being with Jesus
STAFF
11/16/2006
SBTC raises percentage for SBC missions, hears from Texas governor
Jerry Pierce, Managing Editor
11/16/2006
Akin and Allen lament Southern Baptist churches forsaking baptism by immersion
Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor
11/7/2006
SWBTS VP says local church bears ultimate burden for conferring the Lord’s Supper to regenerate members.
Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor
11/7/2006
The Lord’s Supper within Baptists’ confession
Peter Gentry, Baptist Press
11/7/2006
Affordable, effective resources available for missions ed
Kay Adkins, TEXAN Correspondent
9/25/2006
Missions education rebounds at Texas church
Bonnie Pritchett, TEXAN Correspondent
9/25/2006
Missions education still useful, churches say
Stephanie Heading, Texan Correspondent
9/25/2006
Southern Baptists’ ‘missional’ focus must include cooperative funding, strategy report says
Tammi Reed Ledbetter, News Editor
9/25/2006
Will churches’ changing funding priorities harm SBC mission work?
Melissa Deming, TEXAN Correspondent
9/25/2006