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Dec 10, 2024 | 
texanonline.net | Jayson Larson |George Schroeder
The past 20 years have brought staggering growth to Fate, a North Texas city located just north of Interstate 30 and east of ever-sprawling Rockwall. In 2000, Fate was home to about 500 people. By 2020, the population swelled to nearly 20,000, with city officials expecting that number to exceed 50,000 by 2040. But when R.J. Nanny looked around First Baptist Church in Fate, he saw no such growth. On any given Sunday, 10-15 people—at most—would be in attendance.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
texanonline.net | Mark Dance |George Schroeder |Jayson Larson
This is a great time of year to be reminded of how generous our God is, as well as how generous His people should be. Here are a few things to remember about God’s blessings:God really does want to bless usOf the 36 recorded miracles of Jesus, the feeding of the 5,000 is the only one mentioned in all four gospels besides the resurrection. Jesus blessed that crowd by feeding them literally and spiritually. Do you genuinely believe He wants to bless you today too?
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
texanonline.net | Arlene Sanabria |George Schroeder |Jayson Larson
MARBLE FALLS––Cuarenta y nueve esposas de plantadores de iglesias se reunieron para un tiempo de retiro y capacitación del 31 de octubre al 1 de noviembre, marcando el primer evento de este tipo como parte de la creciente iniciativa de Send Network SBTC en Español. El tema del evento fue “Fundamentos para la esposa del plantador”. Las ponentes fueron Carolina Santander de Georgia, Carla Cox de Arizona y Marjarie Hernández de Nueva York.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
texanonline.net | George Schroeder |Jayson Larson
God is moving mightily through the family of churches known as the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention. In February, the SBTC’s annual Empower Conference delivered tools, training, and encouragement to a record crowd of nearly 4,300 people. In its second year, the Empower Student Rally drew nearly 750 students—double the number who attended the inaugural event the previous year. Included in those attendees were 18 students who made professions of faith in Jesus Christ.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
texanonline.net | George Schroeder |Jayson Larson
In 2020, Rocky Weatherford returned to First Baptist Church Tool for a second stint as pastor. He has also pastored four other churches in Texas over the last 37 years and served local Baptist associations in several positions. He has been a Lifeway trustee and served the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention as vice chairman and chairman of the executive board. Weatherford was among those who were instrumental in helping found the SBTC a quarter century ago.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
texanonline.net | George Schroeder |Laura Erlanson |Jayson Larson
By now, in his third year pastoring in West Texas, Paul Fisher is used to the mispronunciation—and the unintentional humor. “Sometimes people say, ‘How is it in ‘Farewell?’” he says with a laugh. “Which is funny, too, because you literally leave the state when you leave our town.”That is why members of First Baptist Farwell (pronounced “Far-wuhl” by the locals), hard by the New Mexico border, are used to leaving town and crossing Texas to participate in most things that happen in Baptist life.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
georgeschroeder-85346.medium.com | George Schroeder
George J. Schroeder·Follow4 min read·--Francis sold shoes. My mom bought all of the kid’s shoes there for years. Francis had a fleet of Brannock devices. He had an old-time cash register with a wooden handle and a size 20 Converse All-Star basketball shoe resting on it. Francis owned the store. He worked in the store. He let you walk around and around the seating area as many times as you wanted so you could really, really get the feel for the new shoes he had just tied lovingly to your little feet.
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May 21, 2024 | 
fggam.org | Dewey Moede |George Schroeder
I look at the picture of youth and I think of all the Churches that hardly have children in them, hardly any teenagers….NO YOUTH PROGRAM! NO SUNDAY SCHOOL! MY GOODNESS!Baptist PressBy , posted May 20, 2024 in Churches and MinistryThey can wonder at the odd things, like the fact Billy Norris, Southside’s senior pastor, discovered Spann’s Bible a day later amid the building’s charred remains. It was sitting on the podium where he’d left it, undamaged by either fire or water.
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May 20, 2024 | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Myriah Snyder |George Schroeder |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Series: First PersonFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: Editor’s Note: This article is taken from Christ Our All: Poems for the Christian Pilgrim and used by permission of B&H Academic. The book is now available everywhere Christian books are sold. Spurgeon’s love of hymns began at a young age. Once, during a summer holiday, his grandmother offered him a penny for each Watts hymn he memorized.
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May 20, 2024 | 
baptistpress.com | Diana Chandler |Myriah Snyder |George Schroeder |Scott Barkley
Metadata:Topic(s): EvangelismFormat(s): Text ArticlesShare this post: HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (BP) – A cross-denominational belief in believer’s baptism allowed Southern Baptist pastor Mark Brown and Pentecostal pastor Mark Francey to collaborate in sponsoring Baptize California, a statewide event that baptized more than 6,000 believers May 18-19.
