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2 weeks ago | 
kentuckytoday.com | Erin Roach |Southern Baptist TEXAN
DICKINSON, Texas – The church plant Kade Pierce is leading is in its infancy, but already he knows the value of the collective support behind him – and it’s something Southern Baptists across the generations also have realized. “Truthfully, the Cooperative Program is helping me make this happen,” Pierce, pastor of Eastside Community Church in Dickinson, said.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
brnow.org | Jane Rodgers |Southern Baptist TEXAN
SPRUCE PINE, N.C. — Exactly where Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC) Disaster Relief (DR) teams would deploy in the wake of Hurricane Helene was a mystery on Oct. 3, until a call for assistance in mass feeding came from Send Relief. “A charitable entity contacted Send Relief and said they wanted to help with mass feeding after Helene, including one at Spruce Pine, N.C.,” said Scottie Stice, SBTC DR director.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
kentuckytoday.com | Erin Roach |Southern Baptist TEXAN
TIMPSON, Texas (BP) – A squirrel was loose in the building at First Baptist Church in Timpson, so the pastor sent out a notice that he needed a trap to catch it. By the end of the day, a squirrel trap was set and a man he had been praying for was a new brother in Christ. W. Dee Daniel, the pastor, had led a woman to Jesus last year, and when he asked if she would like to be baptized and join the church, she said she wanted to wait for her husband.
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Jul 22, 2024 | 
brnow.org | Arlene Sanabria |Southern Baptist TEXAN
ODESSA, Texas (BP) — Erika Meza had been praying for her husband Luis to come to faith in Jesus for nine years. But spiritual conversations with Luis could feel tense and he would tell Erika he did not want to feel pressured to walk away from the Catholic religion he had always known. But something began to change in Luis’ heart one day after he received a personal invitation from Hiram Ramos, the leader of First Baptist Church Odessa’s Hispanic ministry, and his wife Saraí.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
kentuckytoday.com | Jane Rodgers |Southern Baptist TEXAN
LEVELLAND, Texas (BP) – The small Levelland church of about 75 had been praying for a way to serve its Hockley County community, 30 miles west of Lubbock. When a microburst with vicious straight-line winds swept through the city in the early morning hours of Wednesday, May 28, they got more of an opportunity than they anticipated.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
christianindex.org | Jane Rodgers |Southern Baptist TEXAN
Harlem also offers opportunities for the gospel, as the planters of Cultivate NYC are discovering with a little help from some friends at Texas churches and a series of events that could only have been orchestrated by God. In 2021, Indiana natives Luke Calvert and his wife, Shelby, felt called to plant a church and were surprised when God led them from the Midwest to the Big Apple—a city they had never even visited before.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
brnow.org | Jane Rodgers |Southern Baptist TEXAN
HOUSTON (BP) — As spring storms pummeled Southeast Texas, including the greater Houston area, Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief (SBTC DR) volunteers, with help from Baptist DR teams from other states, launched and maintained a steady monthlong response to the emergency. The response included serving survivors and first responders with logistical support, hot meals, showers, laundry services, chaplaincy assistance, and recovery operations.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
christianindex.org | Jane Rodgers |Southern Baptist TEXAN
HOUSTON — As spring storms pummeled Southeast Texas, including the greater Houston area, Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief volunteers, with help from Baptist DR teams from other states, launched and maintained a steady monthlong response to the emergency. The response included serving survivors and first responders with logistical support, hot meals, showers, laundry services, chaplaincy assistance, and recovery operations.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
christianindex.org | Jane Rodgers |Southern Baptist TEXAN
DALLAS — Nine-year-old Destiny, wide-eyed and smiling broadly, surveyed the freshly repainted sanctuary of Lake June Baptist Church as she and her mother, Yvonne, arrived at the church to see what the Lord had done. Newly installed blue carpet covered the floors, while comfortable, upholstered chairs replaced 50-year-old rickety wooden pews. Bright can lights, rather than aging fluorescent fixtures, illuminated the space.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
thebaptistpaper.org | Southern Baptist TEXAN
The message was clear and unapologetic: every child is precious in God’s sight. But the heart of the Chosen Conference, held April 13 at Prestonwood Baptist Church, Plano, aimed to not only proclaim that truth, but mobilize followers of Christ to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable and forgotten children. Figures cited throughout the conference paint an urgent picture: more than 400,000 children are in the foster care system in America and 100,000 are awaiting adoption.
