Articles from May 2018

I was surprised when I got a call out of the blue from movie producers at Pure Flix asking if they could make a feature film based on my book, “The Case for Christ.”After all, my book had been published nearly two decades earlier.

Dr. Phil Christopher, Abilene’s First Baptist Church pastor, was honored with an Honorary Doctorate Degree for his amazing influence on thousands of lives during his more than 40 years of ministry.

The National Baptist Convention of America International, Inc. held their Annual Tent Revival from April 23-26 at East Gate Baptist Church in Dallas. This was the first year for Texas Baptists to partner with the NBCA to help host this event.

This Easter, a community was drawn together through the partnership of four different organizations to meet physical and spiritual needs in an underserved Houston Hispanic community.

Several years ago, our church began an evangelism equipping emphasis called, “Can We Talk?” As pastor there, I was discouraged by the limited number of Gospel conversations happening outside the walls of our church.

Food. Water. Shelter. All things that most of us would agree are at the most basic level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Yet many people spend their lives without the assurance of these necessities.

Por Abby Hopkins

En el 2017, 123 mujeres jóvenes habían considerado someterse a un aborto en el momento que se toparon con un ministerio en Decatur. Después de recibir ayuda del Wise Choices Pregnancy Care Center (Centro de Cuidado durante el Embarazo Elecciones Sabias, en español), 103 de quienes “pensaban abortar” eligieron no hacerlo, y la Ofrenda contra el Hambre juega un papel al servicio de estas familias.

“Estas madres jóvenes son unas heroínas. Elegir amar a sus hijos en medio de la dificultad: eso es la maternidad”, afirmó Connie Wyatt, Directora de Wise Choices, un ministerio de la Ofrenda contra el Hambre de los Bautistas de Texas que busca empoderar a las familias durante el embarazo y el primer año de vida del bebé al darles esperanza.

“Las recibimos en el punto en el que se encuentran y cuando deciden no abortar, no están solas”, dijo Wyatt.

“Back then, my main focus was not excelling,” she said. “But this time is different. Houston Baptist University has really changed that for me. I want the ‘gold medal’ this time.”

As Victoria Lopez shared her testimony, members of the crowd dabbed their eyes to wipe away tears. The 16-year-old told the crowd of approximately 3,200 at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas, that she continues to look to God while fighting cystic fibrosis, a progressive genetic lung disease. She said through all her hospital stays, infections and surgeries, she has relied on God for help.