Articles from September 2024

“...it comes first from spending time with Jesus, the Word, worshiping, being in community and from that place of being filled, we get to pour out into other people.”

This week, your Texas Baptists executive board met. It was an encouraging time of hearing exciting ministry reports and making important decisions moving forward. 

The September meeting of the Texas Baptists Executive Board was held on Sept. 23-24 in Dallas, TX.

Next week, our Executive Board will be meeting for its regular September meeting. It is sobering to remember that a year ago, during its September meeting, the board voted to hire me for the role of Executive Director/CEO.

“We’re no longer a 60 and older church, we’re actually a four-generation church, which is exciting but challenging that I’m preaching to the five-year-old in the room and I’m preaching to the 90-year-old,” said McNeal.

This past week has been a busy week on the road for me, preaching in churches, preaching chapel at one of our universities, speaking to seminary students and speaking at a Hispanic Men’s Retreat.

October 7 and 8, Conclave NextGen conference is back at First Baptist Church San Antonio for two days of worship, breakout sessions, training and networking with NextGen, family ministers and church leaders. 

Since PAVE launched in May 2022, 125 pastors have joined cohorts. Eighty-five percent of PAVE pastors reported "significant revitalization progress" after year one of PAVE. Sixty-eight percent of PAVE pastors are reporting an increase in baptisms in their first year of PAVE.

"All the students here are benefactors of you and your legacy and your faithfulness in BSM over the decades. And as we see God move, a lot of it is because of your prayers and your support.” -Eric Hunter, director of BSM at WTAMU.