Articles from November 2025

When we consider the fast population growth, the percentage of churches that are declining in membership and attendance and the number of churches that are closing their doors each year, we realize we are in desperate need of a GC2 awakening!

The Texas Baptist Hunger Offering hosted their annual luncheon on Monday, Nov. 17, at the 2025 Texas Baptists Annual Meeting, highlighting and celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Hunger Offering.

Texas Baptists leadership offered the opportunity for churches to learn more about the new Texas Baptists Indemnity Program during a luncheon held on Tuesday to close out the Texas Baptists Annual Meeting. 

“If your vision is the Great Commission, good, but it's not enough. How are we as a collective church going to motivate and mobilize our people in our community? How are we going to reach our community?” said Strange. 

2,007 messengers and visitors gathered in Abilene Nov. 16-18 to take part in the 140th Annual Meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT), focusing on the theme, “Live Out GC2: Love God, Love People, Make Disciples."

During the Tuesday morning business and worship session of the 2025 Texas Baptists Annual Meeting, messengers considered two motions and three resolutions, filled the remaining Convention officer positions, heard a sermon, the President’s Address and worshiped and prayed together.

Church leaders from across the state gathered Tuesday morning at the Texas Baptists Annual Meeting for a GC2 Awakening workshop.

“My hope for the future of our convention is that we will take advantage of the opportunity to show the unity of 5,300 churches. That we can be diverse, we can disagree, yet we still love each other and work towards the common goal to strengthen every Texas Baptists church, to carry out the Great Commission and the Great Commandment as God has created them to do,” said Marriott. 

“We are in some challenging times, but the good news is that when the dust settles it will be alright,” Atchison said. “When the dust settles, the victory will be secured … When the dust settles, God’s honor will be vindicated. When the dust settles, all of us will be able to join in the chorus … and say all hail the power of Jesus. Crown him!”

“Finishing well means being more in love with Jesus at the end than in the beginning, being more passionate about the mission than their own at the end and being more sacrificial of their time, talent and treasure at the end,” explained Abbott.