When pastors get together these days, they talk about how their church has rebounded – or still needs to rebound – after the COVID-19 pandemic.
"May all these vans with funny names be filled up with passionate praise and gospel witness."
"...we pick the glasses we think that we need, and we look at discipleship through the wrong frame.”
The Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT) Executive Board has elected Wendell Wright to serve as new chair of the Executive Director Search Committee.
David Mahfouz, pastor of First Baptist Church in Warren, has stepped down from his position as chair of the BGCT’s Executive Director Search Committee.
“It’s a strategic moment in the college rhythm,”
“A pastor in today’s world and ministry, you have to get out of your box, out of your office,”
The African American church historically and theologically has always been concerned about social transformation as well as spiritual transformation.
Stating that the upcoming Family Gathering July 16-18 in McAllen, Texas, is an opportunity to practice Pentecost by joining in worship together and celebrating the diversity of Texas Baptists, Guarneri called on Texas Baptists to spend seven weeks in prayer from Easter to Pentecost, praying for God’s mission in Texas.
“If God moves,...their water bill is going to go up – and that’s not a problem.”