Faith

“God took me around the long way to get me to see what he wanted me to see,”

The Texas Baptist Legacy Award is presented annually at the Independence Baptist Church in Independence, Texas, in recognition of lifelong Christian service.

Church health strategist Jonathan Smith explains what a healthy church looks like and how he can be a resource for Texas Baptists congregations. 

Read how a family’s life was transformed through the Texas Baptist Children’s Home. 

"We can’t forget that the work of God is still happening. We can’t lose sight of that fact,”

"I am looking forward to handing the baton to the next generation of younger leadership.”

The Texas Baptists Church Architecture team is ready to assist churches in need.

"I’m just going to be faithful. Faithful to love the people, faithful to preach the Word,”

¡El Señor nos ha dado un año más juntos para celebrar el día de San Valentín!

The Lord has given us one more year together to celebrate Valentine's Day!

Recently I was in the drive-through line ordering breakfast tacos for the family. While sitting and waiting patiently for my order, I noticed one of our city’s Deputy Fire Chiefs driving and then stopped at the business just across the street.

What a year. Disease and sickness and death. Political unrest. Racial tension. Violence in the streets. You can almost hear the exasperated, weary refrain, “Man, I’m so done with 2 BC.” As tough as 2020 has been, it is not alone in history as a time of darkness and hardship.

Let’s join together in prayer over these 6 ‘P’s for our children, parents, and teachers

"Preach, pray and keep plugging away.”

The ABCD method helped us take a large issue and break it down into very practical actions we could take to help our homebound neighbors.

To start off the new year, many people establish new goals, whether in the areas they feel completely confident in or in areas where little notice has been taken. A great goal for believers would be to share their faith with more people in the new year.

Victor Rodriguez encouraged pastors to “let the seeds fly” in his sermon during the closing worship session on Tuesday of the 2019 Texas Baptists Annual Meeting. 

In his convention sermon on Monday evening during the 2019 Annual Meeting of Texas Baptists, Duane Brooks summed up the role of the pastors and believers in the room in two simple words: proclaim Jesus.