Missional Engagement

MAP Stories: Burnaby Born Again in Canada

May 28, 2021

“We keep praying and keep dreaming and keep pursuing new opportunities to share the Gospel”

Migration and the Church

Apr 27, 2021

Let us take advantage of the opportunities the Lord is giving us to minister and to reach the immigrants in our generation.

Updates from the Amazon

Mar 25, 2021

In Brazil, Missionary Adoption Program (MAP) missionaries are continuing to spread the Gospel across the country.

BOUNCE Spring Break gives students missional opportunities in southeast Texas

Mar 22, 2021

“Opportunities like this help us shift our focus off of ‘me’ and focus on things that really matter,”

River Ministry missionary continues prison ministry in Mexico despite COVID-19 restrictions

Mar 8, 2021

“While we wait for our circumstances to change, we can still pray for the women’s physical health and spiritual growth."

Still Serving in Brazil

Mar 3, 2021

Stories from the field during this time of pandemic and quarantine in 2021 in Brazil.

Young Adult Rally shares biblical responses to challenges in 2020

Nov 16, 2020

“We have to think, engage our minds, pray, seek the Lord and at the end of the day based upon what we know about God and his values, move forward”

Pandemic changes ministry approach along the border

Oct 27, 2020

River Ministry missionaries on the Texas/Mexico border are working hard to provide resources and hope in the midst of COVID-19.

Mary Hill Davis Offering® helps small churches make big impacts

Jul 28, 2020

See how the Mary Hill Davis Off ering® is helping small churches minister to their communities and keep their church building standing strong.

Pastor Relief: Caring for pastors as they care for others

Jul 28, 2020

The Pastor Relief Fund and the Missions Team have been working to care for pastors aff ected by the COVID-19 pandemic, both in Texas and beyond.

Adjusting to changes along the border

Apr 3, 2020

Along the Texas-Mexico border, Texas Baptists River Ministry missionaries work hard to share God’s love with the immigrants, refugees and locals who live on both sides of the border.

Replanting conference focuses on giving old churches new life

Jan 23, 2020

On Jan. 10-11, approximately 50 people from around the United States gathered at Houston’s First Baptist Church to attend “Am I a Replanter?,” a conference centered on nation-wide church replanting.

Lives changed and community restored

Oct 22, 2018

After attending Texas Baptists Church Planting Center (CPC) training in Houston, Pastor Ryan Thompson set out to plant a church that would reach the lost and the broken in Nederland, Texas.

So all may hear along the Amazon

Jul 13, 2018

Twenty-eight Texans partnered with MAP missionaries along the Amazon River to share the Gospel and strengthen the ongoing work in Brazil.

BOUNCE students bring hope to Houston after Harvey

Jul 13, 2018

After months of hopelessness following the destruction of Hurricane Harvey, Houston homeowner Gaye Stephens was shown compassion and joy for the first time through middle and high school students.

The transforming power of God in prisons

Jul 13, 2018

Prisoners lives are being transformed as their fellow inmates are living out the call of the Great Commission to start ‘Philippi Churches.’

El poder transformador de dios en las prisiones

Jul 13, 2018

Las Iglesias Filipos son grupos de presos que se reúnen para orar, adorar y testificar del amor y el poder de Dios dentro de las prisiones.

Seeing God at work through 50 years of River Ministry

Sep 11, 2017

In 1967, the Baptist General Convention of Texas recognized the 2 million people living along the border of Texas and Mexico as an important mission point and launched the Rio Grande Mission Thrust with $250,000 allocated for missions opportunities.