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Christian Life Commission supports pro-life efforts in neighboring New Mexico city

Apr 17, 2024

The Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission (CLC) joined other pro-life partners on April 3 to dedicate a new ultrasound machine at the Legacy Pregnancy Resource Center in Hobbs, New Mexico.

BOUNCE spring break students are ‘missional for life’

Apr 9, 2024

Eleven construction projects were completed by 199 participants from 10 churches this past spring break through BOUNCE student disaster recovery, a ministry of Texas Baptists.

60th Congreso asks ‘¿Quien Soy Yo?’, challenges students to find identity in Christ

Apr 8, 2024

Congreso, I came to tell you that your identity is in Christ. You are loved, you are forgiven and you are called.

First baptism in seven years sparks excitement and growth in Mathis church

Mar 28, 2024

Pastor Felix Treviño knew the metric stating a healthy church should have one baptism for every 15 people in average worship attendance per year, but the First Baptist Church of Mathis simply was not seeing God move in that way.

Beach Reach spring break outreach ‘saw God move,’ marked new high in professions of faith

Mar 26, 2024

Ten days of intensive ministry to college students on South Padre Island yielded the highest number of professions of faith in recent memory.

River Ministry/Mexico Missions brings expertise, practical training to more than 200 church leaders in Mexico

Mar 22, 2024

More than 200 pastors and church leaders gathered in Querétaro, Mexico, to receive training in discipleship, pastoral leadership, church planting and evangelism during a fall session this past year.

TBM volunteers serving in Panhandle, more heading there to help

Feb 29, 2024

The Texas Panhandle is burning, and TBM: Texans on Mission is rushing volunteers and water to the scene.

February Executive Board: From mission field to mission force

Feb 21, 2024

The Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board heard remarks from Executive Director Julio Guarneri and convention President Ronny Marriott, reports from Texas Baptists ministries and ministry partners, and passed a handful of recommendations during its February meeting February 19-20 in Dallas, TX.

Guarneri to Executive Board: Trust in the ability of the overcomer

Feb 21, 2024

In his Monday evening address to the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board during its February meeting, Executive Director Julio Guarneri spoke of trust in God, a renewed cross-cultural witness and a rallying of kingdom partnerships.

Marriott urges radical hospitality for a ‘Romans 1 world’

Feb 21, 2024

Ronny Marriott, BGCT president and pastor of First Baptist Church Burleson, delivered a challenge to directors during his Tuesday remarks at the February meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Executive Board.

God is getting GC2 Press materials into the hands of those who need them

Feb 21, 2024

Learning and growing in relationship with Christ can take time, community and resources. But what about those who aren’t in a community where Bible studies or other teaching materials are not readily available? 

Perryton church celebrates 23 salvations after serving community devastated by tornado

Feb 14, 2024

Duce Cooper, pastor of Key Heights Baptist Church in Perryton, TX, wants to make one thing very clear: the cleanup and recovery in the city of Perryton is not the work of his church. It’s a movement of God.

Texas Baptists partners with ERLC to extend ‘culture of life’ to neighboring state

Feb 6, 2024

The Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission (CLC) and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) are partnering through the ERLC’s Psalm 139 Project to provide a new ultrasound machine at the Legacy Pregnancy Resource Center in Hobbs, a southeastern New Mexico city that sits just four miles from the Texas border.

San Marcos church sees 'Mission Able' transform community through service projects, God's love

Jan 26, 2024

What started as a one-week service emphasis at First Baptist Church in San Marcos evolved into a multi-church ministry with its own nonprofit status and big goals for the future.

Evangelism Conference focuses on faithfulness, right motives and methods

Jan 25, 2024

The result was a moving two-day conference in which church leaders and laity were urged to share Christ and show love with an intentional focus, as Texas Baptists director of Evangelism Leighton Flowers explained, on “the soul of the person you are with.”

Guarneri urges evangelism conference attendees to build bridges, bypass barriers in cross-cultural witnessing

Jan 25, 2024

Julio Guarneri, Texas Baptists executive director, kicked off the Statewide Evangelism Conference Sunday evening at Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio with a message on building bridges and bypassing barriers to share the gospel. 

H. Lynn Eckeberger honored with Intentional Interim Ministry award for dedicated service

Jan 25, 2024

Texas Baptists Interim Church Services and the Intentional Interim Ministry (IIM) network named Dr. H. Lynn Eckeberger the 2023 Interim Pastor of the Year.

BSM State Lead Team members shape leadership, missional culture

Jan 19, 2024

When Stephen Galarza got involved in Baptist Student Ministry(BSM) as a student at the University of Texas-Pan American (now UT Rio Grande Valley), his life took a dramatically different direction.