Stories of Impact

Big Bend Director of Missions serves Mexico border towns through medical clinics with River Ministry

Jul 14, 2025

Gary Lamar, Big Bend Baptist Association Director of Missions, serves Mexico border towns through medical clinics; shares the gospel with River Ministry. 

Coppell pastor gains sovereign perspective, learns resilience in leadership in Pastor Strong cohort

Jul 7, 2025

Coppell pastor, John Hewlett, gains sovereign perspective on life in ministry, learns resilience in leadership through Pastor Strong cohort.

Super Summer equips students to follow Jesus; continue to give him their “yes”

Jun 30, 2025

Super Summer equips students to follow Jesus; “set the pace” for leadership and trust him alone. 

Agraverse “dedicated to ending hunger and poverty” with support from the Texas Baptist Hunger Offering

Jun 23, 2025

Hunger Offering recipient creates peanut seed bank for farmers to fight food instability and dependability in Sierra Leone.

FBC Round Rock focused on displaying the church they need to become

Jun 16, 2025

FBC Round Rock focused on displaying the church they need to become through Pave process; creating community connection points. 

Three-time BOUNCE participant says “yes” to full-time ministry

May 8, 2025

Three-time BOUNCE participant, Morgan Breeden, says “yes” to full-time ministry; receives inward and outward confirmations. 

Hunger Offering funds “bridge the gap” to help provide groceries for Temple families

May 8, 2025

“Legacy ministry” Churches Touching Lives for Christ receives Hunger Offering funds to provide monthly groceries; show God’s love to those in need.

Morse Street Baptist uses Pave strategies to bring unity and serve Denton’s homeless community

May 5, 2025

Morse Street sees unity and renewed vision through Pave; integrating youth into worship and providing food for the homeless. 

FBC Crosbyton experiences “almost 100%” growth through Pave, partnering with Ukrainian church-start

Apr 14, 2025

FBC Crosbyton applies Pave principles and experiences “almost 100%” growth by partnering with Ukrainian church-start, celebrating baptisms, and “doing real life discipleship.”

FBC Marshall offers space for local church to worship following a church fire

Apr 7, 2025

FBC Marshall shares worship space with FMC Marshall after it caught fire; creates unity among both congregations. 

UTA BSM sees 17 salvations, including one BSM student, serving refugees

Apr 1, 2025

UTA BSM serves refugees in San Antonio over spring break and sees 17 accept Jesus, including one of their own.

Beach Reach sees 246 accept Christ; God’s continued faithfulness and sovereignty

Mar 26, 2025

Beach Reach sees 246 accept Christ, 87 baptized; sees God’s faithfulness, sovereignty and stays alert for gospel opportunities.

South Asia pastors respond in spontaneous worship to Pastor Strong training

Mar 17, 2025

Pastor Strong traveled to South Asia to train and commission regional pastors to finish well; spend time in prayer and spontaneous worship. 

‘Jesus is the only answer’: former Muslim finds Jesus, attends [un]Apologetic conference

Feb 4, 2025

Nadeem Hajir talks how he found Jesus and how the [un]Apologetic conference gave him “newfound confidence” to defend his faith. 

SFA graduate talks coming to Christ through BSM and pursuing call to vocational ministry

Jan 6, 2025

Ethan Hollis, Stephen F. Austin (SFA) State University graduate and active member of First Baptist Church (FBC) Nacogdoches, grew up with inconsistent attendance in church and little understanding of the gospel, but after a friend invited him to youth group, he became more engaged with both.  

FBC Clarendon disciples community college students and equips them to be leaders in the church

Dec 19, 2024

Inspired by the students’ eagerness to engage, FBC Clarendon began holding a college-led Sunday morning once a semester, where the students get an opportunity to take ownership of their gifts and abilities in ministry, ranging from greeting to preaching.

East Texas Baptist University senior writes original worship song, performs at 2024 Texas Baptists Annual Meeting

Dec 18, 2024

In the spring of 2023, Hannah Hopkins, a senior at East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) and Texas Baptists’ 2024 Prestidge Endowment Music & Worship Scholarship recipient, transferred to the school with a passion to lead worship. She’d heard the original song “New Day” performed by Lampsato, ETBU’s worship band, and wanted to audition to be a part of the group.

FBC Hereford utilizes Pave principle to focus on Christ’s mission, reports 36 baptisms

Dec 16, 2024

When Nathan Adams joined First Baptist Church Hereford as their senior pastor in Nov. 2022, every area of the church was on a downhill trajectory. Adams was determined to get the church “thinking differently and on an uphill trajectory.”