CP Stories – 2019 Archive

Tarleton State University is building a new permanent campus in Fort Worth scheduled to open for classes in Fall 2019.

Texas Baptists Children’s Worship University is a two-day conference for children’s worship leaders and children’s choir leadership. The conference is held each year in January, and over 200 volunteers and participants attend.

The life-or-death situations that many face at hospitals can bring them to wonder about God and eternity. It’s a critical time in which people are often more open to receiving truth.

In 2017, Isaias Martinez received a phone call to his home in Cuba from his friends at Under Over Fellowship in Conroe, Texas. They invited him to start a church for the Hispanic community in Conroe and offered to serve as his sponsor church.

One day, Maria felt God calling her to a very specific mission: to share Christ with Persian-speaking people from Iran.

Congreso continues to expand each year in reaching a growing population of Hispanic students and young adults in Texas.

Bible Drill exists to develop biblical memory skills for children and youth from 4th-grade through high school. These students memorize the order of books in the Bible as well as passages of scripture. Bible Drillers even learn ways to apply the meaning of scriptures to their own lives.

Taylor and Susan Field minister to the needy and share the Gospel through Graffiti Church on New York City’s Lower East Side.

A tribal people in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil do not have much contact with the outside world.

Melea was around 50-years-old and was born with a genetic disorder which caused hundreds of tumors to grow all over her body.

Each summer, for five days and four nights, students from Texas Baptists Intercultural Churches unite together for a week of Camp Fusion.

Texas Baptists Bivocational Ministry exists to encourage and equip full-time pastors who also have full-time vocational jobs.

Joy learned how to make and use the henna designs to tell Bible stories.

Wellness Wednesdays are a big deal at St. Luke’s Baptist Church City on a Hill San Antonio. On those days, people who are struggling to receive much-needed medical services and are treated with love.

Shea is well-trained to meet the challenge of protecting our country. But she is also training to meet the challenge of deepening and sharing her faith.

In 2016, Ryan and Arin Thompson felt a burden for reaching their friends and family with the Gospel in their hometown of Nederland, Texas. The Thompsons opened their home and began a community group in their living room.

Since 1967, Texas Baptist Men (TBM) has responded to disasters in Texas and beyond. One way they do that is through their Water Ministry.

Detroit, Michigan, is known as the home of America’s auto industry but it is a city that has fallen on hard times. 

Special Friends Retreat gives those with intellectual disabilities a unique opportunity to have an overnight camp experience. It is something repeat campers look forward to all year long.

Local evangelists had been visiting the Syrian refugees seeking refuge in neighboring Middle Eastern countries, and more than 100 of those refugees have become Christians.

Reaching today’s youth requires an impactful and truthful presentation of the Gospel. This age group is searching for something in life and has more options presented to them than any generation before. 

University of Texas at Dallas is ranked 11th in the nation for ethnically diverse student populations. The Baptist Student Ministry at UTD is reaching out to international students to share the Gospel with them.

For some time, Jeremy trained James in church planting, spiritual disciplines, and Bible storytelling. Then James went back to South Sudan.

As Ivana was typing on her phone, a message appeared that said, “Have you met Jesus?”

Children’s Emergency Relief International (CERI) knows that the best place for a child is in a loving family. But making sure that children are in families is a multifaceted undertaking. That is why CERI focuses its work on four pillars of ministry: children, family, community and system.

The work is slow, but not impossible, as a number of churches have been planted among the Berbers.

Area Representatives are the boots on the ground for Texas Baptists. They spend the majority of their time on the road, driving to various churches in their regions, and responding to needs each day.

Mali is a primarily desert nation where water is precious. It can be a hard place to live and serve.

For years Baptists have sent missionaries and volunteer teams to plant new churches all over Philadelphia.