Akeem and Jaime Smith dedicate their time to planting and growing a diverse church in Oakland, California.
For 32 years, International Mission Board (IMB) missionary Cole Ethridge has served the people of Africa through war, genocide and political unrest.
Travis and Beth Burkhalter spend their days ministering to impoverished women of the Embera people group in Medellin, Colombia.
The Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) at the University of North Texas (UNT) did not stop reaching out to students during the COVID-19 pandemic.
...the student-led initiatives are benefitting several groups and organizations in the community.
Texas is rapidly growing and diversifying, and new churches are being started to meet that need.
Pastor Esteban Jaquez is working towards the completion of his undergraduate degree at Stark College & Seminary (SCS) with the help of the Ministerial Financial Assistance (MFA) program.
Last summer, six Hispanic Baptist college students spent one week in Springtown, TX, learning how to make disciples by participating in the Winshape Discipleship Intensive camp.
The Texas Baptists Evangelism Team works to equip churches with tools and resources to reach their communities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Some of the most generous donors to the newly-created Pastor Relief Fund have been fellow Texas Baptists pastors and churches.
God’s word for Rafael and Sarah Araujo this year was simple: Don’t give up on 2020!
Though COVID-19 has changed life on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin, the Longhorn Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) has found many opportunities to reach students.
Buck and Stephanie Baskins, members of Lakepointe Church in Rockwall, see foster care and adoption as a spiritual response to a societal issue.
In Malawi, most people live in small farms. If crops are good, they eat, but if crops are bad, they go hungry.
Music, like most other things in 2020, took a different approach.
Most refugees who come to the United States have little money, minimal knowledge of American life and may not speak very much English. It is no wonder they often struggle with accessing the resources they desperately need upon arrival.
Paul Chandler knows he is called to vocational ministry. That is why he chose to enroll in the Master of Arts in Youth Ministry program at Howard Payne University (HPU).
When Donna Maust and her husband, Johnny, moved to a new town in Ecuador, where they serve as International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries, they were determined to make strong connections.
Edwin and Melinda Pacheco, who serve as North American Mission Board (NAMB) missionaries in Brooklyn, New York, were both born and raised in the city. They minister in the Red Hook neighborhood, just across the river from the Statue of Liberty.
When Brandi walked into the Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) at Tarleton State University, she was unsure of what to do. She was visiting the BSM’s worship service at the invitation of her Residential Leader, but she had never attended a worship service before and felt uncomfortable.
Bethany is an International Missions Board (IMB) missionary in South Asia. There, she ministers to the deaf and tells them about the Gospel.
John and Lois Wang, who serve with the International Missions Board (IMB) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, aren’t the type to back away from a challenge.
Fellowship often felt like a thing of the past in early 2021, but Texas Baptists do what they can to remain united during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disaster Relief teams sprung into action after a historic winter storm plunged all of Texas into temperatures below freezing, pushing the state’s electrical grid to the brink and breaking water pipes statewide.
After her relationship with the father of her boys ended, Danielle’s life came to an abrupt halt. “It was like hitting a dead end – both legally and financially,” she remembered. “I didn’t feel like I could go to my family, but we desperately needed a safe place to stay.”
In recent years, Puerto Rico, which has a population of almost 3 million, has been beaten down by a hurricane, an earthquake and the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 African American Leadership Workshop, called Rebuild, focused on equipping leaders to recover after the hardships of 2020.
At Hardin-Simmons University, servant leadership principles are incorporated into the DNA of the academic curriculum.
Texas Baptists offers resources to help prevent and respond to child abuse
Micah 6:8 Conference encourages love and unity in divisive times
Reaching refugees in Wales
Sharing the Gospel in Brazil
Ministering to soldiers at the heart of the outbreak
Roping, riding and sharing the Gospel: Celebrating 20 years of Western Heritage Ministries
Reaching Polish Jews
Students learn missions through BOUNCE
From Combat to Campus
