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Voices: Amy Wilkins: A woman called to ministry
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (956+ words) My call to ministry was like a long dawn. I wasn’t born a Baptist. My parents became Christians as adults after a Navy commanding officer invited them to a Bible study. They went, not because it was a Bible study,…...
Voices: Allison Gilliam: A legacy of worship
1+ week, 5+ day ago (836+ words) There are people who leave their mark through titles or positions, and there are those whose influence is measured in changed lives, strengthened faith, and generations inspired to worship. Allison Gilliam belongs to the latter. For nearly six decades, Allison…...
On the Move: Evans Jr.
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (86+ words) Baptist Standard On the Move: Evans Jr. Staff / Baptist Standard Michael A. Evans Jr. to Bethlehem Baptist Church in Mansfield as minister of college and young adults. If you or someone you know serving a BGCT-affiliated church has recently taken a…...
Voices: Kathy Hillman: A woman called to leadership
2+ week, 5+ day ago (943+ words) “Now remember what you were, my friends, when God called you” (1 Corinthians 1:26 GNT). “Life with friends is better around the campfire” reads the pillowcase atop the patchwork quilt gracing my bed in the rustic cabin I inhabit each summer at…...
Voices: Tera Kouba: A woman called to ministry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1198+ words) A young woman from Mandalay, Burma—now Myanmar—never imagined one day she would become the minister of international and Asian ministries at a 165-year-old historic church and one of the leading faith-based community churches in San Antonio. I still cannot…...
On the Move: McCoy, Maxcy
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (65+ words) Baptist Standard Pastoral changes noted for churches in Grand Prairie and Round Rock. Bruce McCoy to Indian Hills Baptist Church in Grand Prairie as bivocational pastor. He continues in his role as financial development officer at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary....
Letters: Baylor Regents and BGCT; An awakening at 80
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (376+ words) Baylor University and the Baptist General Convention of Texas continue to battle that fundamentalist element which took over the Southern Baptist Convention, believing they are on a righteous mission to push a flawed un-Baptist agenda of doctrinal control and uniformity....
Voices: Deirdre LaNoue: A woman called to ministry
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1065+ words) As I hiked in Montana last summer, I was mesmerized by the stream rushing alongside the trail. I grew up on the flat prairies of West Texas, where water was scarce and the tallest native trees were mesquite. Perhaps that’s…...
Obituary: Richard DuBroc Jr.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (370+ words) Baptist Standard Obituary: Richard DuBroc Jr. Staff / Baptist Standard Richard DuBroc Jr., longtime pastor of First Baptist Church of El Campo, died Aug. 17. He was 80. DuBroc was born July 8, 1946, in Fort Worth to Richard and Maxine Vallery DuBroc. His family…...
Carolyn Fountain elected president of WMU, SBC
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (670+ words) Julie Walters / Baptist Press ORLANDO (BP)—Carolyn Fountain of Monroe, La., was elected the 25th president of Woman’s Missionary Union, SBC during the WMU Missions Celebration and annual meeting on June 7, in Orlando, Fla. She is the first African American woman…...