Articles by Jessica King

The Texas Baptist Hunger Offering hosted their annual luncheon on Monday, Nov. 17, at the 2025 Texas Baptists Annual Meeting, highlighting and celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Hunger Offering.

“If your vision is the Great Commission, good, but it's not enough. How are we as a collective church going to motivate and mobilize our people in our community? How are we going to reach our community?” said Strange. 

2,007 messengers and visitors gathered in Abilene Nov. 16-18 to take part in the 140th Annual Meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT), focusing on the theme, “Live Out GC2: Love God, Love People, Make Disciples."

During the Tuesday morning business and worship session of the 2025 Texas Baptists Annual Meeting, messengers considered two motions and three resolutions, filled the remaining Convention officer positions, heard a sermon, the President’s Address and worshiped and prayed together.

“My hope for the future of our convention is that we will take advantage of the opportunity to show the unity of 5,300 churches. That we can be diverse, we can disagree, yet we still love each other and work towards the common goal to strengthen every Texas Baptists church, to carry out the Great Commission and the Great Commandment as God has created them to do,” said Marriott. 

During the Monday morning business and worship session of the 2025 Texas Baptists Annual Meeting, messengers elected Convention officers, heard reports, passed recommendations and introduced motions during miscellaneous business. 

“It's a privilege to be able to be obedient to the word of God,” said Thomas. “When we get into the word, and the word gets into us, meditating on God's word will give us a closer walk with the Lord.”

“When we love God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength, something happens to us and we start to be transformed,” said Wiles.

Christian Life Commission launches pilot program in El Paso for pastors to hear from ISAAC Ministry, River Ministry and Hunger Offering; encouraged to be a “stakeholder in God's mission.”

Every October, Montague County Cowboy Church men travel to Carson National Forest in New Mexico for a week of worship, discipleship, and driving cattle.