Stories of Impact

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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.” 

West Texas pastor and wife open home to invest in Howard College athletes; see salvation and seeds planted around the world

Dec 9, 2024

Sixteen years ago, Mark Lindsey, lead pastor at First Baptist Church Big Spring, and his wife Sherry, were new residents in Big Spring, home to a “bible college ministry and a two-year college,” but no established church. Their neighbor, whose late husband happened to be a basketball coach at Howard College in the 1950s and 1960s, encouraged them to get “involved with basketball and things at the college,” as she was ministering to the athletes at the time. 

North Texas pastor employs PAVE principle to build coalition aimed at community revitalization

Nov 6, 2024

“I love seeing from the Pastor’s Coalition more of these churches get involved because it's not all about our church and what we're doing; it's about seeing the kingdom of God is growing and going forth into a community, and Jesus' name being known.”

A thousand hear the gospel through Serve Tour Brownsville collaboration

Oct 31, 2024

Everything else is secondary: West Texas BSM director talks coming to Christ through BSM and serving at his alma mater

Oct 15, 2024

“God burnt a passion in me that week… to serve people, to share the hope that I found in Christ, the joy I found in Christ with other people. And really the work that started in my heart like 20 something years ago during that mission trip, it’s never stopped,” - Eric Hunter, WTAMU BSM director

“Connecting all generations in Christ”: Longbranch Community Baptist Church in Midlothian sees multigenerational community form from PAVE rebuilding strategy

Sep 17, 2024

“We’re no longer a 60 and older church, we’re actually a four-generation church, which is exciting but challenging that I’m preaching to the five-year-old in the room and I’m preaching to the 90-year-old,” said McNeal.

‘God is not through with us yet’: Emmanuel Baptist Church in Waco’s replant story

Aug 26, 2024

“Baptism always represents life, new life, transformation of life. A life that was going one direction but has turned around and is now going in a different direction.”

The Art of Preaching Lab provides resources, relationships and creative ways to lead

Aug 15, 2024

“So no matter how old you are, you haven’t arrived and no matter how young you are, there’s something I can learn from you,” said Curley. “I think that’s by God’s design that we can learn from one another, no matter how young or old we might be.”

WAVE Student Conference sees fifty salvations and ‘hundreds of liberations’ during San Antonio meetup

Aug 6, 2024

Texans on Mission volunteers tackle chainsaw jobs after Hurricane Beryl

Jul 19, 2024

Missionary Adoption Program (MAP) receives gift from pioneering Baptist missions leader

Jul 15, 2024

WELL equips women for new ministry context, communicating the gospel for obedient transformation

Jul 8, 2024

Lee Baggett and Charles H. Whiteside honored at 2024 Texas Baptists Legacy Awards

Jun 24, 2024

Summer, semester missionaries commissioned at Go Now service

Jun 17, 2024

“As you encounter all the different philosophies and religions there are in all the world, you don’t need to apologize that you represent the one true living God of the universe who created us all.”

From atheist to on mission: Relationship with apologist changes heart

Jun 4, 2024

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