Weekly Update

This is the time of the year when we, as a convention, as well as many of our churches and partner institutions, finalize financial reports for the previous calendar year.

This has been a full and exciting week for your Texas Baptists staff as we’ve just concluded our January Staff Week.

I am typing this update on January 6. In some church traditions, this day is called “Epiphany” or “Three Kings Day,” celebrating the arrival of the magi to the house where Jesus and his parents were (Matthew 2:11). In such traditions, the eve of January 6 is considered the twelfth day of Christmas, ending the Christmas season officially and festively. 

Since PAVE launched in May 2022, 125 pastors have joined cohorts. Eighty-five percent of PAVE pastors reported "significant revitalization progress" after year one of PAVE. Sixty-eight percent of PAVE pastors are reporting an increase in baptisms in their first year of PAVE.