by Bob Allen | Aug 8, 2006 | News
The first woman to lead Texas Baptists’ moral-concerns agency says her election is both historic and ironic. “I come to this position as a Christian Baptist woman,” Suzii Paynter, whose election as director of the Texas Baptist Christian Life... by Laura Seay | Jul 31, 2006 | Opinion
The Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission’s Summer Public Policy Institute (SPPI) each year brings students to Austin to share their views, ask difficult questions, and challenge one another to live out their faith more deeply. We started... by Bob Allen | Feb 12, 2006 | News
Phil Strickland, who worked with Texas Baptists’ ethics, public policy and religious-liberty agency for nearly 40 years, died Feb. 11. Strickland, 64, battled cancer for many years. In recent months it developed into pneumonia. He refused to consider retirement,... by John Hall | Jan 21, 2005 | News
Volunteers from Texas Baptist Men worked with local officials in eastern Sri Lanka to develop a way to quickly clean wells contaminated by salt water, according to dispatches from tsunami-stricken areas reported by the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Texas...