Baptist Progress

The informing and equipping ministry of the
Baptist Missionary Association of Texas

Department Reports: June 2026 Issue

A Word from Your Missions Office

By HEITH MITCHELL
Executive Director of Missions

One of the real accountability strengths within the BMA is our trustee governance of ministries. These trustees come from our churches and are elected at our annual meeting. These trustees take seriously the responsibility to represent the churches of the BMA in stewarding a God orchestrated ministry. I have been a first-hand witness of their contribution in your Texas missions this last decade.

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From Time to Time Part 6​​

By JASON CURRY
President, TBHC

HOW CHURCHES PARTNER FOR MINISTRY
If you asked a church member fifty years ago how their church “partnered in ministry,” you likely would have heard words like “sending, supporting or sponsoring”. Today, the language has shifted to “collaborating, sharing and co-laboring.” That change tells a story, not of drifting away from faithfulness, but of growing deeper into it.
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Celebrating 2026 Graduates

By DAVID ERICKSON, PH.D.
President, Jacksonville College

Jacksonville College was proud to honor the 2026 graduating class during their commencement ceremony held at Central Baptist Church on May 9, 2026. The 2026 graduating class includes both graduates and non-graduating participants who are within nine hours of completion for their degrees.

Honors earned by graduates include Cum Laude (with honor), Magna Cum Laude (with high honor), and Summa Cum Laude (with highest honor). Also denoted are those who are members of Phi Theta Kappa, an honor society for two-year colleges, members of Walter Prescott Webb Historical Society, online graduates (completed their degree fully online) and dual credit students (those who earned a college degree while still a high school student).

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Coming Events

2026
RE:CHARGE LEADERSHIP RETREAT
WHEN: September 28-30, 2026
WHERE: Great Wolf Lodge, Grapevine

CELEBRATION CONEFRENCE
WHEN: November 3-5, 2026
WHERE: Chateau on the Lake, Branson, MO

BMA of TEXAS ANNUAL MEETING
WHEN: Nov. 16-17, 2026
WHERE: New Harmony, Tyler

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