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Congratulations Class of 2026!
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Anitoch, Gilmer: Chloe Alphin Emma Belcher Cade Tuttle Finn Underwood Beacon Hill, Waco: Evalyn Faircloth Lilly Gresham Skylar Hicks Montre Mitchell Brenley Walpole Alyssa Walker Kamia Valenzuela read more... |
Customized Just For You—The “New” Subscription Plan Q&ABy EMILY SIMPSON
Baptist Progress Editor 
Mrs. Lisa Maynard, answering all your subscription questions at the Baptist Progress office
If you have followed the Baptist Progress for some time, you’ve likely heard about our “new church subscription plan.” If not or if you’re still curious about it, then this article is for you. Last November we announced the release of our new plan and since then we have had a great response from our churches. To give you an update and refresher, we sat down with our own Subscription & Finance team member, Lisa Maynard.
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A Word From Your MissionariesBy 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 6By 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. read more... |
Celebrating 2026 GraduatesBy DAVID ERICKSON, PH.D.
Jacksonville College President 
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). read more... |
Who Makes Up a Board of BMAT Trustees?By EDDIE MARSH
Baptist Progress Writer 
“Can I have your lunch?” The setting was a time when our Lord had spoken to a large crowd. The owner of the lunch was a little boy, and the lunch was five loaves and two fish. But when they were made available to the Master, amazing things happened. One of the messages that we glean from the story is the importance of giving what we possess to the Lord.
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Rose Hill, 92 Years of FaithBy JEANETTE CASTLEBERRY
Rose Hill, Mineola Church Clerk 
Rose Hill Baptist Church in Mineola will celebrate its rich heritage and enduring faith during a special Homecoming Service on July 19, 2026, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
The theme for this year’s celebration is “From Then to Now: A Legacy of Faith, 92 Years,” honoring the church›s 92 years of ministry, worship and service to the community. read more... |
BMA Seminary's Sixty-Ninth CommencementBy DR. DAVID HELLWIG, PH.D.
BMA Theological Seminary Vice President and Dean 
Nine students received a degree from the Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary of Jacksonville, Texas during commencement exercises conducted Saturday, May 16, 2026. The event occurred in the Dorman Chapel at BMA Seminary in Jacksonville.
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My Hope Is Built on What?By STEVE CRAWLEY, PH.D.
BMA Financial Executive Director 
While reading a recent blog from Rob West, president of Kingdom Advisors, he shared a story from Ron Blue that I remembered reading years ago.
Ron Blue once asked a local pastor in Kenya what most hindered the spread of the gospel. The pastor’s answer surprised him: materialism. read more... |
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Sunbeam Retreat and District ReportsBy VERA KOONCE
Texas State Sunbeam Promoter 
Have you ever been on an odyssey? It can mean a long wandering or a series of travels. It can be a literal trip or a personal challenge in learning. Our Texas State Sunbeam Odyssey will be a series of imaginary travels to meet children who lived in Bible days. It will be a personal challenge to learn how we are like those children. God can use children today, just as he did those children long ago.
Please join our Texas State Sunbeam Odyssey on July 11 from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Rosewood, Gilmer. Our meeting will overlap with the Liberty District WMA and GMA meeting. We have a full day planned! read more... |
The Master’s Builders Build an ArkBy NELDA MALONE
The Master's Builders Reporter 
The Master’s Builders began work on job #199 on May 4 at Camp Garwood, Missouri. Camp Garwood is just east of Van Buren, Missouri. Van Buren is located on the Current River in a beautiful Ozark Mountain setting. It was so good to see Camp Director Chris Polk (pastor of Matthews Missionary Baptist Church) and his wife Laura again. The Master’s Builders worked at Camp Garwood last April for the first time and helped build a 20 by 60-foot building for a nurses’ station with living quarters on one side and two additional living quarters on the other side for prophet/evangelist quarters. This building also serves as the registration and check-in for the camp and was well used last camp season.
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SOAR
WHEN: July 1-3, 2026 WHERE: Embassy Suites Hotel, Norman, Oklahoma 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 |
PASTOR—Hubbard Chapel, Quitman is seeking a bi-vocational pastor. Send resume to Bill Smart, [email protected]. Call 903-593-2123 for more information. The church is located at FM 778 and CR 2590, near Quitman.
PASTOR—Cross Roads, Winnsboro is seeking a pastor. Send resume to Charles Busby, 1314 CR 4870, Winnsboro, Tx 75494 or call 903-629-3609. PASTOR—Caney Baptist Church, Streetman is seeking a full-time/bi-vocational pastor. Send resume to Bobby Bonner, PO Box 25, Fairfield, Texas 75840 or [email protected]. Call 903-390-3372 for more information. The church is located at 438 FM 833W, Streetman, Texas 75859. PASTOR—Old Home Baptist Church, Joaquin is seeking a full-time pastor. Call Ricky Martin at 936-280-9743 for more information. PASTOR—Bethel Missionary Baptist, Springtown is seeking a bi-vocational pastor. Send resume to [email protected] or by mail to Bethel Missionary Baptist, P.O. Box 8, Springtown, Texas 76082. Call 817-220-4238 for more information. PASTOR—Eighth Avenue, Teague is seeking a full-time/bi-vocational pastor. Send resume to [email protected] or by mail to Eighth Avenue, 201 S 8th Ave., Teague, Texas 75860. YOUTH MINISTRY LEADER—First, Palmer is seeking a full-time youth ministry leader. For more information, email Pastor Gary Southard at [email protected]. YOUTH PASTOR—Soda Baptist, Livingston is seeking a part-time youth pastor. Send resume to Pastor Michael Battenfield at [email protected] or by mail to Soda Baptist Church, 8135 US HWY 190 E, Livingston, TX 77351. Call 501-253-5830 for more information. |
CHRIS PRICE is the new pastor at Bethel Baptist, Orange.
RICHARD KOONS is the new pastor at First Missionary, Terrell. |
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