DALLAS (BP)--GuideStone Financial Resources has launched its new "Preparing for Retirement" webpage to assist participants' with their planning needs.

DALLAS (BP)--On Monday, Pastor Jeremiah Wright had the following exchange with the moderator at the National Press Club:

DALLAS (BP)--A college student I know spent spring break in Panama City, Fla. "It was not my venue," she told me afterwards. "Next year, I'll do a mission trip."

DALLAS (BP)--A rumor that Criswell College, started in 1975 by First Baptist Church of Dallas, would become part of nearby Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary was laid to rest by the college's trustees during their regularly scheduled board...

DALLAS (BP)--Southern Baptist churches are catching a vision of taking the Gospel to people groups that have never heard -- even when there is no missionary to help them, International Mission Board trustees were told during their April 7-9...

DALLAS (BP)--A recent Washington Post column has blogosphere feminists a little upset.

DALLAS (BP)--Nearly half of all Americans take at least one maintenance prescription drug, but studies show that changes to lifestyle -- especially diet and exercise -- can improve some conditions to the point of eliminating the need for...

DALLAS (BP)--At the midpoint for the 2008 Compensation Survey for Southern Baptist churches, more than 6,000 ministers and staff members have completed the online questionnaire.

DALLAS (BP)--During the last few months we have seen significant volatility in the financial markets. Staying the course in a roller coaster market can be a major challenge.

DALLAS (BP)--John McCain sealed the Republican nomination March 4 in part by drawing evangelical votes from Mike Huckabee, while Democrat Hillary Clinton gave her campaign a much-needed boost by winning three of four primary states against rival...

DALLAS (BP)--GuideStone Financial Resources President O.S. Hawkins highlighted the Southern Baptist entity's servant role in his remarks during the Feb. 25-26 meeting of GuideStone's trustees in Dallas.

DALLAS (BP)--Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Barack Obama picked up the endorsement of The Dallas Morning News Sunday, giving them some momentum heading into Tuesday's primary and caucuses in Texas.

DALLAS (BP)--Ministers can find help in preparing their 2007 federal income tax returns from GuideStone Financial Resource's annual Ministers Tax Guide.

DALLAS (BP)--Have you noticed how complicated food is these days? Trying to select an item in a grocery store or restaurant can prove to be quite a head-scratching experience, especially if you are trying to choose a healthier option.

DALLAS (BP)--Randel Everett, senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Newport News, Va., was elected executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas Feb. 26.

DALLAS (BP)--Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee still has high hopes of winning Texas a week from Tuesday, but he's not above poking fun at what a few Republican observers see as an overextended stay in the race.

DALLAS (BP)--I thought I'd do a green column this time. Something about environmental policy and the presidential race. Perhaps comparing the costs of the various global warming "fixes" being proposed by the candidates. I was merrily typing away,...

DALLAS (BP)--Virginia pastor Randel Everett has been nominated as the next executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

DALLAS (BP)--How do you counsel an abusive husband? Why should you re-evaluate a ministry every 18 months? Why do 60-year-old pastors tend to stop leading and start following? Should a pastor lead a split from a church? How do you find and attract...

DALLAS (BP)--Checking the nutrition labels on food packaging is an important tool in determining the nutritional value of what we eat. But it's not always easy deciphering those charts with their fine print, percentages and abbreviations.

DALLAS (BP)--Pro-life voters are being pressured to sacrifice, or somehow downplay, their pro-life convictions in the current presidential race. The argument goes something like: There is little a president can do to limit abortion.

DALLAS (BP)--Anthony Henry's eyes are fixed on reaching Phoenix for Super Bowl XLII, but his thoughts are never far from the Florida resort town of Fort Myers. His old stomping grounds, however, never make any of the travel brochures.

DALLAS (BP)--The 2008 Compensation Survey for Southern Baptist churches, a joint effort of Baptist state conventions, LifeWay Christian Resources and GuideStone Financial Resources, is now online at www.LifeWay.com/compensationsurvey. All...

DALLAS (BP)--Southern Baptist Theological Seminary President R. Albert Mohler Jr. provides "the kind of visionary leader Southern Baptists need to communicate a missional conservatism and biblical clarity to the world," stated Robert Jeffress,...

DALLAS (BP)--Early in December, I visited my daughter at college. Spread across her floor was a project she was working on for an elementary education class.

DALLAS (BP)--It's not too early to begin thinking about the 2007 tax filing season. A survey for the 2006 tax season found that two in five Americans procrastinate when it comes to filing their tax return. Whether you are an early or late...

DALLAS (BP)--According to the Associated Press, the deranged man who murdered people at the Youth With A Mission center in Denver and then at New Life Church in Colorado Springs left a message, one apparently borrowed from the Columbine murderers....

DALLAS (BP)--Gun-wielding robbers entered First Baptist Church of Dallas Thanksgiving night and bound three security guards with rope while they stole eight plasma televisions valued at $5,000 and a cell phone from one of the guards.

DALLAS (BP)--Some people get sick of talking about the homosexual agenda. But we have to.

DALLAS (BP)--GuideStone Financial Resources President O.S. Hawkins provided trustees a progress report during their meeting Nov. 6-7 on initiatives related to GuideStone 90, the first phase of GuideStone's long-range strategic plan, GuideStone 100.

DALLAS (BP)--I had my annual check-up recently. From the look on my internist's face when he entered the examining room, well ... if it had not been a year since I had seen him, I would have thought he was going to tell me I had a dreaded disease.

DALLAS (BP)--Gary Cook, president of Dallas Baptist University since 1988, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia Oct. 12 and was hospitalized immediately to undergo chemotherapy treatments.

DALLAS (BP)--"Overexposed" is a word that comes to mind when considering young celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Richie. We see too much coverage of them in the news and not enough coverage on their bodies....

DALLAS (BP)--No one likes to be labeled, but I am of the Baby Boomer Generation, born from 1946 to 1964. (You can just assume I am really close to the 1964 end of the spectrum.) We are mostly suburban kids who grew up watching "The Mickey Mouse...

DALLAS (BP)--The Associated Press reported Aug. 21 that one in four adults did not read a single book last year, according to a new poll.

DALLAS (BP)--The divide between working and stay-at-home mothers has always been over-hyped. The term "mommy wars" doesn't really describe the way mothers relate to one another. In fact, it never created the stir feminists expected and serves...

DALLAS (BP)--First Baptist Church in Dallas elected Robert Jeffress as its newest senior pastor Aug. 12 at the end of a service that filled the sanctuary and multiple overflow areas.

DALLAS (BP)--The pastoral search committee for First Baptist Church in Dallas Aug. 5 recommended the congregation's next pastor be Robert Jeffress, current pastor of First Baptist Church in Wichita Falls, Texas.

DALLAS (BP)--Southern Baptists have a love/hate relationship with statistics.

DALLAS (BP)--The MyDestination Funds launched earlier this year by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention provide an asset allocation that keeps an investor's portfolio mix in balance, an especially important feature...