by Chelsie Hoard | Oct 17, 2018 | Focus Initiatives
Focus Initiative Hear Their Cry A collaboration between Dallas Baptist Association and Texas Baptists “The Lord hears His people when they call to Him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.” Psalm 34:17 (NLT) Engage in the prevention, intervention, and...
by Chelsie Hoard | Oct 3, 2017 | Children, Focus Initiatives, Orphans and Vulnerable Children
Focus Initiative Vulnerable Children Answer God’s call to His church to care for our orphaned and vulnerable children (James 1:27). Does your church have an effective child protection policy? It should. More information. Collect fast food gift cards for...
by James Pendergrast | Oct 3, 2017 | Adult Discipleship, Focus Initiatives
Focus Initiative Multiplying Discipleship Answer God’s call to His church to make disciples who make disciples (Matthew 28:18-20) “Disciple making is what Jesus’ disciples do. It seems like a prescription. Others might call it a path of obedience. If the path is...
by Chelsie Hoard | Jan 24, 2017 | Focus Initiatives, Food Security
FollowFollowFollowFollow Please don’t hate me, but I don’t like football. Or, perhaps it’s more accurate to say that I just don’t care anything about it. I wasn’t particularly crushed when the Cowboys lost their first playoff game. When...
by Scott Coleman | Sep 5, 2016 | Adult Discipleship, Focus Initiatives
“Go ye, therefore, and make disciples…” Not “make converts.” Not “plant churches.” Disciples. Students. Followers. Though we might each use different words, we’d probably agree that a disciple is at least someone whose is continually seeking to respond to Jesus’s...
by Jana Jackson | Apr 13, 2016 | Family and Community, Focus Initiatives, Food Security
Are there really hungry people in Dallas? Yes. In Dallas County, 1 in 5 people are food insecure. That means that more than 400,000 of our neighbors lack consistent access to healthy food. Food insecurity rates are highest in families headed by single mothers and...
