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Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas, Buckner Firman Pacto Misionero
[caption id="attachment_4899" align="alignright" width="500" caption="Líderes de la Convención Bautista Hispana de Texas y Buckner Internacional se reunieron el 12 de enero en las oficinas de Buckner para...
Hispanic Baptist Convention, Buckner Sign Missions Covenant
By Russ DildayBuckner News ServiceDALLAS -- Leaders of the Hispanic Baptist Convention of Texas and Buckner International met Jan. 12 at the Buckner ministry offices to sign...
First Person Perspective: Unspoken Joy
My third week in Peru, my team and I served the community of Pamplona at a Buckner Community Transformation Center. I had only been in Peru for...
Buckner Missions now accepting applications for Project Go 2012
Summer may seem like a far-off dream right now for many young people who have been so unceremoniously yanked from the leisurely days of Christmas break back...
Buckner International, Urban League Preventing HIV in South Dallas
By Diamond RichardsonBuckner InternationalDALLAS – Participants in HIV prevention education classes held at Buckner International’s Simari Ridge Community Resource Center graduated from the program in a ceremony...
DFW community programs kids slam dunks with Mavericks
By Chelsea QuackenbushDALLAS – Most kids dream of being able to see their favorite athletes play games against big-time rivals from courtside seats. Some would die just...
Beaumont Couple Honored As Foster Parents of the Year
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalBEAUMONT - Fifteen years of foster parenting paid off with a Region V Foster Parents of the Year award for Monica and Ivory Garrett,...
‘I Held Her First’ – Buckner Alum’s story comes full-circle
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalBEAUMONT - Dave “Daddy Dave” Bleakley first met Amelia by chance at a Buckner Children’s Village reunion in Beaumont. Two-week-old Amelia was the youngest...
Buckner mourns “Mr. Camp Buckner” after more than 20 years of service
REPRINTED from the Daily Cities River TribuneMARBLE FALLS, Texas — Friends and family mourning the unexpected death of “Mr. Camp Buckner,” Jerry Ratliff, remembered him as a...
Creative Confections Benefit Beaumont Children
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalBEAUMONT – Each year, Buckner staff in Beaumont think they’ve “seen it all” in the world of gingerbread houses, but every December, competitors...