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Gingerbread Charity Competition Open to Public
November 20, 2008
Proceeds to Benefit Buckner Children and Family Services of Southeast Texas (BEAUMONT, Texas) — A community-wide gingerbread house competition sponsored by the Golden Triangle Chapter of the...
GreenRidge at Buckner Villas in a ‘League of its Own’
November 11, 2008
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(AUSTIN, Texas) — A total of 133 people have submitted their deposits to live in the soon-to-be built GreenRidge at Buckner Villas retirement community...
Buckner Signs Agreement with First Mexican Baptist Church
November 6, 2008
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Buckner signed its first collaborative agreement with a Hispanic church in the Dallas area Nov. 2.“I am excited that we are...
Reasons for Giving Thanks
November 5, 2008
The Buckner Family has a lot to be thankful for this November, so we asked Buckner children, clients and staff what they are grateful for this Thanks...
Buckner Breaks Record in Service to the Mexican/U.S. Border
November 5, 2008
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner InternationalBuckner and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship are celebrating their seven-year anniversary of sending mission groups to the United States/Mexico border.The summer and spring break...
A Jewel of a Gift
November 5, 2008
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner InternationalMy Father’s House Lubbock receives $250,000 donation(LUBBOCK, Texas) — The night before Jewel Wells died, one of her best friends visited her to say...
Buckner, First Lady Dedicate New Dormitories at Guatemalan Girls’ Orphanage
November 5, 2008
By Jenny PopeBuckner International(ANTIGUA, Guatemala) — Guatemalan First Lady Wendy de Berger and other government officials gathered with staff from Buckner International Nov. 30 to celebrate the...
Ministry starts in the Sewing Room
November 5, 2008
By Carla A. RobertsonBuckner Volunteer Missionary to Kenya On our first day at the Baptist Children’s Center and at the Technical Education Center, we discovered that the...
Buckner to Aid Flood Victims in Honduras
October 28, 2008
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Buckner International will ship $7,000 worth of shoes, socks, clothes, blankets and food to families affected by the severe flooding and...
Shoes Get Souls in the Door
October 10, 2008
By Jenny Pope and Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Shoes for Orphan Souls is usually the first to tread on new soil for Buckner ministries. And whether...