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More than half of Somalia's population ? roughly 3.7 million people, including 400,000 children ? is at risk as Somalia enters the fourth month of a devastating famine. The famine, coupled with military unrest and anarchy in parts of... Continue Reading »

?Your dog lives better than my daughter and I do,? Lu Wei Hong* says. She isn't angry; she's just stating the facts. My dog has daily access to nutritious food and clean water and sleeps in a bed in... Continue Reading »

Housed in this maximum security unit, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary"s new bachelor"s degree in biblical studies gives inmates the opportunity to experience life transformation through studying the Bible as well as share that transformation with others.... Continue Reading »

This is the second article that R. Albert Mohler Jr. has written on denials by some scholars of a historical Adam and Eve as the first parents of all humanity and as the solitary first human pair.... Continue Reading »

A bill repealing New Hampshire"s gay "marriage" law passed a House subcommittee by a vote of 3-1 Wednesday, potentially putting the state on track to becoming the first one to repeal such a law via the legislature.... Continue Reading »

GuideStone Funds, launched just 15 days before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has prospered through a turbulent decade that included two recessions and a national financial crisis.... Continue Reading »

Today"s From the States features items from:
Hawaii Pacific Baptist
Louisiana Baptist Message
Lexington Baptist Church (South Carolina)
Penn-Jersey Baptist
Storm Lake Pilot Tribune (Iowa)

Mission team finds sharing gospel
in Korea as simple as learning ABC
By Staff

HONOLULU, Hawaii (Hawaii Pacific Baptist).... Continue Reading »

>A major supporter of legalizing marijuana in California says a pro-pot ballot initiative likely won"t make it on the ballot in 2012 because there is not enough money behind it.... Continue Reading »

Protestant pastors overwhelmingly agree government should not attempt to regulate pastors" sermons through re-evaluation of a church"s tax exemptions, according to a new survey by LifeWay Research.... Continue Reading »

Those who either love or despise former President Bush need to understand that Perry should be neither accepted nor rejected based on their opinion of Bush.... Continue Reading »

Since launching background checks"in 2008, more than 1,656 different churches or organizations have conducted 25,470 background checks.... Continue Reading »

Launched at June"s year"s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Phoenix, the Embrace initiative represents a radical addition to Southern Baptists" traditional missionary-sending model and an ambitious goal for the denomination"s 46,000 churches: a lifetime commitment to "do whatever... Continue Reading »