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Vt. flooding: ‘All hands on deck’ in relief

Vermont Baptists are helping their neighbors with shovels and the love of Christ while Southern Baptist Disaster Relief gears up for a major response in the flood-stricken state.... Continue Reading »

CP: 2.10% below previous year’s pace

As of Aug. 31, gifts received by the Executive Committee for distribution through the Cooperative Program Allocation Budget totaled $174,475,554.89, or $3,742,859.11 behind the $178,218,414.00 received at the end of August 2010.... Continue Reading »

Discipleship fuels church’s global reach

Discipleship is the priority at First Baptist Church in Columbia, Ill., and discipleship fuels the church"s passion for cooperative world missions and giving through the Southern Baptist Convention"s Cooperative Program.... Continue Reading »

China releases 5 house church leaders

Chinese Christians rejoiced at the release of five house church leaders from labor camp, only to hear shortly thereafter on Aug. 30 that an opponent of forced abortion will be sent to a prison built specifically for him.... Continue Reading »

Komen, Planned Parenthood ties scrutinized

Affiliates of Susan G. Komen for the Cure continue to give money to Planned Parenthood, the country"s leading abortion provider, and those grants have prompted Roman Catholic bishops in Ohio to order their dioceses" institutions to no longer raise... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Roots, trees and you

Think of a Bible verse about money -- just anything that pops into your head. Odds are pretty good you landed on "For the love of money is a root of all evil" (1 Timothy 6:10).... Continue Reading »

Texas sonogram law blocked by U.S. judge

A federal district judge has blocked enforcement of a Texas law passed in May requiring women seeking abortions to undergo a sonogram at least 24 hours prior to the procedure and to hear the baby"s heartbeat and a description... Continue Reading »

Abortion clinic regs drafted in Va.

Abortion rights advocates have taken aim at draft regulations released by the Virginia Department of Health for a new law requiring abortion clinics to abide by the standards expected of hospitals.... Continue Reading »

FROM THE SEMINARIES: Convocations at GGBTS, MBTS, SEBTS, SBTS

Today"s "From the Seminaries" relays reports of fall convocations as written and edited from four of the Southern Baptist Convention"s six seminaries -- Golden Gate, Midwestern, Southeastern and Southern.... Continue Reading »

TECHNOLOGY: Attention techies & creatives

Through Creative Missions, his goal is to help churches remove the barriers for outsiders looking in and help churches be effective communicators of the Gospel.... Continue Reading »

Indian and American students reach this generation

Small groups of young men and women gathered around the shopping mall's decorative palm trees, deep in conversation. Curious onlookers leaned over the railing to listen in on the stories of gods ? and God ? that wafted back... Continue Reading »

7-night revival meeting turns into 7 weeks

Second Church in Great Falls (Chester Association) began its annual seven-day revival on June 26. Forty-nine days later, on Aug. 14, the meetings finally ended, but only so that the church could get on with the business of discipling... Continue Reading »