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Labor Day no holiday for Baptist volunteers

Published on September 7, 2011

Labor Day was no picnic or holiday for dozens of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) volunteers and leaders involved in responses to flooding along the East Coast and in North Dakota and to raging wildfires across Texas.... Continue Reading »

Africa famine & unrest: ‘disaster on a disaster’

Published on September 6, 2011

However, Somalia"s independent spirit has been shaken: Miniscule rainfall in two consecutive rainy seasons has triggered the worst drought the Horn of Africa has faced in 60 years.... Continue Reading »

A Chinese woman’s poverty, an American woman’s heart

Published on September 6, 2011

This Chinese woman and her preteen daughter rent one room in a coal-blackened neighborhood, where they have no kitchen and cannot even boil water to drink.... Continue Reading »

After Irene: Baptist relief spans 11 states

Published on September 6, 2011

Twelve Southern Baptist Disaster Relief feeding units from seven state conventions had already cooked nearly 94,000 meals for Hurricane Irene survivors and first-responders as of Sept. 1.... Continue Reading »

Culture Digest: Church won’t sue over state’s denial of outside baptism permit;

Published on September 6, 2011

A church in Washington state has decided not to pursue legal action after the state denied it permission to hold a baptism on the state capitol"s grounds.... Continue Reading »

Christian group expels gay man, gets investigated

Published on September 6, 2011

Psalm 100, a Christian a cappella group at the University of North Carolina, struck a few dissonant chords around the Chapel Hill campus as school started when its members voted to expel a fellow singer because of his views... Continue Reading »

Football-themed Family Movie Night airs Sat.

Published on September 6, 2011

he eighth movie in the Family Movie Night initiative will air Saturday night on NBC with the broadcast of "Game Time, Tackling the Past," at 8 Eastern.... Continue Reading »

‘Utopia,’ film with Christian values, attracts A-list cast

Published on September 6, 2011

Verbose in his faith, gentle in demeanor, David Cook is an inspirational speaker, a renowned sports psychologist, and the screenwriter of the new film "Seven Days in Utopia," starring Robert Duvall and Lucas Black.... Continue Reading »

FIRST-PERSON: Roots, trees and you

Published on September 3, 2011

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 »

In Md., none ‘of us were prepared for what we saw’

Published on September 3, 2011

Extensive hurricane damage in southern Maryland has kicked Baptist disaster relief teams into overdrive.... Continue Reading »

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

Published on September 3, 2011

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

Published on September 3, 2011

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 »