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Tuesday | MyFoxAtlanta

Southern Baptists sending aid to tornado victims

Southern Baptists in metro Atlanta are doing their part to help victims of the devastating tornado in Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Religion, Moore, OK

Tuesday | Florida Baptist Witness

Page, Land letters oppose Scout proposal

NASHVILLE - Southern Baptist leaders Frank Page and Richard Land have written letters expressing strong opposition to a proposal that would leave in place the prohibition on homosexual Scout leaders but would allow youth who identify as gay to join.

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Related Topix: Religion, Gay/Lesbian, Human Sexuality, Colorado Springs, CO

Mon May 20, 2013

Florida Baptist Witness

This is Our Time provokes classic questions

ROLE Erin Bethea, known for her starring role in Fireproof, plays in This Is Our Time, a provoctive movie about choices and calling.

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Related Topix: Fireproof, Religion, Albany, GA

Fri May 17, 2013

World Magazine

Campbellsville outcast

To some observers, Jarvis Williams would seem to be the ideal tenure-track professor.

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Related Topix: Campbellsville University, Religion, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Cedarville University, Louisiana College, Kentucky

Thu May 16, 2013

The Washington Post

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The Muslim Brotherhood may be atrocious , but the secular opposition might not be hopeless as some thought.

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Related Topix: Muslim Brotherhood, Immigration Reform, Religion, George Bush, US Politics, Senator Marco Rubio, US News, US Senate, Republican, Sports

Tue May 14, 2013

Florida Baptist Witness

Point of View: Call to Prayer: Praying for our seminaries

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Related Topix: Blog News, Religion

Florida Baptist Witness

SBC president says U.S. at immigration crossroads

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. -- As support for immigration reform continues to grow among Southern Baptists and other evangelical Christians, Frank Page said in a recent speech that the U.S. stands "at a crossroad of opportunity" for dealing justly with the nation's undocumented immigrants.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Travelers Rest, SC, Religion, US News, Illegal Immigration, George Bush, W.

Florida Baptist Witness

Patterson called - modern-day Martin Luther' in festschrift dedication

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Related Topix: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, Religion

Mon May 13, 2013

The Huffington Post

Church-Based Boy Scouts Alternatives Attract Interest

The CSB Ministries is not connected to a particular denomination and is not as outdoors-oriented as the BSA, but it has a "Shape N Race Derby" that resembles the Scouts' Pinewood Derby races.

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Related Topix: Service, MS

Salt Lake Tribune

As gay vote looms, church-based Scouting alternatives draw interest

Founded by the Salvation Army in the 1980s, Adventure Corps includes about 1,300 units of boys from grades 1-8. The program focuses on teamwork, leadership and Christian fellowship.

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Deseret News

Growing number of congregations changing name to shed baggage

After 87 years, the University Baptist Church of Coral Gables, Fla., recently shed its name for something it felt was more forward looking - Christ Journey.

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Related Topix: Coral Gables, FL, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Religion

Florida Baptist Witness

Directors of Missions' focus: - Missional Living'

HOUSTON - "Missional Living" will be the theme of the Southern Baptist Conference of Associational Directors of Missions annual meeting, June 8-10 at Houston's Second Baptist Church.

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Related Topix: Religion, South Carolina

Florida Baptist Witness

Ethnic ministries anticipate Houston meetings

HOUSTON - Eugene McCormick, president of the Black Denominational Servants Network and a strategist with the Florida Baptist Convention's African American church development team, said strengthening the network's membership base is a top priority.

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Related Topix: Houston, TX, African-American, Canada, Religion, San Jose (Jacksonville, FL)

Florida Baptist Witness

Seminaries set luncheons for Houston SBC

HOUSTON - Alumni and friends of Southern Baptists' six seminaries will gather Wednesday, June 12, in Houston to hear updates from their respective schools and renew their friendships.

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Related Topix: Religion, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA

Fri May 10, 2013

Detroit News

Southern Baptists hope to expand influence by planting churches in New England

Pastor Tom Cabral of Redemption Fellowship in Fall River, Mass., talks about his church to a driver waiting at an intersection for the traffic light to turn green.

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Related Topix: Religion, Fall River, MA

Thu May 09, 2013

Wall Street Journal

The Pentagon's Problem with Proselytizing

In early April, Army Reserve soldiers in Pennsylvania were told in a redeployment briefing that evangelical Christians and Roman Catholics were "extremists," the same category as al Qaeda.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Navy, US Marine Corps, Religion, Opinion

Wed May 08, 2013

Christianity Today

Southern Baptists End Investigation of Theology Professors at...

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Related Topix: Religion, Blog News, Campbellsville University

News Observer

Southern Baptists' name change seeks to shed historical baggage

It was following the lede of First Baptist Church of Perrine, Fla., which dropped the name it had held for 89 years in favor of Christ Fellowship.

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Related Topix: Religion, Coral Gables, FL, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Pembroke Pines, FL

Tue May 07, 2013

Christianity Today

How Missionaries Are Changing Medicine

Mississippi pediatrician Hannah Gay has done something never accomplished before: She has apparently cured a baby born with the AIDS virus .

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Related Topix: Pediatrics, Medicine, Religion

Mon May 06, 2013

The Tennessean

Baptist leaders worry about religious freedom in military

Two Southern Baptist leaders said Monday that they reject conspiracy theories that the U.S. military will punish Christian soliders who share their faith.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Conspiracy Theory, Religion