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By Vicki Marsh Kabat, Baylor University
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Friday, March 12, 2010 |
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FREDERICKSBURG, Va. -- Sarah Bush wrestles with big questions: Why do homelessness, hunger and poverty persist in the United States? Where can people in any of those situations turn for help? Bush, who serves as minister of congregational development at Fredericksburg Baptist Church in Fredericksburg, takes the answer to that second question personally by seeking to be the answer.
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By Robert Marus, Associated Baptist Press
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Friday, March 12, 2010 |
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- Chilean Baptists’ top leader tearfully thanked Baptist World Alliance officials March 10 for the aid and support shown to her country since its Feb. 27 earthquake -- and said that the needs and opportunities remain great in the devastated South American nation. |
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By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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BOISE, Idaho (ABP) -- Unless new charges are filed against her, the last of 10 Southern Baptist mission volunteers jailed in Haiti on suspicion of child kidnapping will have to be released, according to an expert on Haiti's legal system.
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By Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (RNS) -- A White House advisory council March 9 submitted 164 pages of recommendations on ways the federal government can partner better with faith-based groups in tackling a host of social problems, from poverty to improving interfaith relations.
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By Bob Allen, Associated Baptist Press
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to wade into what is expected to be one of the most-watched cases in the court's 2010-2011 term -- whether the privacy rights of grieving families trump the free-speech rights of a controversial Baptist church infamous for picketing military funerals to protest society's growing acceptance of homosexuality.
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By Daniel Burke, Religion News Service
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010 |
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WASHINGTON (RNS) -- President Obama has turned to a group of fresh faces -- including two Baptists -- to manage religious issues in his administration. Each of these seven people has become an essential member of what might be called Obama's “spiritual cabinet.”
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By Ken Camp, Baptist Standard
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Tuesday, March 09, 2010 |
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DALLAS -- A North Dallas church has changed its website to identify itself as inclusive of varied sexual orientations -- a move that potentially could put the church at odds with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
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