Atheist student groups flower on college campuses
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The sign sits propped on a wooden chair, inviting all comers: "Ask an Atheist." Whenever a student gets within a few feet, Anastasia Bodnar waves and smiles, trying to make a good first impression before eyes drift...
FIRST-PERSON: 'Blind Side' one of the best of the year
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP)--The key words in John 3:16, for the purpose of this article, are "world" and "whosoever." Those two words indicate that God finds value in each person. So God bless those who understand that each...
FIRST-PERSON: Your tax dollars, funding abortion
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WASHINGTON (BP)--It will be a while before we know all that Senate majority leader Harry Reid is proposing in the name of health care reform in his "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," which exceeds 2,000 pages...
LIFE DIGEST: 40 Days for Life reports more than 580 unborn babies saved
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The 40 Days for Life campaign reported more than 580 unborn children were saved and eight abortion clinic workers left the business by the close of the initiative Nov. 1.In the waning days of this...
FIRST-PERSON: The AP 'goes rogue'
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!P>ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP)--I don't know which frustrates me more: hypocritical politicians -- Democrats and Republicans - who are more concerned about their own power than their constituents concerns, or liberal members...
Bingo machines illegal, Ala. high court rules
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP)--The Alabama Supreme Court dealt the state's electronic bingo gambling industry a severe blow Nov. 13 when it ruled that so-called "electronic bingo machines" are in fact an illegal form of...
Alabama affirms CP, adopts $46M budget
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (BP)--Messengers to the Alabama Baptist State Convention affirmed the effectiveness of cooperative missions and adopted a $46 million 2010 Cooperative Program budget during their annual meeting, Nov....
Reaching the Berbers of North Africa
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering supplements Cooperative Program giving to support more than 5,600 Southern Baptist missionaries as they share the Gospel overseas. This year's offering goal is $175...
WORLDVIEW: A tale of five cities
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Visit "WorldView Conversation," the blog related to this column, at http://worldviewconversation.blogspot.com/RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--My son wants to go to school next year in New York City.In midtown...
Fruitful second chance in Jakarta
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EDITOR'S NOTE: To view a video about followers of Christ in Jakarta, go to www.commissionstories.com/stories/421.JAKARTA, Indonesia (BP)--On the day she almost died, Betty* began to live.The young Indonesian Muslim...
Their vision: Jakarta a city of God
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The following stories about Jakarta, Indonesia, are the final installment in "A Tale of Five Cities," a series about the challenge of reaching an increasingly urban world with the Gospel. To view a video...
'Manhattan Declaration' commits to engage culture
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WASHINGTON (BP)--A diverse group of Christian leaders joined together Nov. 20 to declare a commitment to defend the sanctity of human life, biblical marriage and religious liberty without compromise.In a 4,700-word...
Christian leaders issue 'call of conscience'
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More than 150 Christian leaders, most of them conservative evangelicals and traditionalist Roman Catholics, issued a joint declaration Friday reaffirming their opposition to abortion and gay marriage and pledging to...
FIRST-PERSON: ENDA VS. religious liberty
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DALLAS (BP)--Could the United States government think of any more ways to control businesses in this country? It is already a major owner of over 600 financial institutions, two automakers and an international insurance...
CP VIEWS: My two cents' worth
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MADISON, Ind. (BP)--Many Southern Baptists are watching from a distance as the Great Commission Task Force goes about its work. As comments from the formal listening sessions, buzz in the blogosphere, and published...
CP VIEWS: Cooperating for missions
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ZACHARY, La. (BP)--For more than 80 years, the Southern Baptist Convention has relied upon a common methodology we call the Cooperative Program (CP) to fund its entities, ministries and missions. The Cooperative Program...
Churches become 'Missionary Encouragers'
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WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (BP)--One catalyst for transforming ordinary churchgoers into mobilized, on-mission Christians is a personal connection with a missionary.Friendship Baptist Church in Warner Robins, Ga., made that...
Northwest Baptists welcome 13 churches
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TACOMA, Wash. (BP)--Northwest Baptist Convention messengers elected a Washington pastor as president, approved a $5.85 million budget for ministry needs in 2010 and welcomed 13 churches into affiliation during their...
La. Baptists express CP support
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SHREVEPORT, La. (BP)--Missions and the Cooperative Program took center stage at the Louisiana Baptist Convention's 62nd annual meeting, Nov. 9-10 at Summer Grove Baptist Church in Shreveport.The meeting was preceded by...
Suit: D.C. voters should have say on 'gay marriage'
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The nation's capital appears poised to become the sixth jurisdiction in the U.S. to legalize "gay marriage" unless a lawsuit succeeds in calling for citizens to be allowed to have a say.At issue is the...
Senate health care bill unacceptable, pro-lifers say
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WASHINGTON (BP)--The newly unveiled Senate health-care bill has the same problem the House of Representatives version did before it was amended, pro-life advocates say --- it authorizes federal funds for abortions in a...
FIRST-PERSON: An example of giving thanks
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GAINESVILLE, Ga. (BP)--The American national holiday of Thanksgiving is near, and it is during this time that people often reflect on the year and the blessings they have received. The Scriptures provide many examples...
BGCT reduces budget, sees 1,917 decisions
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HOUSTON (BP)--Messengers to the 2009 annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, meeting Nov. 16-17 in Houston, adopted a reduced budget for the second consecutive year and celebrated 1,917 professions of...
Ill. Baptists emphasize church planting
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP)--Illinois Baptists welcomed 18 congregations into membership and focused on starting new churches during the 103rd annual meeting of the Illinois Baptist State Association Nov. 11-12 at the Crowne...
Ronnie Floyd holds Q&A session on GCR
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (BP)--More than 50 Illinois Baptists gathered Nov. 10 for a question-and-answer session with the chairman of a national task force studying how the Southern Baptist Convention can be more effective in...
Polls: Most oppose abortion in health care bill
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!P>WASHINGTON (BP)--In news that may boost efforts by pro-lifers in Congress, two new polls show solid majorities of Americans oppose federal funding of abortion in the heath care bill.The polls by CNN and CBS News come...
Iranian converts freed, still face charges
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WASHINGTON (BP)--Two Iranian women who are converts to Christianity were released Nov. 18 after being held in Tehran's notorious Evin Prison since March 5.Marzieh Amirizadeh, 30, and Maryam Rostampour, 27, were released...
Exodus opposes Uganda's proposed anti-gay law
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ORLANDO, Fla. (BP)--Exodus International has sent a letter to Uganda's president, expressing concern over legislation that would prosecute homosexual behavior and would require pastors, missionaries, health care...
Bishops discuss authority over Catholic colleges
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Fallout continues from the summer controversy over the University of Notre Dame awarding an honorary degree to President Barack Obama, who supports abortion rights. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops went behind...
'Holy hip-hop' trying to break into mainstream
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Terverius Black believes in hip-hop gospel so much he sold his first home to get the money needed to start his Christian-themed entertainment company. It was a risky move, but the 34-year-old entrepreneur believes the...
Religion News in Brief
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Former megachurch pastor Ted Haggard said he will continue to hold weekly prayer meetings at his home, three years after he was ousted from the church he founded amid a scandal involving a male prostitute and drug use. ...
Report: Homosexuality no factor in abusive priests
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A preliminary report commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops on the roots of the clergy sex abuse scandal found no evidence that gay priests are more likely than heterosexual clergy to molest children, the...
FIRST-PERSON: Health care & moral schizophrenia
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"The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing."...
FBC Dallas launches $130M build campaign
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DALLAS (BP)--First Baptist Church in Dallas has launched a $130 million fundraising campaign to build a new 1.5 million square foot facility in what one church fundraising expert is calling the largest church building...
Calif. Baptists involve CBU students
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FRESNO, Calif. (BP)--Harmony and heritage were emphasized at the annual meeting of the California Southern Baptist Convention, Nov. 10-11 Magnolia Avenue Baptist Church in Riverside.Under the theme "For the Generations...
Nev. Baptists add 7 churches
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LAS VEGAS (BP)--The Nevada Baptist Convention welcomed seven new affiliated congregations and transitioned to a one-day meeting format at its 31st annual meeting at Spring Valley Baptist Church in Las Vegas.Thane...
Penn-Jersey Baptists celebrate missions
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BUSHKILL, Pa. (BP)--With the theme "'Til the Whole World Knows," the annual meeting of the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey at Fernwood Hotel & Resort in Bushkill, Pa., Nov. 5-6 was marked by a tribute to...
Tenn. Baptists honor James Porch
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JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)--Messengers to the 135th annual meeting of the Tennessee Baptist Convention recognized the ministry and leadership of James Porch, who has served as executive director of the convention since 1992...
SBCV adopts long-range plan
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NORFOLK, Va. (BP)--The Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia approved a long-range strategic plan at their annual meeting at First Baptist Church in Norfolk.More than 1,000 people, including 753 messengers and 308...
Drive begins to reverse Calif. Prop 8
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (BP)--Supporters of "gay marriage" in California began collecting signatures Nov. 16 for a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask voters next year to overturn Proposition 8.If successful,...
Somali extremists' toll reaches 13
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WASHINGTON (BP)--A 13th Christian leader in Somalia has been killed by Islamic extremists, according to the Washington-based human rights organization International Christian Concern.As reported by ICC in a Nov. 16 news...
True Love Waits, True Love Stays grow worldwide
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A little more than two years after launching an initiative to expand True Love Waits throughout Africa, more than 15,500 True Love Waits presentations have been made to African youth, and nearly...
Catholic bishops say gay marriage hurts society
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The nation's Roman Catholic bishops have affirmed that the church defines marriage between one man and one woman, and sex is meant for procreation. The pastoral letter was issued Tuesday in Baltimore by the U.S....
Bishops assert moral duty in health care debate
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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops defended their involvement in the health care debate, saying Monday that church leaders have a duty to the nation and God to raise moral concerns on any issue, including on...
FIRST-PERSON: Boys wearing skirts to school and sexual sanity
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--"Clothes are never a frivolity -- they always mean something." Thus spoke James Laver, a famous costume designer and interpreter of fashion. He is right, of course. Clothes always mean something,...
Hospitalized 7th-grader shares his faith
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--Sandra Flaherty's son, Michael, was about halfway into a seven-week-long rehabilitation regimen at a Boston hospital when he received a surprise present from fellow church members: a Nintendo...
Single mom & son buoyed by their church
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--To Sandra Flaherty, her church has always felt like family. But after members rallied to help when a rare disease struck her son, she feels like she has seen God in action.Among the numerous tasks...
Next Sherwood film to spotlight fatherhood
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Originally posted Sunday, Nov. 15.ALBANY, Ga. (BP)--The movie-making church that filmed "Fireproof" and "Facing the Giants" announced its next release Sunday night -- "Courageous," a movie about fatherhood that the...
IMB appoints 55 despite financial hardship
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SHREVEPORT, La. (BP)--Despite the rocky economy and a red-line budget, International Mission Board trustees took a step of faith Nov. 10 when they celebrated the appointment of 55 new missionaries at Summer Grove...
Disaster relief still needed in Amer. Samoa
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PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (BP)--Southern Baptist disaster relief work continues on American Samoa, seven weeks after an earthquake -- measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale -- struck the South Pacific island, triggering a...