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Sports Crusaders reaches young people for Christ
Last year, 239 children professed faith in Christ. Not in a revival or a church program. In fact, many of these new believers had rarely been inside a church building. The kids came to know Christ through something they love — sports.
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Association first to help build homes in El Salvador |
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By Vicki Brown
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
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Concord Baptist Association just had to go help its “family.”
Lynn Milberg, left, of Southridge Baptist Church, Jefferson City, works with a Salvadoran to lay blocks for a home in San Vicente, replacing one destroyed by torrential rain and floods.
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That’s why, when the call went out for Missouri Baptists to replace homes destroyed by floodwaters in El Salvador, the association’s team was the first to respond.
“For anyone here [in Missouri] who had been there,…it’s just like family. You knew you just needed to go help,” said Lynn Milberg, a member of Southridge Baptist Church, Jefferson City.
The association, which has worked in El Salvador since 2003, is in the third year of a three-year partnership with an area hard hit by torrential rains and mudslides caused when Hurricane Ida swept across Nicaragua in November.
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WDC declares bankruptcy filing will not stop land development |
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By Vicki Brown
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
Plans to move forward with development of land once owned by Windermere Baptist Conference Center won’t be dampened despite bankruptcy court proceedings. Windermere Development Co., owned by William R. Jester of Springfield, filed a bankruptcy petition on Jan. 14 to halt a foreclosure sale in Camden County of acreage once part of the conference center.
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Is forgiveness always appropriate for Christians? Yes, but... |
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By Vicki Brown, Word & Way
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Friday, January 29, 2010 |
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Should Christians always forgive, regardless of circumstances? Is granting forgiveness always appropriate? “Yes, but …,” four Christians who deal with the concept in different contexts responded.
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Give attention to your heart |
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By Bill Webb
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010 |
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Seventeen years ago, Uncle Jimmy received a wonderful gift as his heart deteriorated and as he began quickly to run out of time. He received a donor heart when such transplants were not nearly as common as they seem today. I've been thinking a lot lately about another victim of heart disease. My father had been disabled for several years with a heart condition when he suffered what became a lethal heart attack.
I'm thinking especially about heart disease because it is the number one killer in America, because it is a particular threat to me and to those who share my genes, and because this is American Heart Month.
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Bring hope to Haiti's hurting |
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By Bill Webb
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
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The death and carnage wreaked in Haiti by a massive earthquake has struck a compassionate chord worldwide. No one knows how many have perished nor how many more will. Initial estimates suggested more than 100,000 people have died. This 7.0 earthquake did not strike a prosperous Caribbean island. Haiti was already the most impoverished nation in the Western Hemisphere. How Word&Way readers should respond in a situation like this probably seems simple — pray, stay informed, give.
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Faith Celebration Choir of Faith Baptist Church recently wins the
St. Louis region's "How Sweet the Sound"competition, sponsored by
Verizon.
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