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By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor The recent burnings of several Alabama Baptist churches called to mind an occasion a few years ago when a couple of young people set a fire at a church construction site in St. Louis. Damage was limited, and the youngsters

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Windermere hearing delayed again

February 21, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

Jefferson City — A hearing on a request for a preliminary injunction against Windermere Baptist Conference Center has been delayed two more weeks. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brown granted a continuance in the Missouri Baptist Convention's request for injunction on Feb. 15, the

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University Heights interprets MBC action will exclude their church

February 21, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate EditorMembers of University Heights Baptist Church, Springfield, have officially recognized the possibility that the congregation may no longer be considered a cooperating Missouri Baptist Convention church.In an open letter adopted on Jan. 25, members cited messenger action at the 2005

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Rocking babies in retirement

February 21, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

By Patricia Mora, Word&Way CorrespondentHoward Crain retired to a rocking chair in 1980 and seldom leaves it — except to warm a bottle. For 26 years, Howard, 80, and his wife, Benette, 75, have cared for infants in their small Independence home. "This is number

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Singles offer churches outreach suggestions

February 21, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

When it comes to singles' ministries, what do the men and women involved really want from the church? Several Missouri singles offered some responses: ”¢ Mostly the programming in churches, and rightly so, is geared toward families. At times,

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Civil rights matriarchs

February 9, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor In a little more than three months, the world lost the matriarchs of a civil rights revolution in America. Rosa Parks, 92, who almost 50 years earlier kept her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus in a stand for justice,

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CBF of Missouri will seek broad input

February 9, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

Jefferson City — The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri soon will seek input from a broader base of individuals with ties to it.Members of CBFMO's Coordinating Council Jan. 28 approved a plan to develop an advisory group. The advisory group would assist with growth, development

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Former POW reaches out to others

February 9, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate Editor"If anyone had asked me 10 years ago what I would be doing, I would never have guessed I'd be doing this," Gerald Harvey of Sedalia declared.But Harvey sees his role as national commander of the American Ex-Prisoners of War

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Judge grants continuance in injunction request against Windermere

February 6, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

By Vicki Brown, Word&Way Associate EditorJefferson City — Cole County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Brown granted a continuance in the Missouri Baptist Convention's request for a preliminary injunction against Windermere Baptist Conference Center.MBC attorney Charles Hatfield requested the delay for the hearing that had been

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Racial reconciliation is God’s work

January 27, 2006

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor It was appropriate that Baptist civil-rights champion Foy Valentine was laid to rest and remembered during the month when the nation focuses on racial reconciliation. Southern Baptists had no greater champion in that arena than the former president of the

Opportunities out of ashes

Windermere hearing delayed again

University Heights interprets MBC action will exclude their church

Rocking babies in retirement

Singles offer churches outreach suggestions

Civil rights matriarchs

CBF of Missouri will seek broad input

Former POW reaches out to others

Judge grants continuance in injunction request against Windermere

Racial reconciliation is God’s work

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