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By Bryce Chapman Missouri Baptist University On a whim, Ken Revenaugh, Missouri Baptist University vice president for business affairs, turned his car into a church parking lot after spotting a sign soliciting donors for a blood drive. That was in 1980.

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Plan while you can

April 16, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

A Web site, combined with real life events, has jolted me. The Internet site presented a three-step process on how to steal an estate! It listed over forty tips on actions an unethical criminal might take to exercise undue influence over others (especially

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Theologian urges greater sensitivity to suicide

April 16, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Greg Garrison Religion News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Churches can be a major factor in preventing suicide if they are willing to learn about the problem and reach out with compassion, said a theologian who specializes in pastoral care related to suicide.

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MBC files notice of appeal to contest Windermere decision

April 11, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Vicki Brown Word&Way Correspondent JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Baptist Convention has filed notice that it will appeal a judge’s ruling in its case against a formerly affiliated institution and will ask that legal action pending against four others be delayed. Convention attorneys filed

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Layman proposes Missouri ‘Peace Committee’

April 9, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Robert Marus REPUBLIC, Mo. (ABP) — As battles between conservatives continue to roil the Missouri Baptist Convention, one prominent layman in the state is proposing a miniature re-creation of the infamous Southern Baptist Convention “Peace Committee.” But the convention’s president — cautioning that he

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Jefferson City voters veto casino gambling

April 9, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

JEFFERSON CITY — Voters in Jefferson City voted down a pair of attempts to open Missouri’s capital city to riverboat or casino gambling, defeating a pair of charter amendments on April 8. A ballot measure calling for voters to repeal a city charter ban on

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Casino is an idea with an odor

April 2, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor The elderly gentleman listened patiently as the city manager gave the results of a water sample test to members of the city council in his southern Illinois community. The council was responding to a concern the man had lodged a

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Jefferson City voters to face decision on riverboat gambling

April 1, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor JEFFERSON CITY — Voters in Missouri’s capital will make a decision April 8 either to overturn a ban on riverboat gambling or to keep casinos out of the community. Opponents of casino gambling in the city organized shortly

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Evangelicals less likely to divorce, Barna survey says

April 1, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Michael Foust Baptist Press Evangelicals are less likely than the overall population to divorce, although one out of every four evangelicals who are or have been married nevertheless have gone through at least one divorce, according to a new study by The Barna

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Robert Quinn dies at 77

April 1, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

Retired Missouri pastor and director of missions Robert P. Quinn, 77, died March 27 at The Baptist Home in Chillicothe. Funeral services were March 29 at First Baptist Church, Chillicothe, where he was a member. Burial and a graveside service followed at Carmack Cemetery near

Donor milestone for MBU veep

Plan while you can

Theologian urges greater sensitivity to suicide

MBC files notice of appeal to contest Windermere decision

Layman proposes Missouri ‘Peace Committee’

Jefferson City voters veto casino gambling

Casino is an idea with an odor

Jefferson City voters to face decision on riverboat gambling

Evangelicals less likely to divorce, Barna survey says

Robert Quinn dies at 77

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