June 2008 - Word&Way

By Jennifer Harris Word&Way News Writer Kids play barefoot while their parents stoop to pull weeds in 4’x4’ squares of raised gardening space. The gardening space is Victory Community Garden, the latest ministry of First Baptist Church, Springfield. “There is something spiritual about digging

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Pastor challenges parents, offers incentive to tie the knot

June 24, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Rod Frisco Religion News Service HARRISBURG, Pa.—Daneisha Dunbar was never so happy to see her children cry. But there they were: 13-year-old Jheran, 10-year-old Aryn and 5-year-old Taryn, shedding tears and squealing with joy at the news that their mommy and

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Love & Marriage: Couples counting down to wedding consider program time well-spent

June 24, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Carrie Joynton Associated Baptist Press LEWISVILLE, Texas -- For many couples, it’s like the seconds before a new year’s exciting beginning. For a few, it’s more like the panic of watching a ticking bomb. Newlywed Brooks Monroe insists counting down the days to his

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Love & Marriage: Church, state uneasy bedfellows in recognizing legal marriages

June 24, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Robert Marus Associated Baptist Press WASHINGTON -- In all of America’s brouhaha over whether legalizing same-sex marriage will sully the institution’s sanctity, very few Christians are asking one important question: When -- and why -- did the government get into the sanctification business

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Love & Marriage: Building relationships key to ministry to nontraditional families

June 24, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Vicki Brown Associated Baptist Press DALLAS -- When the nice young couple presenting themselves for membership in your church is shacking up, how should the congregation respond? Churches likely will face this and other tough questions as society’s definition of family continues to evolve.

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Two streams of Baptists

June 24, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor The Southern Baptist Convention and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship usually hold their national meetings on back-to-back weeks. Few people from either group seem to take much notice of the other these days. With a few exceptions, speakers tend not to

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Development on former Windermere land delayed again

June 23, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Vicki Brown Word&Way Correspondent CAMDENTON — For a third time, Camden County Planning and Zoning commissioners delayed action on a zoning change that would allow land formerly owned by Windermere Baptist Conference Center to be developed. Although county planning director Chris Hall had sought

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Be grateful for godly fathers

June 16, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Bill Webb Word&Way Editor It hardly seems possible that my father has been gone for almost 20 years. Dad died in 1988 — on Nov. 8 — without much warning. He suffered a heart attack in my hometown of Mt. Vernon in downstate Illinois;

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MBC fails to delay Camden County case against Windermere

June 13, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Vicki Brown Word&Way Corespondent Camdenton — A lawsuit the Missouri Baptist Convention filed against Windermere Baptist Conference Center in 2006 will move forward despite the MBC’s effort to put it on hold. The convention filed legal action against Windermere on Nov. 1, 2006, in

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Short-term workers make long-term impact

June 11, 2008

author: Ken Satterfield

By Jenny Pope Buckner International Kevin and Naomi Scantlan of Columbia feel called to international missions. But as integrated technology services analysts at University of Missouri Health Care and church lay leaders, committing to years abroad really isn’t feasible. That’s why

Cultivating a different type of church plant

Pastor challenges parents, offers incentive to tie the knot

Love & Marriage: Couples counting down to wedding consider program time well-spent

Love & Marriage: Church, state uneasy bedfellows in recognizing legal marriages

Love & Marriage: Building relationships key to ministry to nontraditional families

Two streams of Baptists

Development on former Windermere land delayed again

Be grateful for godly fathers

MBC fails to delay Camden County case against Windermere

Short-term workers make long-term impact

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