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Messengers to the Baptist General Convention of Missouri’s annual meeting later this month will be challenged to consider new approaches and strategies for 2011-2015. Meeting at First Baptist Church, Jefferson City, on March 5, BGCM board members approved First Priority 2015, a five-year strategy plan

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CBFMO will propose $225,000 budget

March 16, 2010

author: Administrator

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri Coordinating Council on March 13 approved a 2010-11 budget to recommend to its General Assembly in April.

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Last Baptist held in Haiti faces new charge

March 15, 2010

author: brandon

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) -- The last of 10 Americans held in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping now faces a new charge stemming from an earlier alleged attempt to bus child earthquake victims to the Dominican Republic three days before the 10 Baptist church-group volunteers were

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American Baptist donations to Haiti top $1.2 million

March 15, 2010

author: brandon

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (ABP) -- American Baptist Churches USA have given more than $1.2 million for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, the American Baptist News Service reported March 12.

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Uzbekistan fines Baptists for meeting without a license

March 15, 2010

author: brandon

OSLO, Norway (ABP) -- Thirteen members of an unregistered Baptist church in Uzbekistan have been fined 100 times the nation's minimum monthly salary, an international news service that tracks stories about abuses of religious freedom reported March 15.

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SBC leaders criticize Glenn Beck’s choice of words, but say he has a point

March 15, 2010

author: brandon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) -- One Southern Baptist leader said Glenn Beck's advice to leave churches that preach "social justice" was stated poorly but basically on target, while another said the statement was so broad that it would include asking people to leave Southern Baptist churches.

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Federal appeals court says Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional

March 12, 2010

author: brandon

SAN FRANCISCO (ABP) -- The same federal court that sparked controversy in 2002 by ruling that leading public-school students to recite the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional now says the pledge is an "appropriate patriotic exercise" that does not violate

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What lasts forever? Faith, hope, love … and anything posted on Facebook

March 11, 2010

author: brandon

“Social networking sites have tremendous potential for Christians as a place where community-building occurs, where community needs are shared and where meaningful networking happens,” according to Bill Tillman, the T.B. Maston Chair of Christian Ethics at Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon School of Theology. At the same

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In Alabama, coach has more Facebook fans than God does

March 11, 2010

author: brandon

University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban may not be bigger than God in Alabama, but he has more fans on Facebook.

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Author worries online communities are hurting real ones

March 11, 2010

author: brandon

Jesse Rice, author of The Church of Facebook: How the Hyperconnected Are Redefining Community, warns that the new social media can encourage attitudes and behaviors that don’t work as well in real life.

BGCM board approves strategic plan, 2010-11 budget

CBFMO will propose $225,000 budget

Last Baptist held in Haiti faces new charge

American Baptist donations to Haiti top $1.2 million

Uzbekistan fines Baptists for meeting without a license

SBC leaders criticize Glenn Beck’s choice of words, but say he has a point

Federal appeals court says Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional

What lasts forever? Faith, hope, love … and anything posted on Facebook

In Alabama, coach has more Facebook fans than God does

Author worries online communities are hurting real ones

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