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A Missouri House committee has passed a bill its proponents believe is sufficient reform of laws governing short-term, small consumer loans — so-called payday loans. But those pushing stronger measures believe the proposed legislation doesn't go far enough.

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Texas Baptist disaster response team scheduled to go to Japan

March 22, 2011

author: brandon

Two veteran Texas Baptist Men disaster relief volunteers, a Japanese Dallas pastor and a videographer are slated to leave for Japan March 24 to assist the disaster response effort there and look for places where Texas Baptists can serve.

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Details emerge in fatal amusement train accident

March 22, 2011

author: brandon

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (ABP) -- The conductor of an amusement train involved in a March 19 crash that killed a pastor's son said on the way to the hospital he was driving too fast, that he knew better and didn't know how he was going to

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Rescue workers, Japanese Baptists describe dire situation

March 21, 2011

author: brandon

A Baptist World Aid disaster response team who visited Sendai, Japan, described the challenge of getting food for people who had evacuated their homes in the wake of an earthquake and tsunami and the threat of nuclear radiation as "almost Mission Impossible."<br

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Missionaries grapple with leaving Japan

March 21, 2011

author: brandon

Across Japan and back home in the United States, missions leaders are grappling with whether personnel should stay put or move away, either to other parts of Japan or out of the country entirely. The Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board moved its

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Pastor’s son killed in miniature train wreck

March 21, 2011

author: brandon

GAFFNEY, S.C. (ABP) -- A Saturday children's outing turned to tragedy March 19 for a Baptist church in South Carolina when a miniature train at a park derailed, killing the 6-year-old son of its pastor and injuring several others.

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SBC Pastors’ Conference slate raises ire

March 21, 2011

author: Administrator

LAS VEGAS (ABP) -- The president for the 2011 Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference defended a program he’s put together for June 12-13 in Phoenix, Ariz., saying critics who find it outside the convention’s mainstream hold too narrow a worldview.

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CBF budget cuts total $1.1 million

March 18, 2011

author: brandon

ATLANTA (ABP) -- Deep staff cuts announced in January will help reduce the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship's budget shortfall in the 2010-2011 fiscal year by more than $1.1 million, officials said in response to questions by Associated Baptist Press.

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Mohler critiques Rob Bell’s new book as ‘Velvet Hell’

March 18, 2011

author: brandon

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) -- A Southern Baptist seminary president suggested that Rob Bell's new book Love Wins could have been alternately titled "Velvet Hell," a play on Bell's 2005 book Velvet Elvis that offered "a fresh take on Jesus" by one of the country's most

House committee passes payday loan reform some consider fails to go far enough

Texas Baptist disaster response team scheduled to go to Japan

Details emerge in fatal amusement train accident

Rescue workers, Japanese Baptists describe dire situation

Missionaries grapple with leaving Japan

Pastor’s son killed in miniature train wreck

SBC Pastors’ Conference slate raises ire

CBF budget cuts total $1.1 million

Mohler critiques Rob Bell’s new book as ‘Velvet Hell’

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