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While international attention long since has moved on to other stories like the pro-democracy Arab Spring and U.S. presidential election, the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake remains a present reality in Haiti, Baptist workers reported on the disaster's second anniversary.

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Christian sorority at DBU raises awareness, funds for at-risk girls in India

January 20, 2012

author: Administrator

Members of Zeta Chi, one of the Christian sororities on the DBU campus, have adopted As Our Own as their philanthropy project, burdened by the fact others their own age in many countries are subjected to modern-day slavery.

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Church administrator charged with theft

January 19, 2012

author: brandon

RALEIGH, N.C. (ABP) – A former administrator at a prominent North Carolina moderate Baptist church was arrested recently and charged with embezzling more than $136,000 in church funds over a five-year period.

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Supreme Court declines to review prayer case

January 18, 2012

author: brandon

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined Jan. 17 to reconsider a lower court’s decision barring a North Carolina county from invoking prayers in Jesus’ name at twice-a-month meetings of its main governing body.

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Acts of humility underscore King’s legacy

January 18, 2012

author: Bill Webb

As I scanned Internet accounts of Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorations, one image jumped out at me: Birmingham Mayor William Bell and other adults leaned over wash pans to wash the feet of youngsters before presenting each with a new pair of shoes.

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Sports Crusaders names staffer for southern states

January 18, 2012

author: Administrator

Sports Crusaders is wrapping a little more structure around its ministry in southern states thanks in part to Brandon Allee, a Missouri native now transplanted in Texas.

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Pressler denies Santorum endorsement was rigged

January 17, 2012

author: Administrator

HOUSTON (ABP) – The host of a weekend gathering of religious conservatives seeking consensus on an alternative presidential candidate to GOP front-runner Mitt Romney denied charges that balloting was rigged to give Rick Santorum the nod over rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry.

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MLK holiday a day of service for church

January 17, 2012

author: Administrator

BALTIMORE (ABP) – Observing a national holiday honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., members of a Baptist church in Baltimore took advantage of their day off from work for service opportunities as a way to live out the legendary minister’s dream.

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Two years after quake, Baptists dedicate school, orphanage in Haiti

January 16, 2012

author: Jennifer Harris

Almost exactly two years after a devastating earthquake killed thousands in Haiti, Baptists on the island nation and their international partners dedicated a building housing a school and orphanage for children impacted by the disaster.

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President proclaims Religious Freedom Day

January 13, 2012

author: Administrator

WASHINGTON (ABP) – President Obama described religious liberty as a “universal human right” Jan. 13 and pledged support for individuals around the world “who live in fear of violence and discrimination because of their beliefs.”

Baptist workers report progress, point to need on second anniversary of Haiti quake

Christian sorority at DBU raises awareness, funds for at-risk girls in India

Church administrator charged with theft

Supreme Court declines to review prayer case

Acts of humility underscore King’s legacy

Sports Crusaders names staffer for southern states

Pressler denies Santorum endorsement was rigged

MLK holiday a day of service for church

Two years after quake, Baptists dedicate school, orphanage in Haiti

President proclaims Religious Freedom Day

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