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ATLANTA (ABP) – After nearly 40 years of polarization over abortion, two speakers at a Mercer University event said Jan. 24 it is time for people who are pro-choice and pro-life to seek common ground to reduce the current number of 1.2 million abortions a

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Pressler confab evokes bad memories for former SBC leader

January 23, 2012

author: brandon

WASHINGTON (ABP) – An interfaith leader and Baptist minister said a recent meeting of conservative evangelicals aimed at coalescing support for a Republican presidential candidate is part of a larger movement by individuals and groups that are attempting to “dominate the political process in the

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Harold Branch, African-American Texas Baptist pioneer, dies at age 92

January 23, 2012

author: Administrator

Harold Branch, the first African-American officer of the Baptist General Convention of Texas died Jan. 20 in Corpus Christi—a community he served in various capacities since 1956. He was 92.

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Leonard to be installed in Baptist studies chair

January 20, 2012

author: Jennifer Harris

Bill J. Leonard will be installed as the first James and Marilyn Dunn Professor of Baptist Studies at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity Jan. 24.

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CBF search committee seeks input

January 20, 2012

author: brandon

DALLAS (ABP) – A 10-member committee seeking a successor to Daniel Vestal as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship executive coordinator met for the first time in Dallas in early January.

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WMU leads in advocating for children victimized by trafficking

January 20, 2012

author: Administrator

"The Child Safe Zone," a project of Georgia Woman's Missionary Union and Women's Enrichment Ministry, is a result of WMU's Project HELP: Human Exploitation emphasis that focuses on exploitation, including trafficking.

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Civil War changed Southern Baptists, historian says

January 20, 2012

author: Administrator

ATLANTA (ABP) – The American Civil War affected Baptists in the South in profound ways that still reverberate more than 150 years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, says a new book by a Baptist historian.

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Analysis: Mexican poverty creates climate for exploitation and trafficking

January 20, 2012

author: brandon

Poverty in Mexico fuels the destructive cycle of human exploitation and trafficking that consumes many young lives, experts on both sides of the Rio Grande agree.

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Human Trafficking: 21st Century Slavery

January 20, 2012

author: Administrator

Organizations fighting human trafficking continue to raise awareness about the atrocities of what they call "modern-day slavery," but they're increasingly making practical differences in the lives of victims and in legislation. Faith-based and other organizations are using a variety of methods to

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

January 20, 2012

author: Administrator

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.

Pro-life, pro-choice speakers urge common ground on abortion

Pressler confab evokes bad memories for former SBC leader

Harold Branch, African-American Texas Baptist pioneer, dies at age 92

Leonard to be installed in Baptist studies chair

CBF search committee seeks input

WMU leads in advocating for children victimized by trafficking

Civil War changed Southern Baptists, historian says

Analysis: Mexican poverty creates climate for exploitation and trafficking

Human Trafficking: 21st Century Slavery

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

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