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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- July 17 marked the 20th birthday of Associated Baptist Press, an independent news service created by and for Baptists interested in a free press during a tumultuous time within the Southern Baptist Convention.

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Groups file briefs supporting Westboro Baptist Church

July 16, 2010

author: brandon

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Seven groups representing diverse constituencies filed Supreme Court briefs July 14 defending the rights of a controversial Baptist church to protest near military funerals with messages of hate.

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Canadian Baptist Ministries appoints first non-Anglo general secretary

June 30, 2010

author: esteban Rodriguez

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (ABP) -- Leaders of Canada’s largest Baptist body have, for the first time, appointed a non-Caucasian to their top executive post.

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W. Va. Baptists mourn Byrd’s passing; Va. Baptist church to host funeral

June 29, 2010

author: Administrator

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- West Virginia Baptists are mourning the passing of one of their most famous members -- longtime Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va) -- and a Virginia Baptist congregation will host his memorial service July 6.

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KC church is state’s oldest Hispanic Baptist work

June 21, 2010

author: Administrator

First Westside Baptist Church in Kansas City likely is the oldest Baptist work, at least the oldest continuous congregation, among Hispanics in Missouri.

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Obama nominates Baptist pastor, speaker to be religious-freedom ambassador

June 17, 2010

author: esteban Rodriguez

WASHINGTON (ABP) -- President Obama has responded to more than a year of speculation and criticism among advocates for international religious freedom by naming an American Baptist pastor and motivational speaker as the nation’s top diplomat for religious freedom.

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Tennessee Baptist summer missionary dies after car accident in Maine

June 17, 2010

author: esteban Rodriguez

STANDISH, Maine (ABP) -- A 20-year-old Tennessee Baptist summer missionary was killed June 16 -- and three other summer missionaries and their local Baptist supervisor were injured -- in a car accident in Maine.

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Approval signals Southern Baptist concern for ‘lostness,’ task force says

June 15, 2010

author: Administrator

The Southern Baptist Convention overwhelmingly reaffirmed its intention to spread the gospel throughout the nation and around the world, members of the SBC’s Great Commission Resurgence task force told reporters.

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