Carol Bercian directs a ministry in Guatemala City that reaches out to people -- especially women and children -- who live in or on the edge of the city dump where they scavenge for food and for items to sell for food. The ministry provides
When it comes to digital communication, children are natives, and their parents are immigrants. And that puts parents at a distinct disadvantage in protecting children from online danger, according to the president of a nonprofit advocacy group devoted to guarding children from Internet pornography and
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Eighteen bicyclists ranging in age from 23 to 70 — two on a tandem — braved heat, rain and sore muscles to put smiles
Touched by the trauma children still face in the aftermath of the recent earthquake, women at First Baptist Church, Gray Summit, create gifts to send to Haiti.
The clock is winding down on 2009. Churches across Missouri have been deciding their response to a measure approved by Missouri Baptist Convention messengers to allow Cooperative Program funds to be used to pay fees incurred in legal action against five entities.
First Baptist Church, San Vicente, El Salvador, lost seven children and two adults
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Grandparents to international adoptees are encouraged to treat their natural and their adopted grandchildren equally.
P
acking Christmas boxes may seem out of place during the season of pumpkins and colored leaves, but that is what hundreds of Missouri Baptists, including several St. Louis churches, are doing.
If churches want to minister to families of children with learning differences they must deal with a "sea of denial" about the problem, according to author Maren Angellotti.
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