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Posted: 9/22/03

Residents (left) investigate the ruins of the historic Harrison Fishing Pier on Norfolk's Chesapeake Bay waterfront Sept. 19. The 450-foot-long pier was destroyed by Hurricane Isabel's storm surge the day before. Workers (right) from the Baptist General Association of Virginia and the Salvation Army plan disaster-relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Isabel Sept. 19 in Norfolk, Va. They are: volunteer Aaron Lee, a member of Bon Air Baptist Church in Richmond and a student at the University of Richmond; Terry Raines, missions mobilizer for the BGAV's Glocal Missions and Evangelism Team; and Maj. Gene Hogg, the Salvation Army's Tidewater Area commander. (ABP photos by Rob Marus)

Baptists respond with relief
in aftermath of Hurricane Isabel

By Robert Marus

ABP Washington Bureau

NORFOLK, Va. (ABP)–Even as Hurricane Isabel was damaging Baptist churches and leaving many church members homeless along the East Coast, Baptists from other churches and regions were responding to the call for help.

09/22/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted 9/5/03 Article List for 9/8/03 issue GO TO SECTIONS: • Texas      • Baptists      • Religion      • Departments      • Opinion      • Bible Study      OUR FRONT PAGE • Does your church…

09/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03

Patty and Pierce pack a punch for the girls' tour

By Cecile Holmes

Religion News Service

ASHVILLE, N.C. (RNS)–One is a songbird with the stage presence of a diva; the other so unpretentious a Christian she resembles the classic girl next door.

09/20/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03 News of religion, faith, missions, Bible study and Christian ministry among Texas Baptist churches, in the BGCT, the Southern Baptist Convention ( SBC ) and around the world….

09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03

Eritrean Baptists seek help for
countrymen facing persecution

By Ken Camp

Texas Baptist Communications

A group of Eritrean Christians throughout the United States and Canada, including Texas Baptists originally from the East African nation, are soliciting money, public policy advocacy and prayers for persecuted Protestants in their homeland.

09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Oct. 5

Believers should live life of triumphant calling

Philippians 3

By John Duncan

09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03

LifeWay Explore the Bible Series for Sept. 28

Christians should shine so the world can see

Philippians 2:12-30

By John Duncan

09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Oct. 5

The Holy Spirit: The abiding presence of Christ

John 14:15-17,25-26; 16:7-15

By David Jenkins

09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03

LifeWay Family Bible Series for Sept. 28

Followers of Christ give evidence of citizenship

Matthew 7:13-29

By David Jenkins

09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03

Landmarks highlight church's destiny

By John Hall

Texas Baptist Communications

WHITNEY–In 1942, the few remaining members of Fort Graham Baptist Church closed the doors and donated the building to a farmer who wanted to dismantle it and build a barn.

09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03

Gaddy warns of sacrificing freedoms

By Ken Camp

Texas Baptist Communications

OKLAHOMA CITY–Americans are scared, so fearful that they will trade freedom for security, according to a former Texas pastor who now leads the Interfaith Alliance. But truth-telling is the antidote for fear-mongering intolerance, Welton Gaddy asserted.

09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge

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Posted: 9/19/03

Fort Worth church plants
a monument to Sept. 11 victims

By George Henson

Staff Writer

FORT WORTH–A partnership of prayer and patriotism produced a plethora of emotions at a service commemorating the lives of the 3,000 people who died Sept. 11, 2001.

09/19/2003 - By John Rutledge