2005 Archives
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Gonzales ministry aids ‘suffering church of Chiapas’
Posted: 12/16/05
A volunteer talks with a girl in the Mexican village of Acteal. Baptist churches have raised funds the families of 84 evangelical Christians charged with a 1997 massacre. They maintain their innocence and claim the real killers have not been brought to justice. (Photos by Craig Bird) Gonzales ministry aids
'suffering church of Chiapas'By Craig Bird
Special to the Baptist Standard
SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico–Christmas 2005 will be a little more hopeful for some families in Acteal, Mexico, thanks to a Texas Baptist woman's ministry. But for the eighth consecutive year, prison walls will mute the celebration.
12/16/2005 - By John Rutledge
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Appeal denied convicted Mexican evangelicals
Posted: 12/16/05
Three of the 84 villagers serving prison terms for a massacre in Chiapas, Mexico. Appeal denied convicted Mexican evangelicals
By Craig Bird
Special to the Baptist Standard
SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico–Sixteen men, mostly evangelical Christians, implicated in the 1997 Acteal massacre in southern Mexico now face 36 years in prison after their final appeal was denied by a three-judge panel Nov. 30.
12/16/2005 - By John Rutledge
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