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  U.S. denies visas to about 1,000 hoping to attend BWA Congress

  As many as 1,000 people who had registered for the Baptist World Alliance’s Congress this year were unable to attend because they were denied visas by the U.S. government, leaders of the global Baptist organization said July 28.

  07/29/2010 - By Marv Knox

• South Africa to host continent’s first Baptist World Congress in 2015

  For the first time, the Baptist World Congress will be held in Africa in 2015, according to a July 27 announcement from Baptist World Alliance General Secretary Neville Callam.

  07/28/2010 - By Administrator

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  Southern Baptists’ large military presence colors gay debate

  Repeal of a military ban on openly gay members is expected by many. But Southern Baptists, who have many more active-duty military chaplains than any other denomination, are not giving up without a fight.

  07/28/2010 - By admin

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  Catholics in Nagaland claim persecution by Baptists

  Baptists in Nagaland defended themselves against charges of anti-Catholic bigotry after villagers tore down a Catholic church because the town allows churches only of the Baptist denomination. The controversy has generated widespread media attention pitting Catholics against the Nagaland Baptist Church Council.

  07/27/2010 - By Administrator

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  Group demands apology for religious teaching that denigrates women

  A group of women and men calling themselves the Freedom for Christian Women Coalition has demanded an apology for religious teaching they say is harmful to women. Shirley Taylor, founder of Baptist Women for Equality, presented the Demand for an Apology from the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood at a July 24 meeting in Orlando, Fla.

  07/26/2010 - By Administrator

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  Jimmy Carter credits Baptist preacher for his election as president

  Jimmy Carter said July 23 he doubts he would have been elected 39th president of the United States without the aid of Jimmy Allen, a Texas Baptist preacher who endorsed him at a time when his 1976 presidential campaign was floundering.

  07/26/2010 - By Administrator

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  ABP celebrates 20th birthday marked by growing pains

  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.

  07/19/2010 - By Administrator

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  Baptist Briefs: Crumpler honored

  Carolyn Weatherford Crumpler, former executive director of Woman’s Missionary Union and a past moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, received the annual Courage Award from the William H. Whitsitt Baptist Heritage Society during the CBF general assembly in Charlotte, N.C.

  07/15/2010 - By admin

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  CBF workshop explores church’s response to homosexuality

  Fifteen years after the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship adopted an organizational value prohibiting the funding of organizations that affirm practicing homosexuals, a large crowd packed a workshop June 25 on what it means to be the “presence of Christ” among persons of same-sex orientation.

  06/25/2010 - By Administrator

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  CBF to evaluate structure, funding in two-year study

  Facing a chronic budget shortfall, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship moderator Hal Bass has appointed a 14-member task force to study the organization’s missional and organizational future.

  06/25/2010 - By Administrator

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  Historian urges Cooperative Baptists to reclaim ‘audacious identity’

  Historian Bill Leonard encouraged fellow Baptists to “get over” being embarrassed by their denomination’s often-negative image and instead celebrate their lineage in an “audacious identity” established by their forebears.

  06/24/2010 - By Administrator

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  Vestal says CBF will have to recall missionaries unless funding improves

  The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will be forced to recall missionaries from the field if donations to its annual Offering for Global Missions do not increase next year, CBF Executive Coordinator Daniel Vestal told the CBF Coordinating Council June 23.

  06/23/2010 - By Administrator