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  Trial under way for former Baptist preacher charged with murder

  Jury selection got under way Jan. 12 in a murder trial of a former Texas Baptist minister accused of killing his wife.

  01/12/2010 - By Administrator

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  ‘Davey and Goliath’ creator dies at age 88

  Art Clokey, the creator of the animated icon Gumby and his clay Christian counterparts Davey and Goliath, died Jan. 8 at his home in California. He was 88.

  01/12/2010 - By Administrator

• Study says larger churches hit harder by economy

  The economic recession has hit larger churches harder than it has smaller ones, according to a new survey by the Barna Group.

  01/11/2010 - By Administrator

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  ‘The Book of Eli’ casts Bible as a major theme

  The Bible plays a starring role in "The Book of Eli," a post-apocalyptic action film starring Denzel Washington.

  01/11/2010 - By Administrator

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  Persecution of Christians in North Korea likely to worsen in 2010

  Persecution of Christians is set to worsen in North Korea, the world's worst trouble spot for Christians, in 2010, according to a group that tracks the status of Christians globally.

  01/11/2010 - By Administrator

• Scholar says faith-based initiative failed to increase churches’ role

  Eight years of President George W. Bush's faith-based agenda to increase religion's role in providing social services had little impact on day-to-day ministries of local congregations, according to scholar at Duke Divinity School.

  01/08/2010 - By Administrator

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  SBC president undergoes surgery

  Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt underwent successful cancer surgery Jan. 7 at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. An update on the First Baptist Church of Woodstock, Ga., website said Hunt rested well after the operation and was expected to be released from the hospital Jan. 8.

  01/08/2010 - By Administrator

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  Report says use of death penalty on decline in United States

  Fewer death sentences were imposed in 2009 than in any year since the Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976, according to year-end statistics compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center.

  01/07/2010 - By Administrator

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  Tajikistan quake relief assessment under way

  A Jan. 2 earthquake that struck a mountainous region of Tajikistan has left hundreds, perhaps thousands, of villagers homeless in bitter winter weather, Southern Baptist humanitarian workers in Central Asia report.

  01/07/2010 - By Administrator

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  CERI completes decade delivering hope to orphans in Eastern Europe

  For a decade, volunteers from throughout the United States have spent their Christmas vacations in Eastern Europe making the harsh winter a little warmer for orphans.

  01/06/2010 - By admin

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  Trip to Myanmar prompts launch of Karen refugee church in Austin

  More than 1,000 Karen refugees from Myanmar—formerly called Burma—moved to Austin in recent years. Now  Baptists in the area have started a church focused on reaching them.

   

  01/06/2010 - By admin

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  Israel’s Messianic Jews wary of stepped-up persecution

  A decades-old harassment of Messianic Jews by anti-missionary zealots in Isreal has intensified in recent years, as ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups dedicated to stopping missionary activity have grown stronger and more confident.

  01/06/2010 - By admin