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By Carla Wynn Davis
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
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Marc Wyatt, right, prays for the people of Lowertown, a community in Ottawa, where he and his wife, Kim, serve as CBF missionaries to internationals. (Photo courtesy of the Wyatts.) | ATLANTA (ABP) -- A peaceful night’s sleep for a refugee whose run from violence and danger has ended, the sound of fellowship as a Christian connects with a lonely international student and the joy of a congregation that rediscovers its mission and purpose in the world -- this is the stuff of Kim and Marc Wyatt’s ministry.
For more than a decade, the Wyatts, who now serve as Cooperative Baptist Fellowship field personnel in Canada, have ministered among internationals, including students, immigrants and refugees. |
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By Julie Walters
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008 |
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ABP) -- Korean preschoolers and children now will learn about Baptist mission efforts around the world thanks to an agreement between national Woman’s Missionary Union and its Texas affiliate.
Leaders of the two WMU organizations signed a three-year agreement Aug. 28 to formalize their commitment to provide educational materials. |
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Baptists
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By Carla Wynn Davis
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
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Students on a Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-sponsored tour of projects associated with the United Nations\' Millennium Development Goals work alongside local villagers to drill a well that will provide clean water for a village in Ethiopia. (Photo courtesy CBF) | ATLANTA (ABP) -- Thirteen students, six countries, eight goals and one underlying motivation -- to see the gospel in action.
This summer, 13 undergraduate and graduate students took a 50-day journey to experience how Cooperative Baptist Fellowship efforts intersect with the United Nations’ eight Millennium Development Goals for reducing global poverty. |
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Baptists
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By ABP staff
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- David Wong, former president of the Baptist World Alliance, died Sept. 16 in Alhambra, Calif. He was 97. |
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By Vicki Brown
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008 |
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ATLANTA (ABP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board will reorganize over the next year to focus more on local churches’ involvement in missions and provide flexibility to reach people groups across geographical lines. |
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