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Prominent Baptist pastor in Port-au-Prince confirmed among dead in Haiti Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen   
Friday, January 15, 2010
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (ABP) -- Baptists in Haiti mourned the death of a beloved pastor killed in the Jan. 12 earthquake.
 
Haitian Baptist college president describes country 'in shock' Print E-mail
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By ABP staff   
Friday, January 15, 2010
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- A Christian college president in Haiti told Baptist World Alliance officials that the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit near the country's capital Jan. 12 "will affect everybody in Haiti."
 
Update: Baptists prep for immediate, long-term responses to Haiti quake Print E-mail
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By Bob Allen and Robert Marus   
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- Baptist groups in the United States began gearing up Jan. 13 for both immediate and long-term responses to the earthquake that killed thousands in Port-au-Prince, the capital and largest city of the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, the evening before.

 
Watchdogs: Persecution of Christians in N. Korea likely to worsen in 2010 Print E-mail
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By Paul Hobson   
Monday, January 11, 2010
ORPINGTON, England (ABP) -- 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.
 
Baptists in Texas city inspired to launch church for Burmese refugees Print E-mail
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By Kaitlin Chapman   
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Karen Christians worship at a refugee camp in Thailand in 2008. (PHOTOS/Courtesy of Reed Iwami/The Burma Connection)

AUSTIN, Texas (ABP) -- Baptists in Texas' capital are among those helping welcome an oppressed Burmese minority group that has a strong connection to Baptist history: the Karen people.

More than 1,000 Karen refugees from Myanmar -- formerly called Burma -- have moved to the Austin, Texas, area in recent years, but Christians among them were left without a place to worship. That changed a few months ago when Austin Baptists started a church focused on reaching the Karen.

 
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Christian ethics and social networking

A student's Facebook entry chronicles the painful details of a romantic break-up. Or describes an ill-spent weekend partying with friends. Or scathingly blisters someone who holds differing political views. Fast-forward a few years. That same student sits in a job interview -- or maybe at a conference table with a church search committee -- and has to answer uncomfortable questions about those entries. [Read More] ...

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