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By Bob Allen
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Monday, November 17, 2008 |
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(ABP) -- A jailed Baptist pastor in Azerbaijan was released Nov. 6 until Nov. 17, when his trial on what supporters say are bogus charges was scheduled to resume. |
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By Carla Wynn Davis
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Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
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ATLANTA (ABP) -- The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has given $10,000 to ease the growing humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where increased violence from rebel fighters is killing thousands of civilians and forcing even more to flee to refugee camps and neighboring African countries. |
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By Bob Allen
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 |
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African Baptist leaders meeting on the crisis in Congo. From left, Habimana Athanase, Paul Montacute, Jaques Banyene, Banyangirki Munyaneza Thomas | FALLS CHURCH, Va. (ABP) -- The head of an international Baptist relief agency has sent out an urgent fundraising appeal to ease the suffering of victims of civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Just back from a conference in Uganda in which Baptist leaders discussed the crisis, Paul Montacute, director of Baptist World Aid, appealed Nov. 4 for gifts to assist people in the eastern part of the country. The area has affected by intensified fighting between rebel troops and government forces in recent weeks. |
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 |
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(ABP) -- The long-awaited trial of an Azerbaijani Baptist pastor arrested in June has had another delay. |
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By Bob Allen
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008 |
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Russian and Georgian Baptist leaders meet to discuss reconciliation between the warring nations. From left, they are: Gregory Komendant, Malkhaz Songulashvili, Yuri Sipko, Merab Gaprindashvili and Vitaly Vlasenko. (PHOTO: Courtesy Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Russia) | KIEV, Ukraine (ABP) -- Baptist leaders from Russia and Georgia met Oct. 30 in Kiev to pursue improved relations between Baptists in the two countries, marred by war earlier this year.
Representatives of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia and Union of Evangelical Christian-Baptists of Russia, gathering in the capital of neighboring Ukraine, issued a joint statement condemning the war. It also called on both sides’ governments to seek peaceful resolution of future Russian-Georgian conflicts and asked people of faith to "facilitate the process of forgiveness and reconciliation between our peoples." |
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