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History society recognizes former staffer with award Print E-mail
Baptists
By Bob Allen   
Friday, June 18, 2010
Pamela Durso, winner of the W. O. Carver Distinguished Service Award, with Albert Wardin, a previous winner.
ATLANTA (ABP) -- The Baptist History and Heritage Society honored its former associate executive director, Pamela Durso, with an award at the group's recent annual meeting in Georgetown, Ky.
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SBC motions target Alliance of Baptists, racial discrimination Print E-mail
Baptists
By Bob Allen   
Friday, June 18, 2010
Johnny Hunt completed his second one-year term as SBC president.
ORLANDO, Fla. (ABP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee will study a motion to exclude churches affiliated with the Alliance of Baptists.
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Church team cycles across Missouri for kids' smiles Print E-mail
Faith & Culture
By Vicki Brown   
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Raymond Chapin does a wheelie to finish the Katy Trail ride in St. Charles, Mo.

TEBBETTS, Mo. (ABP) -- Eighteen bicyclists ranging in age from 23 to 70 recently braved heat, rain and sore muscles to -- literally -- put smiles on the faces of children in underdeveloped countries.

The riders and six support staff from First Baptist Church of Lee’s Summit, Mo., traveled 225 miles May 31-June 3 on Missouri’s Katy Trail on a project to raise money for Smile Train. The not-for-profit organization funds cleft-lip and cleft-palate surgery for children throughout the world -- both lifting spirits and saving lives. 

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Obama nominates Baptist pastor to be religious-freedom ambassador Print E-mail
Nation
By Robert Marus   
Thursday, June 17, 2010
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- President Obama has responded to more than a year of speculation and criticism among advocates for international religious freedom by naming an American Baptist pastor and motivational speaker as the nation’s top diplomat for religious freedom.
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Tennessee Baptist summer missionary dies after car accident in Maine Print E-mail
Baptists
By Lonnie Wilkey   
Thursday, June 17, 2010
STANDISH, Maine (ABP) -- A 20-year-old Tennessee Baptist summer missionary was killed June 16 -- and three other summer missionaries and their local Baptist supervisor were injured -- in a car accident in Maine.
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