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Baptist volunteers ready to serve amid massive needs in Haiti

Baptist volunteers ready to serve amid massive needs in Haiti

Servando Silva and Matt Johnson were packed for Haiti before there was a trip to pack for.

Billy Graham tops poll of most influential living preachers

Billy Graham tops poll of most influential living preachers

Protestant pastors ranked Billy Graham by far the most influential living preacher in survey results released Feb. 2 by LifeWay Research.

Baptists challenged to wrestle with tough issues of faith and science

Baptists challenged to wrestle with tough issues of faith and science

Three Baylor Uiversity pofessors tried to share more light than heat for participants at a seminar on “Science and Faith: Breaking Down the Wall,” at First Baptist Church in Austin.

 
Opinion: The $21 billion shim
(ABP) -- A piece of steel the size of a postage stamp is making global news. Toyota has been in the headlines for weeks with massive recalls and safety concerns. The company has recalled more than 5.3 million cars, first to correct a floor mat problem and then to fix sticking accelerator pedals.
 
North Carolina Baptist Men plan long-term effort in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (ABP) -- Nearly a month into an intense and immediate response to Haitians injured and left homeless and hungry by the Jan. 12 earthquake, it still feels like the second day of a domestic disaster to Gaylon Moss, who is coordinating the North Carolina Baptist response.
 
Va. Baptist college president suddenly steps down, cuts staff
Michael Puglisi, shown during his inauguration as president of Virginia Intermont five years ago, had struggled with the school’s financial challenges. (Virginia Intermont photo)

BRISTOL, Va. (ABP) -- Michael J. Puglisi unexpectedly resigned as president of Virginia Intermont College Jan. 25, apparently at the request of trustees of the Baptist-affiliated school.

And in what college administrators and trustees said was a move unrelated to the president’s resignation, the school announced it will reduce its staff by about 40 persons.

 
Pastor stays out of division reported among jailed Americans in Haiti
MERIDIAN, Idaho (ABP) -- As news of dissension among 10 Baptists from the United States jailed in Haiti leaked into media reports, the pastor of five of the volunteer missionaries said his church continues to support and pray for the entire group.
 
Southern Baptist leaders ask Obama to intervene on behalf of missionaries
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (ABP) -- Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention urged President Obama Feb. 5 to do everything within his power to secure release of 10 volunteer missionaries jailed in Haiti.
 
Opinion: Prosecuting missionaries good for Haiti, families, church
(ABP) -- The arrest and jailing in Haiti of 10 Southern Baptists on charges of kidnapping and criminal association is appropriate and consistent with gospel values.
 
Opinion: Less revenge, more forgiveness

(ABP) -- "Revenge is the rage at the movies," proclaims The Wall Street Journal. Well, there's a surprise.

The WSJ notes that revenge, retribution and retaliation are served up (with heaping helpings of violence, naturally) in a trio of recent releases: "Edge of Darkness," starring Mel Gibson, "7 Days," a French-Canadian film, and "44 Inch Chest," with Ray Winstone.

 
Church seeks forgiveness for mission team detained in Haiti
MERIDIAN, Idaho (ABP) -- The sponsoring church of a 10-member Southern Baptist mission team charged with child kidnapping in Haiti has acknowledged that the group made "mistakes" and asked the Haitian government to forgive them.
 
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Christians struggle with
radical forgiveness

At age 8, Chris Carrier was abducted, stabbed multiple times with an ice pick, shot in the left temple at pointblank range and abandoned in the Florida Everglades. Miraculously, he survived (although blinded in one eye). But what happened two decades later may be even more miraculous. [Read More] ...

Read more New Voice stories:
• Is forgiveness always appropriate for Christians?
• Opinion: Forgiveness is an unmistakable mark of character

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