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IMB thanks top-giving churches

INDIANAPOLIS - J.D. Greear recalls a time when he didn't see missionaries in a very positive light.

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Fellowship Baptists lay hands on newly commissioned Gene Murdock.
Photo by Rod Reilly

CBF commissions 18 field personnel

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) commissioned 18 people to global missions service June 18 to begin the Fellowship's annual General Assembly in Memphis, Tenn.

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Churches break the silence on teen sex

CLEVELAND - Some of Antonio James' classmates laugh when they learn the 15-year-old has pledged not to have sex until he marries.

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Garey Gulledge and Bill Ghent are among the N.C. Baptists helping flood victims in Iowa.
Photo by Jim Shaw

Iowans finding hope amidst floodwaters

WAPELLO, Iowa - Southern Baptists are on the front lines of relief efforts in America's flood-ravaged Midwest and workers on the scene say they are seeing God at work in people's lives.

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Other Voices

The moral influence of a market economy

I was at the Mall of Georgia the other day, walking by a brand new car that for some reason was being displayed in the open air, just off the food court. It had all the marks of a new car, including one of those information sheets in the window telling the onlooker about its gas mileage and average annual fuel costs.

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