Lewis Fetterman Jr.

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A Campbell University professor and another motorist died in a head-on collision March 15 in Newton Grove.

Lewis Fetterman Jr., 57, an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Campbell, and his wife, Joni Fay Watts Fetterman, were traveling south on U.S. 701, about two miles from Newton Road, at 8 p.m., a highway patrol officer said.

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ALPHARETTA, Ga. - The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has designated March 30 as "On Mission Together: Planting New Congregations Sunday" - a day to emphasize the need for SBC churches to plant new churches throughout North America.

A gambler takes a chance on a slot machine in Biloxi, Miss.

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WASHINGTON - The moral opposition to gambling might be gasping its last breaths.

As more and more states turn to casinos and gambling to fill shrinking budget coffers, the voices of the religious opposition are struggling to convince people that it is morally wrong.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The mystery is over. The songs going in the new Baptist Hymnal have been chosen.

Students at Northern Illinois University gather for a campus vigil.

Photo by Scott Walstrom

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Officials at Northern Illinois University (NIU) have spent the past month comforting students and consoling families in the aftermath of a gunman's Feb. 14 rampage that left five dead in an auditorium.

Jonathan Merritt

A declaration urging Southern Baptists to action in the climate change debate has been endorsed by some prominent Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) leaders - and dismissed by others.

Guests look at the home operated in partnership between BCH and Truett Association.

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A special open house on Feb. 3, not only celebrated the expansion of Baptist Children's Homes (BCH) services in the far western area of the state, but also signaled the beginning of one of the most unique relationships in North Carolina Baptist life.

Campbell University President Jerry M. Wallace

Photo by Bennett Scarborough

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BUIES CREEK - Campbell University leaders broke ground March 12 on a $7.8 million chapel building that will be located on the school's Academic Circle.