A pastor was recently dragged from a worship site in Indonesia, and the building was sealed in a dispute over whether the church or government owns the property.
A judge’s ruling returned to Christian parents their three girls, who were illegally detained by employers and forced to say they had converted to Islam.
Even though ransom was paid, a pastor and his daughter were not released by their captors, who threatened to kill the pastor unless even more ransom is given.
First Baptist Church Union Springs will celebrate its 175th anniversary Sept. 8. Worship begins at 11 a.m. with lunch to follow. Bill Cannon is pastor.
Gerald Max Sims, who served as a bivocational music minister for his entire adult life — most recently at Central Baptist Church in Florence — died Aug. 8.
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