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Alabama Baptists serving in Haiti; others to follow

February 4, 2010

When the earthquake devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, David Gunter was sitting on go — even more so than most people glued to their TVs.

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‘Serene, beautiful’ American Samoa now marked by devastation

February 4, 2010

Slightly larger than Washington, American Samoa is a group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean characterized by tropical rainforests, glistening beaches and rugged cliffs.

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Alabama Baptist recalls years in American Samoa

February 4, 2010

When disaster struck American Samoa in September, no one was more concerned than Vera Vaughn, a member of Shades Crest Baptist Church, Bluff Park, in

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Southern Baptist work proves difficult in ‘Christian’ saturated American Samoa

February 4, 2010

While one might want to rejoice that Christianity is the predominant religion in American Samoa, standing head and shoulders among the rest, that fact doesn’t

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American Samoa begins long rebuilding process

February 4, 2010

While most Americans’ attention was focused on the massive flooding in Georgia’s Atlanta area last fall, an equally destructive event was taking place 5,000 miles

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Iraqi Baptist church damaged by explosion

February 4, 2010

BAGHDAD — First Baptist Church of Baghdad, Iraq, was damaged by an explosion a third of a mile from the church building.  The incident occurred

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Annie Armstrong misses goal, still a ‘blessing’

February 4, 2010

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Southern Baptists gave $56.5 million in 2009 to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions. The amount was 2.7 percent

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Marty: No easy predictions for Baptists’ next 400 years

February 4, 2010

Nobody can predict with certainty what the next 400 years hold for Baptists — or for any religious denomination — church historian Martin Marty told

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