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Retired Gordo pastor leaves legacy

January 24, 2002

On the first Sunday in September, Hershel Owen and his wife, Kaye, sat in a pew of a church in Branson, Mo., listening to the

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Traditional expectations of pastors can limit members’ roles

January 24, 2002

Traditional role expectations of clergy and laity often create an unhealthy “codependency” that hinders lay empowerment in churches, says church consultant Tom Bandy.     “We

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Lay teams help fill leadership voids

January 24, 2002

Fewer than one in eight senior pastors in the United States identify themselves as leaders, creating a leadership void in many of the nation’s congregations,

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Price committed to work as bivocational pastor at Oak Grove

January 24, 2002

There was a time when Buddy Price was a shy fellow. He remembered times when he would cross the street just so he wouldn’t have

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NOBTS doctoral seminars planned at Lakeside Baptist

January 24, 2002

Lakeside Baptist Church, Birmingham, will host professional doctoral seminars designed for doctor of ministry degree and doctor of educational ministry degree candidates. Lakeside Church, located

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Lilly Endowment seeking to fight clergy burnout

January 24, 2002

The Lilly Endowment is hoping to fight clergy burnout by spending $25 million to find ways for pastors to “sustain excellence” and “maintain energy and

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Alabama humorist depicts love as ‘powerful,’ ‘devisive’ force

January 17, 2002

Love is the most powerful force on the planet … but also the most devisive force in the world,” said Christian humorist and cartoonist Joe

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Baldwin Association provides latest Alabama efforts at ground zero

January 10, 2002

  Fourteen volunteers from Baldwin Association comprise the latest wave of Alabama Baptists to work at ground zero in New York. This brings to nearly

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