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Latest news: Airstrike on Baptist church; ministry amid tragedy in New Orleans; ‘Angels’ in Kentucky

Check out these recent headlines, reported by The Baptist Paper, the sister publication of The Alabama Baptist.
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Latest news: Airstrike on Baptist church; ministry amid tragedy in New Orleans; ‘Angels’ in Kentucky

To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports from The Baptist Paper, see below.

1. Tragedy at Baptist Church. Learn more about the 11 people killed in an airstrike on a Baptist church in Sudan.

Eleven killed in airstrike on Baptist church in Sudan

2. Ministry amid tragedy: Jack Hunter, New Orleans Baptist Association executive director,  reported prayerwalking efforts and how chaplains with Baptist Community Ministries worked with first responders and were in area hospitals as “the tears and presence of Christ in this dark agony.”

New Orleans attack: Baptist chaplains respond as ‘tears and presence of Christ in this dark agony’

3. After a scary evening, 80-year-old Maxine Bennett Goebel is calling the two women who she says saved her life on a frigid December evening “angels.” Now recovering from a broken leg and surgery, Goebel hopes to find the Good Samaritans to express her gratitude.

‘Angels’ saved her life; she hopes to find them to say thanks


EDITOR’S NOTE — These stories were compiled by The Baptist Paper, with reporting by the Baptist Standard and Kentucky Today.

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