Stories from "ATLANTA"

3 teachers go Deeper Still

By Jenny Rice
Jul 7, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Three women, three journeys, three changed lives, three lives going deeper were shared with 19,000-plus women at a Deeper Still conference June 27-28 in Atlanta.

Remembering America's fallen

By Henry Blackaby
May 23, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--In every generation wars are neither desired nor welcomed. We are devastatingly reminded again and again that pain, death and destruction are always left in their wake.

RESOURCE: Book touts workplace ministry

By Shawn Hendricks
Apr 16, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--If your job feels more like a soap opera than a calling, you're not alone. For many Christian professionals, work often entails navigating plenty of drama and tension.

Resurrection power

By Henry Blackaby
Mar 20, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--In Philippians 3:10-11 the Apostle Paul said: "I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death, and so, somehow to attain to the resurrection...

Atlanta's Cabbagetown draws Baptist aid

By Joe Westbury
Mar 17, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Georgia Baptist disaster relief crews are on site in three locations hit by a string of tornados that rolled across the state March 14 and 15.

McCain visits Chick-fil-A offices

By Joni B. Hannigan
Mar 10, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Sen. John McCain visited Chick-fil-A corporate headquarters in Atlanta March 7 with Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, calling the Baptist-rooted business a "great American success story" and crediting former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee with...

4 receive NAMB church planting awards

By Mickey Noah
Mar 6, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--In the past two years alone, Willie Jacobs Jr. has been the primary strategist for developing 18 new African-American church starts through the State Convention of Baptists in Ohio, and he has four more on the drawing board for 2008....

Ambassadors for Christ

By Henry Blackaby
Feb 18, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Our Bible is full of truth from God. It speaks about the nature of God, His purposes and His ways. It also has much to say about our lives and what our relationship with God should look like.

Breakout sessions present differing views

By David Roach & Erin Roach
Feb 4, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Special interest sessions during the New Baptist Covenant Celebration in Atlanta advocated diverse and at times conflicting viewpoints on issues ranging from the criminal justice system and poverty to sexual exploitation and...

Clinton urges respect with conservatives

By Erin Roach
Feb 4, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Former President Bill Clinton's exhortation to moderate Baptists: Treat conservative Baptists with humility, love and respect "because all of us might be wrong."

Confusion concerning kindness

By David Roach
Feb 4, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--One theme I heard repeated many times at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration in Atlanta was that moderate and conservative Baptists need to cooperate in missions and evangelism and heal the rift between our two camps.

WRAP-UP: New Baptist Covenant Celebration focuses on unity, differs with So. Baptists

By David Roach
Feb 4, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--A diverse group of Baptists meeting at the New Baptist Covenant Celebration in Atlanta Jan. 30-Feb. 1 heard speeches from two former U.S. presidents and a former vice president, made frequent mention of the Southern Baptist...

On day two, NBCC speakers go negative, criticize biblical inerrancy, tax cuts, Iraq war

By David Roach
Feb 1, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--To restore their prophetic voice in the culture, Baptists must reject "narrow" interpretations of Scripture and oppose both the Iraq war and President Bush's tax cuts, plenary session speakers said Jan. 31 at the Celebration of a New...

Carter asks Baptists to overlook differences

By Erin Roach
Jan 31, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Former President Jimmy Carter, during the opening session of the "New Baptist Covenant Celebration" in Atlanta Jan. 30, called for Baptists of all races, political leanings and theological stances to unite around a common belief in...

Carter boasts SBC ties at Baptist Covenant

By David Roach
Jan 31, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Former President Jimmy Carter expressed hopes for cooperation between moderate and liberal Baptists and the Southern Baptist Convention and boasted of a "wonderful relationship" with the SBC president on the opening day of the "New...

Gore cites political will, claims scriptural mandate on environmental issues

By David Roach
Jan 31, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Protecting the earth from global warming is a mandatory part of following Jesus, former Vice President Al Gore said at a "Stewardship of the Earth" luncheon Jan. 31 during the New Baptist Covenant Celebration in Atlanta.

Fewer pastor/staff terminations reported

By Ken Walker
Jan 16, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--Forced terminations in the Southern Baptist Convention were down during 2006, but those who issued the latest report say work remains to be done to reconcile conflicts between pastors and congregations.

Christ is our hope

By Henry Blackaby
Jan 7, 2008
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ATLANTA (BP)--The 2008 new year has already ushered in with it enormous challenges for every believer.