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Tuesday, January 06, 2015

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  • Survey: most churchgoers won't skip church for football
    by Bob Smietana, posted Tuesday, January 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Most American churchgoers would rather attend church than watch their favorite football team, a LifeWay Research study shows. But a few die-hard fans are willing to miss out on worship to watch a game.

    About 1 in 7 churchgoers (15 percent) say they'd skip church in order to watch their favorite football team, according to a survey of 994 churchgoers. Read More

  • 'Paris of West Africa' draws mission focus
    by Elaine Gaston, posted Tuesday, January 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (BP)-- Standing beside Ébrié Lagoon, Hotel Ivoire rises 24 stories into a humid sky. The luxury hotel's white tower is an Abidjan landmark. It soars high over the lush green landscape stretching out below and is hedged by gardens and pools. It is situated in the Cocody area, an affluent locale where embassies, Ivory Coast's foremost university and wealth reside. Read More

  • MISSIONS: How God is at work in Abidjan
    by Elaine Gaston, posted Tuesday, January 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

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    ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (BP)-- As I pored over news stories to prepare for the trip to Ivory Coast, not much of the nation's recent storyline encouraged optimism.

    Abidjan, a city formerly known as the "Paris of West Africa," seemed littered with tales of violence that left marks in bullet-pocked walls and on people's hearts. Accounts of bloodshed and strife caused by a decade of civil war filled my background notes. Even the airport I flew into, reconstructed and modernized now, had been looted and damaged during fighting, which culminated in the Battle for Abidjan in April 2011. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Resolve to read the Bible
    by Redunda Noble , posted Tuesday, January 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

    Redunda Noble advocates a New Year's resolution that will "feed your spirit and bring great blessing to your life" -- reading and studying the Bible and committing key verses to memory. Read More

  • MOVIES: Best, worst, could-have-beens
    by Phil Boatwright, posted Tuesday, January 06, 2015 (9 years ago)

    KANSAS CITY, Kan. (BP) -- It's that time of year when we movie critics exalt films that enlightened, enriched or simply entertained cinemagoers. At the same time, we get out our venom-dipped goose quills and take revenge for all those hours stolen by filmmakers who challenged the theory, "Nobody sets out to make a bad movie." Read More