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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

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  • Reflecting on 'God-ordained,' difficult days in Haitian jail
    by Erin Roach, posted Tuesday, March 18, 2014 (10 years ago)

    BP file photo courtesy of Nicole Lankford
    TWIN FALLS, Idaho (BP) -- Paul Thompson considers it a beautiful thing to reflect on the days he and nine other Baptists were detained in a filthy Haitian jail, falsely accused of trafficking the orphans they were trying to help.

    "They were difficult and perplexing and complex days, but God ordained them," Thompson, pastor of Eastside Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho, told Baptist Press four years after the ordeal. "It's easy to see that, especially as I read back through my journal entries from those days." Read More

  • Media attention puts spotlight on guns, Jesus
    by David Roach, posted Tuesday, March 18, 2014 (10 years ago)

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- An evangelism strategy that involves giving away guns to attract unchurched men to wild game dinners has drawn criticism from gun control advocates in an array of national media outlets this month, including TIME, USA Today, MSNBC, Fox News and the Huffington Post. Read More

  • Tim Lubinus named Iowa Baptists' exec
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, March 18, 2014 (10 years ago)

    DES MOINES, Iowa (BP) -- Church missions leader and former missionary Tim Lubinus has been elected as the Baptist Convention of Iowa's new executive director/treasurer. Read More

  • Link between speaking, spiritual gifts explored
    by Gary D. Myers, posted Tuesday, March 18, 2014 (10 years ago)

    NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- An idea that began with a simple joke set Rhonda Harrington Kelley on a journey to explore the connection between verbal communication and spiritual gifts.

    About 10 years ago, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Chuck Kelley introduced his wife Rhonda at an event. ... Read More

  • FROM THE STATES: Ariz., Fla., Ky. evangelism/missions news; TN church reaches out to 'largely lost population' in AZ
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, March 18, 2014 (10 years ago)

    Today's From the States features items from:

    Portraits (Arizona)

    Florida Baptist Convention

    Western Recorder (Kentucky)

    A Cross-country partnership

    with double the blessings

    By Kay Harms

    TUCSON, Ariz. (Portraits) -- When church planter Gary Monroe leads Lifework Church's first preview service on Easter morning, he'll know there is a church full of people in Jackson, Tenn., praying for his new congregation in Tucson. In fact, they've done more than pray.

    Englewood Baptis... Read More