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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

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  • Katrina proved the mettle of Baptist disaster relief
    by Mickey Noah, posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (14 years ago)

    ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--"As early as Aug. 26, we had pulled in a skeleton crew and opened the disaster operations center [DOC]," recounted Mickey Caison, disaster relief coordinator at the North American Mission Board in Alpharetta, Ga., in 2005. "We had also called the state conventions and mobilized an incident command team."

          On Monday, Aug. 29, at about 6:10 a.m. Hurricane Katrina made its monstrous landfall in southeast Louisiana. Packing 125 mph winds with intense central pressure, Katrina would be the third most powerful storm to ever hit the United States -- and one of the deadliest. Read More

  • Pres. vote by NAMB trustees slated Sept. 14
    by Mickey Noah, posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (14 years ago)

    ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--The chairman of the North American Mission Board's trustees has called a special meeting of NAMB's entire trustee board on Tuesday, Sept. 14, in order to elect the next president of the Southern Baptist entity. Read More

  • 5 questions about the stem cell ruling
    by Michael Foust, posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (14 years ago)

    WASHINGTON (BP)--A federal judge's ruling has thrust the issue of embryonic stem cell research back into the news. Following are five questions and answers about the decision. Read More

  • Poll: Most reject embryonic fed. funding
    by Staff, posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (14 years ago)

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A majority of likely voters believe the federal government should not fund embryonic stem cell research, according to a new Rasmussen Reports poll. Read More

  • Pitman to spotlight church planting at 2011 Pastors' Conf.
    by Keith Collier, posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (14 years ago)

    Photo by Nic Hervey/SWBTS
    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Vance Pitman believes the next Great Awakening in America will rise from the West with church planting at the epicenter of the movement, and he hopes the 2011 SBC Pastors' Conference in Phoenix will serve as a catalyst. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: Press on toward the goal
    by Terry Dorsett, posted Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (14 years ago)

    BARRE, Vt. (BP)--Earlier this month my oldest son Taylor and I hiked up Mt. Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak at 4,400 feet. Read More