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Denver church planter can’t be sidelined
By Joe Conway Former Denver Bronco KaRon Coleman, now a Send North America: Denver church planter, continues to use football as a way to connect...
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Send Relief
Send conference among NAMB’s 2013 highlights
As a new year brings new beginnings, the North American Mission Board looks back at 2013 and our effort to encourage every Southern Baptist church...
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Send Relief
Send North America Year in Review
By Adam Miller (ALPHARETTA, Ga.) –The deaf residents of Manchester, Conn., now have a church all their own, as do the students at the University...
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Marriage and Family
New calling brings challenging transition for missionary family
By Adam Miller JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It’s sometimes easy to forget that missionaries deal with real family issues just like the rest of us. We...
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Church Planter Care
Cincinnati planter’s vision confirmed despite setbacks
By Tobin Perry CINCINNATI—Michael Clary had hit the end of his rope. The 35-year-old church planter from West Virginia had been in Cincinnati for close...
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Chaplaincy
Decorated Korean War chaplain: ‘I’d do it all over again’
By Tobin Perry NORTH FORK, Va. — Chaplain Parker Thompson can tell you the exact moment—more than 60 years ago—he knew he was where God...
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Chaplaincy
40 years later Vietnam War chaplains recall ministry
By Tobin Perry SUMTER, S.C. — At first chaplain Charlie Clanton found it difficult to look at the severely burned young soldier lying on an...
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Disaster Relief
Sandy Rebuild needs college students for Christmas
By Laura Sikes STATEN ISLAND – When college students return to Staten Island over Christmas break this year, some of them might cross paths with...
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Marriage and Family
Send North America sparks Alabama-St. Louis church plant partnership
Eric House Like thousands of other Southern Baptist churches, First Baptist Church of Hokes Bluff, Ala., has a long and treasured history of missions involvement....
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Pastor: Five ways to encourage your wife
By Ken Whitten LUTZ, Fla. — Ever wondered how you know when someone needs encouragement? Let me give you one simple test. It works every...
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Disaster Relief
Sandy Rebuild helps homeowner return 11 months later
By Laura Sikes LONG ISLAND – Volunteers are the heart of Southern Baptist Disaster Relief ministry as they bring help, healing and hope to survivors...
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Disaster Relief
SBDR volunteers bring service, life change to Sandy survivors
“The result of the Baptists being here – building the ramp – allowed my soul to just open up and let Jesus in. I’ve been...
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Disaster Relief
Baptist generosity impacts lives in Sandy Rebuild effort
By Laura Sikes LONG ISLAND — In the picturesque coastal village of Freeport on Long Island, N.Y., where super storm Sandy’s surge flooded homes with...
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Church Planter Care
Vision tour highlights needs in two Midwest cities
By Tobin Perry DETROIT—Ask most Americans what they know of Detroit and they’re likely to mention Motown music, cars or–more recently–bankruptcy. Ask them what they...
Read MoreFeeding the forgotten
By Joe Conway PHILADELPHIA – Some ideas are too good not to share. That’s what Chuck Kieffer discovered about Garden Camp. Kieffer, a church planter...
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Chaplaincy
Pastors’ task force to address declining SBC baptism trend
By Joe Conway NASHVILLE – The North American Mission Board (NAMB) is convening a national Pastors’ Task Force on Evangelistic Impact & Declining Baptisms to...
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