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Kerry Jackson helps his peers find where faith and arts intersect
“Those to whom we minister are visual artists, designers, writers, photographers, videographers, dancers, actors, storytellers, and musicians,” explains Kerry Jackson, Mission Service Corps missionary...
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Fayiz Saknini at home with his fellow Nazarene
Pastor Fayiz Saknini, a native of Nazareth and longtime preacher of the gospel, died Aug. 17. JOE WESTBURY/Index SMYRNA — One of God’s most cherished saints, Fayiz Saknini, age 90, died on Thursday,...
View ArticleMacon’s First Baptist Church of Christ –“a leap into oblivion”
First Baptist Church of Christ in Macon, a church aligned with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, voted Sunday, Aug. 27 to allow same-sex marriage ceremonies in the church. The resolution passed with...
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Setting its own trend: the midweek church service
A host of people gather for the midweek service at First Baptist Church in Atlanta. GERALD HARRIS/Index ATLANTA — It has become obvious that more and more churches are eliminating their Sunday evening...
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Blackaby book focuses on church revitalization; conference in Athens Sept. 26
ATHENS – In May 2015, Mark Clifton, senior director of replanting at the North American Mission Board, asked Henry and Richard Blackaby if they would write a book to encourage and challenge struggling...
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Salvations sure to occur under the new roof at TMU
The 69,000-square-foot Blaurock Student Wellness Center features a walking track, three basketball courts, two raquetball courts, and aerobics classroom, and leisure pool. TMU/Special CLEVELAND –...
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Winds of revival sweeping across the campus at Brewton- Parker
Saliba Chapel saw “great crowds of faculty, staff, local ministers, and students,” said BPC President Steve Echols, adding that more than 70 students had come forward for salvation, rededication, or...
View ArticleKnowing where to draw the line
To have an all-area soccer player become a placekicker on a football team is not unusual. It happens all the time. Soccer players are known for kicking for distance and with accuracy. Many of you will...
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USC long-snapper’s amazing faith
“I cannot possibly thank all the people who have played a role in making this happen,” posted USC long-snapper Jake Olson to Twitter after playing in his team’s season opener Sept. 2 against Western...
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Homer Gentry Lindsay, Jr. – soul-winning pastor
I have been privileged to know some great men of God who have gone on to glory. I regret that many of our younger pastors and believers did not have a chance to know them or hear them preach. We must...
View ArticleAntifa and Alt-right are all wrong
The United States of America has become a nation of multiple ideologies, hundreds of special interest groups, varied political persuasions, militant factions, aggressive obstructionists, and some...
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Lessons to be learned from Harvey and Irma
The NOAA satellite GOES-16 captured this geocolor image of Hurricane Irma passing the eastern end of Cuba at about 8 a.m. EDT on Sept. 8. NOAA/CIRA My heart goes out to all those who have been...
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Bowing up against Harvey, outdoorsman helps hurricane victims
Tommy Woods and his bowfishing friends joined the rescue efforts of Texas residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. TOMMY WOODS/Special HIRAM — Bowfishing is an art form to Tommy Woods. Due to...
View ArticleComparing God to a unicorn and scrubbing the “Hallelujah Chorus”
Kim Jong-Un, the supreme leaders of the Democratic People’s Public of Korea, seems to be a trigger-happy egomaniac with a chaotic temperament who simply loves to goad the United States and the rest of...
View ArticleWill Saturday, September 23, be the last day for this world?
David Meade, a Christian numerologist, has retreated to his libraries, his supposed knowledge of the Bible, his powerful telescopes, his knowledge of meteorology, astronomy, and who knows what else,...
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Pastors pray and prepare to “Win Georgia”
Pastors pray together at Salem Baptist Church in McDonough on Sept. 14 in preparation for the 2017 Georgia Baptist Convention annual meeting, to be held Nov. 12-14 at North Metro First Baptist Church...
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Jerry Falwell, Sr. – Pastor with a God-sized vision
This is the fifth article in the series on great preachers of the past. In this installment we will take a brief look into the life of Jerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. (1933 – 2007). Dr. Falwell was an...
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An appealing invitation to go on mission to Australia
Hannah Anthony, a missionary in Australia, and her sister Alex, currently in Amman, Jordan, both grew up at Peavine Baptist Church in Rock Spring where their father, Stephen, was pastor. Stephen...
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Facilitating dysfunctions and disorders
Dr. David Dude, superintendent of the City Schools of Decatur, wrote a letter to his staff in July 2016 in which he stated, “As we head into the new school year I want to ensure we are all on the same...
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Greeted with love, Discover Georgia Baptists attendees sent home with...
TOCCOA — Last week the Georgia Baptist Mission Board staff hosted new ministers and their spouses for the Discover Georgia Baptists retreat at the Baptist Conference Center. At right Russ Muretisch,...
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