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COMMERCE, Ga. — In another encouraging sign of revival spreading across Georgia, 24 individuals made professions of faith at a recent event at Beaverdam Baptist Church in Commerce. Jon Reed, a Georgia Baptist evangelist, reported that there is a spiritual awakening taking place at Beaverdam.
Thanks in part to the generosity of Send Relief donors, Indonesians aren’t just getting fresh water through the work of the local partners, they are finding new life in Jesus Christ. During the most recent project period, the clean water team—along with its various partners—provided 1,166 clean water filters that helped more than 4,600 people in Indonesia. While handing out the filters, they also shared the gospel.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The Lifeway camps team has been watching to see where God is working and is ready to join Him this summer through FUGE Camps and Student Life Camp by preparing a generation for revival.
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Southeastern Seminary partnered with Fruitland Baptist Bible College and the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina to offer the Leading Through Preaching Bible Conference on Fruitland’s campus on Monday, May 6.
NEW ORLEANS — Contend, an annual apologetics event for high school students at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College, gathered nearly 300 students from 23 different churches for a one-day conference discussing apologetic issues impacting society today.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that surprised many as gang violence consumes the country. Instead of having a single council president, four longtime politicians will take turns leading the council every five months, according to two members who were not authorized to publicly share the changes because they had not yet been announced.