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STATESBORO, Ga. — This summer, First Baptist Church Statesboro will celebrate 40 years of caring for members through its church nursing ministry. Initially staffed by a part-time nurse in July 1985 supported by love offerings, it became a full-time budgeted ministry in 1997.
The bride wore white, and there was a pastor and a planner and a processional; and there was a Prince Charming with the jitters and there were pews with family and friends, and there were people crying happy tears—which was quite unexpected since many of the invited guests had only known the bride and groom for a few months.
SAN ANTONIO – More than 200 leaders and volunteers representing 37 Southern Baptist state and regional conventions — Canada and Puerto Rico included — gathered at Shearer Hills Baptist Church in San Antonio, Texas, for the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Roundtable on Jan. 28-30.
MUGHRAQA, Gaza Strip (AP) — New details and growing shock over emaciated hostages renewed pressure Sunday on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend a fragile Gaza ceasefire beyond the first phase, even as U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his pledge that the U.S. would take control of the Palestinian enclave.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cooper DeJean, Josh Sweat and the Philadelphia Eagles’ ferocious defense denied Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat. It wasn’t even close.
NEW ORLEANS — A sold-out crowd of more than 1,200 women gathered for the Abide Women’s Conference at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, to learn more about the importance of biblical community.